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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that artificial intelligence is gaining on humans. In the interview Wednesday, Huang recalled delivering "the world's first AI supercomputer" to OpenAI, after Elon Musk, who co-founded the AI project before departing it in 2018, heard Huang speak about the device at a conference. "Elon saw it, and he goes, 'I want one of those' — he told me about OpenAI," Huang said. Huang was asked onstage to rank the success of various companies in the AI market. WATCH: Nvidia CEO says U.S. chipmakers at least a decade away from China supply chain independence
Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Elon Musk, Elon, Sam Altman, they're, we've, I'm Organizations: Nvidia, The New York Times, AIs, ChatGPT Locations: AGI, China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AGI will be reached in five years during the 2023 NYT DealBook Summit. Huang defined AGI as tech that exhibits basic intelligence "fairly competitive" to a normal human. Still, he admitted that AI technology is not quite there yet despite its rapid progress. AdvertisementJensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia — one of the companies that is fueling the AI revolution — predicts that we may be able to see artificial general intelligence, or AGI, within the next five years. "Software can't be written without AI, chips can't be designed without AI, nothing's possible," he concluded on the point of AI's potential.
Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, , Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ross Sorkin, Sorkin, Ilya Sutskever, Ian Hogarth, John Carmack, Demis Hassabis, Nvidia didn't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, New York Times DealBook, AIs, OpenAI
Sam Altman enters his power era
  + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Michael Cogley | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
A failed coup at OpenAI saw Sam Altman return as CEO and stronger than ever. The botched coup of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has seemingly reinforced his power. Even more astonishingly, Altman lacks the one obvious lever of power that keeps founder-CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg in power: controlling shares in his company. "He's really, really, really good at both being understood, but also understanding and asking thoughtful questions." They acted in their best interest," one OpenAI staffer posted on Blind, a social network site where employees can post anonymously.
Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, , Mark Zuckerberg, Eduard Cristea, — Mira Murati, Satya Nadella, Greg Brockman, Vinod Khosla, Dan Siroker, Paul Graham, Holofy's, Cristea, Sam, OpenAI, would've, Altman OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, we've, — Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Ilya, we'd, it's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Stanford, New York Times Locations: OpenAI, Silicon Valley, Silicon
OpenAI chaos has calmed as CEO Sam Altman is reinstated and an investigation begins. AdvertisementThe drama of Sam Altman unexpectedly being fired on Friday and then reinstated to OpenAI Tuesday night has reached a close. AI ethics experts have expressed concern about the power of AI technology being controlled by the hands of a few. "The increasing concentration of capital, compute, and data are a problem," Emily M. Bender, a University of Washington linguistics professor, told BI. The seemingly earth-shattering news from OpenAI may have instead opened a door for resourcefulness and for other players to emerge.
Persons: Sam Altman, , OpenAI, Émile Torres, Altman, Emily M, Bender, nilly, Ali Alkhatib, Pistilli Organizations: Service, University of Washington, Microsoft Locations: AGI
A mysterious new OpenAI model known as Q* has got the tech world talking. AI experts say the model could be a big step forward but is unlikely to end the world anytime soon. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAs the dust settles on the chaos at OpenAI, we still don't know why CEO Sam Altman was fired — but reports have suggested it could be linked to a mysterious AI model. Dr Andrew Rogoyski, a director at the Surrey Institute for People-Centered AI, told BI that solving unseen problems was a key step towards creating AGI.
Persons: , Sam Altman, OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, Charles Higgins, Sophia Kalanovska, Kalanovska, we've, Andrew Rogoyski, Gary Marcus, Marcus Organizations: Service, Reuters, Surrey Institute for People, AIs, Business Locations: OpenAI
[1/2] Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, arrives for a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key developments before the board's ouster of Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. This could be applied to novel scientific research, for instance, AI researchers believe. In their letter to the board, researchers flagged AI’s prowess and potential danger, the sources said without specifying the exact safety concerns noted in the letter. Researchers have also flagged work by an "AI scientist" team, the existence of which multiple sources confirmed.
Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, Chuck Schumer, Julia Nikhinson, Sam Altman’s, Altman, Mira Murati, I've, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Krystal Hu, Kenneth Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Intelligence, Senate, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Reuters, Microsoft, Economic Cooperation, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, OpenAI, San Francisco, Asia, New York
Sam Altman's high-profile firing has drawn comparisons to Timnit Gebru's exit from Google. Some tech observers and "Black Twitter" asked: "What if Sam Altman were a Black woman?" Sam Altman's shocking ouster— and reinstatement — to OpenAI drew comparisons to Steve Jobs's exit and eventual return to Apple . But a less obvious comparison has been drawn that asks the question: "What if Sam Altman was a Black Woman?" Advertisement"What If Sam Altman Were A Black Woman?
Persons: Sam Altman's, Sam Altman, , OpenAI, Steve Jobs's, Timnit, Altman, wasn't, Gebru's, Googlers, Jeff Dean, WVBvXJZwh0 — Daniel, @growing_daniel, Eric Schmidt —, Kimberly Bryant, Bryant, TechCrunch's Dominic, Madori Davis, Greg Brockman, z5Dc1BbhbQ — Taylor Poindexter, @engineering_bae, aren't, Émile Torres, Black, Gebru, Torres Organizations: Google, Service, Apple, Microsoft, Tech, Black Locations: America, OpenAI
We now know Sam Altman's returning to the company after being fired, but we are still very confused. AdvertisementSam Altman is set to return as CEO of OpenAI after one of the most confusing weeks in Silicon Valley history. Why was Sam Altman suddenly fired as CEO of OpenAI? Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's chief scientist who was rumored to play a central role in Sam Altman's ousting, was committed to AI safety. Commentators had speculated that Microsoft would be after an OpenAI board seat — or at least a more formalized communication system — in the wake of the fallout.
Persons: It's, Sam Altman's, , Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Altman, Alistair Barr, Yann LeCun —, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Adam D'Angelo, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Brockman, Kara Swisher, OpenAI should've, would've, Sam, Elon Musk, Peter Welinder Organizations: Service, Microsoft, OpenAI, Big Tech, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Atlantic, Ofc Locations: OpenAI, Silicon Valley
Reuters reports that staff researchers wrote to the board, warning of a breakthrough that could harm humanity. A project called Q* has staff optimistic about achieving AGI, per Reuters. AdvertisementBefore Sam Altman was fired, some OpenAI researchers wrote a letter to the board warning of a breakthrough that could harm humanity, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, a powerful AI discovery prompted several staff researchers to warn the board. AdvertisementAlthough Reuters reports that after it contacted OpenAI, the company internally acknowledged the existence of a letter to the board, and a project called called Q*.
Persons: Sam Altman, , Altman, hadn't, OpenAI, wasn't Organizations: Reuters, Service, Microsoft
An employee at rival Anthropic sent OpenAI thousands of paper clips in the shape of their logo. The prank was a subtle jibe suggesting OpenAI's approach to AI could lead to humanity's extinction. Anthropic was formed by ex-OpenAI employees who split from the company over AI safety concerns. AdvertisementOne of OpenAI's biggest rivals played an elaborate prank on the AI startup by sending thousands of paper clips to its offices. AdvertisementAnthropic was founded by former OpenAI employees who left the company in 2021 over disagreements on developing AI safely.
Persons: Anthropic, , Nick Bostrom, Bostrom, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever Organizations: Service, OpenAI's, Anthropic, Wall Street, Microsoft, Business Locations: Francisco
The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm was a catalyst that caused the board to oust Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. The sources cited the letter as one factor among a longer list of grievances by the board that led to Altman's firing. The researchers who wrote the letter did not immediately respond to requests for comment. According to one of the sources, long-time executive Mira Murati told employees on Wednesday that a letter about the AI breakthrough called Q* (pronounced Q-Star), precipitated the board's actions. OpenAI defines AGI as AI systems that are smarter than humans.
Persons: Sam Altman's, Altman, OpenAI, Mira Murati, ChatGPT Organizations: Reuters, Microsoft
[1/2] Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, arrives for a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm was a catalyst that caused the board to oust Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. The sources cited the letter as one factor among a longer list of grievances by the board that led to Altman’s firing. According to one of the sources, long-time executive Mira Murati told employees on Wednesday that a letter about the AI breakthrough called Q* (pronounced Q-Star), precipitated the board's actions. OpenAI defines AGI as AI systems that are smarter than humans.
Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, Chuck Schumer, Julia Nikhinson, Sam Altman’s, Altman, Mira Murati, ChatGPT, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Krystal Hu, Kenneth Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Intelligence, Senate, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Reuters, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, San Francisco, New York
OpenAI announced a new male-dominated board after Sam Altman won the battle to return as CEO. 'Please, more representation and balance'The departure of Toner and McCauley has put the makeup of OpenAI's new board in the spotlight. Emily Bell, a founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, wrote in a post on X : "OpenAI fires women on the board — board chair who oversaw fuck up stays." Tom Williams/Getty ImagesOne of OpenAI's main rivals also weighed in on the lack of diversity on the new board. Within the private sector, research from Crunchbase in 2022 showed that women held 16% of board seats among more than 660 companies they analyzed.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley, Adam D'Angelo, , Sam Altman's, Bret Taylor —, Larry Summers, D'Angelo, Ilya Sutskever, Altman, Toner, McCauley, Emily Bell, Summers, Jeffrey Epstein, Bell, Tom Williams, Bret, Taylor, Emad Mostaque, Vinod Khosla, OpenAI's, Angela Hoover, Andi Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Tow Center, Digital Journalism, Deloitte, Alliance for Board Diversity, Fortune, New York Times Locations: Crunchbase, San Francisco
OpenAI staff reportedly celebrated Sam Altman's return with a party on Tuesday night. Dozens of OpenAI employees also took to social media to celebrate Altman's return. AdvertisementOpenAI employees celebrated Sam Altman's return on Tuesday night — and apparently some fire trucks even got involved. Altman's return comes after a five-day saga in which OpenAI ousted Altman with little public explanation and went through two more CEOs. "It's not just that we're so back," one X user @yonashav, who claims to work for OpenAI wrote.
Persons: Sam Altman's, , OpenAI, Altman, Greg Brockman, " Brockman, YcKwkqdNs5 — Greg Brockman, Altman's, It's, I've, @clarkcr, Marc Benioff's, @stevenheidel, 57Vum0mSxM — Steven Heidel, Mira Murati, Emmett Shear, Shear Organizations: Service, Staff, Twitter, OpenAI Locations: San Francisco, OpenAI
The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key developments before the board's ouster of Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. An OpenAI spokesperson said that the message, sent by long-time executive Mira Murati, alerted staff to certain media stories without commenting on their accuracy. This could be applied to novel scientific research, for instance, AI researchers believe. In their letter to the board, researchers flagged AI’s prowess and potential danger, the sources said without specifying the exact safety concerns noted in the letter. Researchers have also flagged work by an "AI scientist" team, the existence of which multiple sources confirmed.
Persons: Sam Altman’s, Altman, Mira Murati, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Chuck Schumer, Julia Nikhinson, I've, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Krystal Hu, Kenneth Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Reuters, Microsoft, Intelligence, Senate, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Economic Cooperation, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, Washington , U.S, San Francisco, Asia, New York
The fate of OpenAI hangs in the balance
  + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
That has only reinforced the impression that OpenAI’s boardroom drama could take an unexpected turn at any moment. First came the board’s sudden promotion of OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, as Altman’s replacement on Friday — made in the same breath as Altman’s firing. Whether Altman is working for Microsoft or OpenAI won’t change the ultimate result, Nadella argued to Swisher, which is that Microsoft benefits from his work. Much is still unclear about the board’s exact reasons for firing Altman. OpenAI’s newest interim CEO, Emmett Shear, has denied that the firing was due to any “specific” disagreement on AI safety.
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is trying to get ahead of the race to poach OpenAI's talent. AdvertisementAfter the weekend of chaos at OpenAI, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is eyeing an opportunity for new talent. "Lol, like it was ever about compensation," wrote Boris Power, OpenAI's head of applied research, in response to Benioff. "Looking forward to joining Salesforce!" I was the janitor at OpenAI, total comp $1.2m base + $50m equityLook forward to joining Salesforce!
Persons: Marc Benioff, , Salesforce's Einstein, Lol, Boris Power, ove, ould Organizations: Service, Salesforce's Locations: OpenAI, ife
"I am very proud of what this organization has already delivered for Alexa and AGI," Prasad added. Amazon's AGI team wasn't launched in response to this drama. The change also follows last week's job cuts within the AGI team, as BI previously reported . The cuts were part of a broader layoff that primarily affected Amazon's Alexa team. These are the six new teams formed within the AGI unit, as per the internal email:• AGI Product: defines AGI services and engages with internal customer teams to ensure end-to-end success.
