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☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shares the simple, 'most frequent advice' he gives people—it 'goes a surprisingly long way'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But ultimately, it's a counterproductive approach, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. "Being clear about what you want to do, and asking people for what you want, goes a surprisingly long way," Altman recently told Bill Gates' podcast, "Unconfuse Me." When you let that fear of rejection get in the way of your needs and desires, the result is rarely favorable, Altman said. "A lot of people get trapped in spending their time in not the way they want to do," he told Gates. But when this works, it works surprisingly well."

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Bill Gates, Gates

It was the first Davos gathering since 2020 without any Covid-related restrictions, as fears about the pandemic almost completely receded. Here are some of the big takeaways from the five-day conference, which ended Friday. Many of the meeting spaces on the main street of Davos billed themselves as places to learn about A.I. Attendees also discussed potential risks of A.I., including job losses, widening social inequality and the rapid spread of misinformation. One industrial executive mused in a private discussion about whether the cost of retraining workers whose jobs were altered by A.I.

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, Mustafa Suleyman, Aidan Gomez Organizations: Economic Locations: Davos, Switzerland, Cohere

DAVOS, Switzerland — OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman said generative artificial intelligence as a sector, and the U.S. as a country are both "going to be fine" no matter who wins the presidential election later this year. Altman was responding to a question on Donald Trump's resounding victory at the Iowa caucus and the public being "confronted with the reality of this upcoming election." "I believe that America is gonna be fine, no matter what happens in this election. Trump won the Iowa Republican caucus in a landslide on Monday, setting a new record for the Iowa race with a 30-point lead over his closest rival. When asked whether there's a danger that AI furthers that hurt, Altman responded, "Yes, for sure."

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People attend the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024. Javier MileiArgentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on January 17, 2024. Sam AltmanSam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. He said AGI could be developed in the "reasonably close-ish future," speaking at a private gathering at the Bloomberg House in Davos, Switzerland. AI took a huge leap forward in the last year or two years," Benioff said on a World Economic Forum panel Thursday.

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A person walks on the day of the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Denis Balibouse | ReutersThe 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland will wrap Friday. Here are some of takeaways from Davos after our week talking to business leaders and government officials at the conference. Experts see no U.S. recession in 2024Overwhelmingly, economic experts and executives privately said they don't expect a U.S. recession in 2024. China fighting for cashChina's Premier Li Qiang speaks during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024.

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☆ What the global elite are saying about AI behind closed doors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe annual World Economic Forum just wrapped up in Davos, Switzerland, and talk of artificial intelligence was just about everywhere. AdvertisementPlenty of companies touted their AI wares at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. Related storiesAt Automation Anywhere, which, as its name suggests, works on automating work, the customer-service team shrank when AI was implemented. Others I spoke to agreed: Many businesses have small-scale AI experiments running, often with promising results so far. These AI projects are expensive, and not every company has the financial or human capital to pursue an ambitious AI strategy.

Persons: Matt Turner, —, Sam Altman, Rob Goldstein, copilots, Jason Girzadas, he'd, Oliver Wyman, Deb Cupp, Mihir Shukla, Ana Kreacic, Shukla, Becky Frankiewicz, Lareina Yee, WEF, Satish H.C, Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind, Kapilashram, Azeem Azhar, Dan Vahdat Organizations: Economic, Service, Tech, Infosys, IBM, Builder.ai, Cisco, Qualcomm, Salesforce, BlackRock, Deloitte, Microsoft, Oliver Wyman Group, Standard Chartered, McKinsey, Huma Therapeutics Locations: Davos, Switzerland

☆ It looks like Elon Musk is a bit envious of Mark Zuckerberg's control over Meta
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Musk appeared to give Tesla's board an ultimatum on Monday, saying he wants 25% voting control at Tesla or he'll stop growing AI development at the electric-car maker. One way of getting that would be via a dual-class stock structure. This isn't uncommon and could mean Musk wouldn't necessarily get more shares but that the ones he held would deliver more voting power. The company's dual-class stock structure provides Zuckerberg and select executive managers and directors with them. "Zuckerberg probably wouldn't have gone public without a dual-class structure," White said.

