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It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model

It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model

OpenAI unveiled its latest generative AI model, GPT-5, on Thursday. CEO Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having …

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Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’ | TechCrunch

Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’ | TechCrunch

During a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team were peppered …

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OpenAI’s New CEO of Applications Strikes Hyper-Optimistic Tone in First Memo to Staff

OpenAI’s New CEO of Applications Strikes Hyper-Optimistic Tone in First Memo to Staff

OpenAI’s incoming CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, sent her first note to staff on Monday, telling employees the tools they’re …

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Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent

Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent

As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offered top tier research talent pay packages of up to …

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OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’

OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’

Mark Chen, the chief research officer at OpenAI, sent a forceful memo to staff on Saturday, promising to go head-to-head …

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OpenAI Loses 4 Key Researchers to Meta

OpenAI Loses 4 Key Researchers to Meta

Four OpenAI researchers are leaving the company to go to Meta, two sources confirm to WIRED. Shengjia Zhao, Shuchao Bi, …

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The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie | TechCrunch

The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie | TechCrunch

A film that will portray the chaotic time at OpenAI, when co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was both fired and …

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How the Loudest Voices in AI Went From ‘Regulate Us’ to ‘Unleash Us’

How the Loudest Voices in AI Went From ‘Regulate Us’ to ‘Unleash Us’

On May 16, 2023, Sam Altman appeared before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary. The title of the hearing was …

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How Peter Thiel’s Relationship With Eliezer Yudkowsky Launched the AI Revolution

How Peter Thiel’s Relationship With Eliezer Yudkowsky Launched the AI Revolution

Two members of the Extropian community, internet entrepreneurs Brian and Sabine Atkins—­who met on an Extropian mailing list in 1998 …

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OpenAI Backs Down on Restructuring Amid Pushback

OpenAI Backs Down on Restructuring Amid Pushback

The newly proposed structure keeps the nonprofit in control, though Monday’s blog post didn’t go into detail about what exactly …

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Elon Musk Gets His Wish: OpenAI Will Remain a Nonprofit

Elon Musk Gets His Wish: OpenAI Will Remain a Nonprofit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been working on wriggling out from under the control of the company’s nonprofit board ever …

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Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store

Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store

At the storefront event, a man waiting outside told me he’d booked an appointment for 11:30 but noted he was …

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