Persons: Amazon's, Rohit Prasad, Prasad, Sam Altman, that's, Altman wasn't, didn't, wasn't, Andy Jassy, AGI, It's, Organizations: Alexa, Devices, Business, Microsoft, Google, AGI, Amazon, TV
To many, he was considered the human face of generative AI. Those worries over generative AI came to a head with the surprise ousting of Altman, who was also OpenAI's cofounder. “Does the future then belong to the machines?”Sutskever reportedly felt Altman was pushing OpenAI’s software too quickly into users’ hands, potentially compromising safety. The fate of OpenAI is viewed by many technologists as critical to the development of AI. He advocated on social media in September for a "slowing down" of AI development.
Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Ilya Sutskever, , , Connor Leahy, Sutskever, OpenAI, Biden, Emmett Shear, Greg Bensinger, Kenneth Li, Matthew Lewis Organizations: FRANCISCO, Microsoft, European Union, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, San Francisco
Threads was a great place to get news on the OpenAI drama over the weekend. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Then, the biggest recent breaking news story in tech and business unfolded over the weekend with Sam Altman's shocking exit from OpenAI. It was the perfect test to see if Threads was up for a breaking news event. She also posted the same stuff to Threads, but as she pointed out — ironically — Threads doesn't "thread" posts properly, making a continuing story confusing to follow.
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Sam Altman was pushed out OpenAI CEO Friday in a move that shocked the tech community. AdvertisementSam Altman is out of OpenAI, the company he cofounded and helped turn into a leading AI lab. AdvertisementBut the launch of ChatGPT – arguably Altman's greatest success at OpenAI – may also have triggered his downfall. Current and former OpenAI employees told The Atlantic that pressure to commercialize ChatGPT created divisions among leadership. AdvertisementFurther product releases including ChatGPT Plus and GPT-4 only served to increase tensions, three people at OpenAI at the time told The Atlantic.
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Sam Altman sure came out a hero
  + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
After OpenAI's board booted CEO Sam Altman, industry peers and colleagues voiced their support. AdvertisementSam Altman comes out of the OpenAI CEO situation looking like a Silicon Valley hero. What IS clear is that Sam Altman has come out of the situation looking like a hero so far. After some failed negotiations about returning to OpenAI, Altman is now heading to work at Microsoft. As the dust settles (well, maybe) a narrative has emerged: Sam Altman has come out of this very well.
Persons: Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Altman, , OpenAI, Justin Sullivan, Eric Schmidt, Brian Chesky, Schmidt, Marissa Mayer, Elon Musk, Mira Murati –, Mira Murati, we've, — Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever Organizations: Service, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft
OpenAI's board abruptly ousted CEO Sam Altman on Friday. In response, several senior figures, including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, left their posts. AdvertisementOpenAI appears "optimistic" that it can reel its ousted CEO Sam Altman back to the company just a day after he was suddenly pushed out of his role on Friday, The Information reported. i love the openai team so much — Sam Altman (@sama) November 19, 2023Several employees re-posted the note with a heart emoji. A condition that Altman set for him to re-assume his CEO role is if the existing board resigned, the Journal reported.
Persons: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, , OpenAI, Jason Kwon, Altman, OpenAI's, — Jakub Pachocki, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor —, Kwon, Sam, Greg, Jakub, Syzmon, Aleksander, Altman's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Wall Street
The board accused CEO Sam Altman of not being "candid" when they fired him. AdvertisementElon Musk has multiple axes to grind when it comes to OpenAl and its cofounder Sam Altman. "He was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities," OpenAl said. AdvertisementThat's an unusual charter for a tech startup or most other private companies, which usually exist to primarily make a profit and provide investors with a return. Musk has also launched a competing Al research group, so chaos at OpenAl could be relatively good for that initiative.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, , Elon Musk, OpenAl, Altman, Musk, Toby Ord, Altman's, didn't, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, cofounders Organizations: Service, Oxford University, Big Tech, Bloomberg, Al, The New York Times Locations: OpenAl
The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman, sending shock waves across the tech industry. These discussions, and options regarding our path forward, are ongoing this morning," Lightcap wrote in the memo. "We can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," he wrote. "This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board." Reporting by Anna Tong in San Francisco; editing by Kenneth Li and Franklin PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Sam Altman's, Sam, Brad Lightcap, Altman, Mira Murati, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Szymon Sidor, Lightcap, Anna Tong, Kenneth Li, Franklin Paul Organizations: Microsoft, Reuters, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: San Francisco
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