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. DAVOS, Switzerland — Sam Altman said he was 'surprised' by The New York Times' lawsuit against his company OpenAI, saying its artificial intelligence models didn't need to train on the news publisher's data. According to Altman, OpenAI wanted to pay the outlet "a lot of money to display their content" in ChatGPT, the firm's popular AI chatbot. "We were as surprised as anybody else to read that they were suing us in the New York Times. "We are open to training [AI] on the New York Times, but it's not our priority," Altman said in front of a packed Davos crowd.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, OpenAI, isn't, it's, ChatGPT Organizations: Hope, The New York Times, New York Times, Economic, Microsoft Locations: Atlanta, DAVOS, Switzerland, ChatGPT, Davos

☆ Davos: AI shouldn’t make ‘life-or-death’ decisions, says OpenAI’s Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But there are also dystopian fears that AI could destroy humanity or, at least, lead to widespread job losses. He said people had found ways to make themselves more productive using generative AI and they also understood “what not to use it for.” Generative AI gives humans “better tools” and “access to a lot more capability” but “we’re still very focused on each other,” he added. In a report Sunday, the International Monetary Fund predicted that AI will affect almost 40% of jobs around the world, “replacing some and complementing others,” but potentially worsening income inequality overall. Notwithstanding optimism over the technology’s potential, both Benioff and Altman stressed the need for regulating AI systems to guard against some of the potential existential threats posed by the technology. “I think it’s good that people are afraid of the downsides of this technology,” Altman said.

Persons: OpenAI’s Sam Altmann, ChatGPT, Altman, “, Marc Benioff, ” Altman, OpenAI —, ”, Olesya Dmitracova Organizations: London CNN, Economic, International Monetary Fund, New York Times Locations: Switzerland, Davos, Milan

☆ Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says AI can't be 'bad' like social media if it's going to be trusted
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marc Benioff called for greater public trust in AI in a panel at the World Economic Forum. The Salesforce CEO said he wants people to trust AI — unlike social media over the past decade. Winning public trust in AI will require greater regulation, Benioff said. Benioff also said that social media has been a "shit show," adding: "It's pretty bad — we don't want that in our AI industry." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Benioff, —, Salesforce, Sam Altman, FABRICE COFFRINI, OpenAI, Altman, wasn't, Einstein, Salesforce didn't Organizations: Economic, Service, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Locations: Davos, Switzerland, OpenAI

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders and corporate bosses diving into big ideas at the World Economic Forum’s glitzy annual meeting in Davos. In a sign of ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s skyrocketing profile, CEO Sam Altman is making his Davos debut to rock star crowds, with his benefactor, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, hot on his heels. Illustrating AI’s geopolitical importance like few other technologies before it, the word was on the lips of world leaders from China to France. Here's a look at the buzz:OPENAI OPENING BIG AT DAVOSPolitical Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe leadership drama at the AI world's much-ballyhooed chatbot maker followed Altman and Nadella to the swanky Swiss snows. China, one of the world’s centers of AI development, wants to “step up communication and cooperation with all parties” on improving global AI governance, Li said.

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☆ Davos puts Climate on the Back Burner
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( David Gelles | More About David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the most revealing discussions often happen not on the main stage, but at the myriad side events that transform this Swiss ski town into a high-minded networking event. Case in point: the annual luncheon hosted by Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, who is plowing some of his personal fortune into efforts to plant a trillion trees and protect the oceans. This afternoon, as a few hundred Davos attendees ate vegetarian fare under a geodesic dome, Benioff interviewed the OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, about his vision for the future. Altman, who is investing in fusion power along with artificial intelligence, described a world where energy was cheap and abundant enough to pull huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Benioff, Sam Altman, Altman Organizations: Economic, Salesforce Locations: Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Israel's president and the head of ChatGPT company OpenAI will make appearances at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, the third day of the annual gathering of elites at the Swiss resort of Davos that discusses everything from conflict to computers and climate. Israeli President Isaac Herzog could seek to return focus on the plight of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since its deadly Oct. 7 raid into Israel. Much of the world's attention has been on rising casualty counts in Gaza as Israeli forces lead a blistering military campaign aimed to quash the armed militants. “Artificial intelligence is now undoubtedly the most important potential contribution for global development," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters in Davos on Wednesday, a day when leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and President Javier Milei of Argentina also showed up. On Wednesday, Iran's foreign minister defended his country's strike on what he claimed was an Israeli intelligence operations site in the autonomous Kurdish region.

