By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Thursday he felt members of the Muslim and Arab communities in the tech industry were uncomfortable speaking about their recent experiences, in an apparent reference to the impact of the ongoing war in Gaza. “Muslim and arab (especially palestinian) colleagues in the tech […]
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New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft over use of stories to train chatbots
The New York Times has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots. In the suit filed on Wednesday in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, the Times said OpenAI and Microsoft are advancing their technology through the “unlawful use of […]
Sam Altman reportedly returned to OpenAI with the help of his tech exec friends, interim CEO Emmett Shear and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky
Silicon Valley tech execs are an unpredictable bunch. In good times, they challenge each other to cage fights and argue over the dangers of AI at birthday parties. But when times are tough, they band together to ensure everyone stays on the job train. During Sam Altman’s surprise ouster from OpenAI last month, Airbnb’s CEO […]
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI
The Copilot designers also concluded that they needed to encourage users to essentially become hackers—to devise tricks and workarounds to overcome A.I.’s limitations and even unlock some uncanny capacities. Industry research had shown that, when users did things like tell an A.I. model to “take a deep breath and work on this problem step-by-step,” its […]