Persons: —, OpenAI, Isaac Herzog, António Guterres, Emmanuel Macron, Javier Milei, Sam Altman, Mohammed Shia, Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, Masha Macpherson Organizations: Hamas Locations: DAVOS, Switzerland, Swiss, Davos, Israel, Gaza, Argentina, Iraqi, Israeli, Kurdish

☆ Sam Altman wants people to move on from the 'soap opera' that was his brief firing from OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"I mean, I'm wrapping it up," Stone told Altman. Makanju told Stone that OpenAI's staff had been caught off guard by the news that Altman was out. We were all on Friday, preparing to have a restful week after an insane year," Makanju told Stone. "The only comparable set of life experience I had, and that one was, of course, much worse, was when my dad died," Altman told Noah. Representatives for Altman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: —, Sam Altman, OpenAI . Altman, Anna Makanju, Brad Stone, Stone, Makanju, Altman, Anna, gesturing, Trevor Noah, Noah Organizations: Service, OpenAI, Business, Business Insider Locations: Davos, Makanju

☆ Some of the best early-stage startup investors share a common trait that should be a lesson for Silicon Valley
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the best investors when it comes to early-stage companies. The big storyPicking winnersCaterina Fake, Cindi Bi, and Suleman AliInvesting can be a crapshoot, especially when it comes to early-stage companies. AdvertisementThe investors, profiled by BI's Ben Bergman, Samantha Stokes, Rebecca Torrence, and Leena Rao, have an incredible track record for early-stage investing. Silicon Valley can be known to have a herd mentality, especially when it comes to venture investors. And yet, some of the best early-stage investors have proven to have far better success going out on their own.

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. DAVOS, Switzerland — OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman said the night he was pushed out by the board was "wild," and he felt "super confused" and was "super caught off guard." "I have no equity in OpenAI," Altman said in a May Senate hearing on artificial intelligence. Between the board and the non-profit sits a capped-profit company dubbed OpenAI Global, which Microsoft inked a $10 billion investment deal with in January last year. There are also a few other entities, including a holding company, that comprise the somewhat convoluted organization behind the biggest name in generative AI tech.

Persons: Sam Altman, Switzerland —, " Altman, Altman, —, Altman's, John Kennedy Organizations: Bloomberg House, Economic, OpenAI's, OpenAI Inc, OpenAI, Microsoft Locations: Davos, Switzerland, DAVOS, OpenAI

☆ Davos live updates: Iran sends warning to the U.S.; Sam Altman opens up about firing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The European Union's investigation into state subsidies given to Chinese electric vehicle makers is progressing and should deliver its results within nine to 11 months, Valdis Dombrovskis, executive vice president of the European Commission, told CNBC on Wednesday. The probe was launched by the European Union in September to address alleged market distortion from the price of Chinese EVs being kept artificially low. "What we are assessing when launching this investigation, whether there is a threat of injury for EU industry," Dombrovskis said. Dombrovskis also discussed the need for the EU to address its trade deficit with China, as well as its broader long-term competitiveness, and said the institution continued to have concerns about the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. — Jenni Reid

Persons: Valdis Dombrovskis, Dombrovskis, — Jenni Reid Organizations: European Commission, CNBC, European Union, EU Locations: China

☆ ChatGPT is particularly useful for people in these 3 industries, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But the popular chatbot is particularly useful for workers in three specific industries, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It's massively deployed and at scaled usage, at this point," Altman said during a recent episode of "Unconfuse Me," a podcast hosted by Bill Gates. Altman, whose company makes ChatGPT, made a point of noting that today's AI systems "certainly can't do [those] jobs" for you. CodingChatGPT can help programmers finish their work as much as three times faster than usual, Altman said. Some educators have worried that tools like ChatGPT could make it easier for students to cheat on assignments.

Persons: ChatGPT, Sam Altman, Altman, Bill Gates, OpenAI, Coders, coders, Gates, Dr, Tovah Klein, Healthcare OpenAI's chatbot, Jesse Ehrenfeld Organizations: Healthcare, Stanford, University of California, Educational, AIs, ASU, GSV, Barnard College, CNBC, American Medical Association Locations: Berkeley, San Diego

☆ Sam Altman's election gameplan shows he's desperate to avoid repeating Mark Zuckerberg's mistakes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sam Altman has a huge task in Davos: convince leaders he won't repeat Facebook's election mistakes. OpenAI has outlined its plan to prevent tools like ChatGPT from being used to interfere with elections. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The fretful among them will have a much more pressing question to ask: what's his plan to avoid Mark Zuckerberg election mistakes ? In the wake of the 2016 election, Zuckerberg dismissed the suggestion that Facebook influenced the vote as a "pretty crazy idea."

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, —, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Chip Somodevilla, ChatGPT, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, World Economic, Facebook, Republicans Locations: Davos, Swiss, Russia

☆ 3 reasons why investors keep sending cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks to record high after record high
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Tuesday that cybersecurity demand will only intensify in 2024. Palo Alto Networks was riding a six-session winning streak, including Tuesday's all-time high above $333 per share. PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks (PANW) year-to-date performance When Arora took over as CEO of Palo Alto in June 2018, the stock was around $70 per share. Late last year, Palo Alto announced plans to buy enterprise browser startup Talon Cyber Security and cloud data specialist Dig Security. Arora Nikesh, Palo Alto Networks CEO & Chairman at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd, 2022.

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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says concerns that artificial intelligence will one day become so powerful that it will dramatically reshape and disrupt the world are overblown. "It will change the world much less than we all think and it will change jobs much less than we all think," Altman said at a conversation organized by Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "Yes, for sure, I think that's something to think about," Altman said. WATCH: OpenAI, Microsoft and NYT will likely reach a settlement

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, OpenAI's, StrictlyVC, Donald Trump's Organizations: Hope, Bloomberg, Economic, Microsoft, Iowa Republican Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, Davos, Switzerland, Iowa, OpenAI

☆ Premarket stocks: The rich and powerful are meeting in Davos. Here’s what they’re talking about
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Climate catastrophes: Climate change is a hot topic as leaders meet to discuss balancing economic growth with sustainability. Davos comes just days after scientists around the globe reported that the average temperatures last year reached a new record high. The report also said that cooperation among global leaders on the issue is scarce. So while leaders will likely discuss the use of fossil fuels and green development, there may not be much agreement. Leaders gathered in Davos Sunday to discuss Ukrainian President Zelensky’s 10-point peace plan to end Russia’s war with his country.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron, Li Qiang, Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, John Kerry, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Jamie Dimon, Brian Moynihan, Larry Fink, Donald Trump, ”, Philipp Hildebrand, CNN’s Richard Quest, ” “, ” Nicolai Tangen, CNN’s, “, Kristalina Georgieva, OpenAI’s Altman, Microsoft’s, Zelensky’s, JPMorgan’s Dimon, Herzog, Klaus Schwab, Tami Luhby, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Warren Buffett, Nabil Ahmed, ” Ahmed, Jordan Valinsky, Comité Organizations: New, New York CNN, World Economic, National, Business, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Bank of America, BlackRock, Republican, GOP, ” BlackRock, Bank, Norges Bank, International Monetary Fund, IMF, State, Amazon, Oracle, Berkshire Hathaway, Oxfam, Workers Locations: New York, Davos, United States, Iowa, Europe, Taiwan, India, Mexico, China, Covid, Champagne, France

The steps will apply specifically to OpenAI, only one player in an expanding universe of companies developing advanced generative AI tools. Starting “early this year,” OpenAI said, it will digitally watermark AI images created using its DALL-E image generator. “Will there be items that slip through the cracks?”OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E are some of the most powerful generative AI tools to date. But there are many companies with similarly sophisticated technology that don't have as many election misinformation safeguards in place. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that even with all of his company’s safeguards in place, his mind is not at ease.

Persons: —, OpenAI, ” OpenAI, Mekela Panditharatne, “, ChatGPT, ”, Darrell West, Sam Altman, “ We’re Organizations: San, National Association of, State, Brennan Center for Justice, YouTube, Meta, Center for Technology Innovation, Bloomberg, Economic, Associated Press, AP Locations: San Francisco, U.S, Davos, Switzerland

☆ Satya Nadella says Microsoft just wants stability and good governance at OpenAI— not a board seat
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Satya Nadella said he's "not interested" in a seat on OpenAI's board. "I'm comfortable, I have no issues with any structure, what we just want is good stability and as I said we don't even need, I'm not interested in a board seat," he said. The comments come after a tumultuous week at OpenAI in November in which CEO Sam Altman was ousted, only to return a week later. AdvertisementThe Microsoft chief doubled down on his comments regarding an OpenAI board seat: "It doesn't matter to me right, I mean the board seat is not the critical path at all for us." Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Satya Nadella, I'm, Sam Altman, Altman, Nadella Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Economic, Microsoft, Business, OpenAI, Markets Authority, European Commission, EU, Apple Locations: Davos, OpenAI

☆ OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. OpenAI has quietly walked back a ban on the military use of ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence tools. The shift comes as OpenAI begins to work with the U.S. Department of Defense on AI tools, including open-source cybersecurity tools, Anna Makanju, OpenAI's VP of global affairs, said Tuesday in a Bloomberg House interview at the World Economic Forum alongside CEO Sam Altman. The news comes after years of controversy about tech companies developing technology for military use, highlighted by the public concerns of tech workers — especially those working on AI. Workers at virtually every tech giant involved with military contracts have voiced concerns after thousands of Google employees protested Project Maven, a Pentagon project that would use Google AI to analyze drone surveillance footage.

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, Anna Makanju, OpenAI's, Makanju, Maven Organizations: Bloomberg House, Economic, U.S . Department of Defense, Bloomberg, Workers, Google, Pentagon, Microsoft, CNBC PRO Locations: Davos, Switzerland

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