Tag: Sam

Celtics’ Sam Cassell aiming to become an NBA head coach

Sam Cassell spent the 2023-24 NBA season as one of Joe Mazzulla’s top assistant coaches, winning his fourth NBA championship (three as a player) in the process. Cassell is among the most respected assistants in the NBA. JJ Redick has reportedly shown interest in adding him to his Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff. According to […]

Sam Brown wins GOP Senate primary in Nevada, setting up a key race this fall

Army veteran Sam Brown clinched the Republican nomination for the Senate in Nevada on Tuesday, NBC News projects, setting up a faceoff with Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen in what’s expected to be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country this year. Republicans have viewed Nevada, where former President Donald Trump has consistently […]

Apple Made Once-Unlikely Deal With Sam Altman to Catch Up in AI

(Bloomberg) — When a 23-year-old Sam Altman took the stage at Apple Inc.’s annual developer conference in 2008, he gushed about being able to use the company’s new App Store to promote his software, a friend-locating service called Loopt. “We think this is a new era of mobile, and we’re thrilled to be part of […]

Sam Altman Admits That OpenAI Doesn’t Actually Understand How Its AI Works

OpenAI has raised tens of billions of dollars to develop AI technologies that are changing the world. But there’s one glaring problem: it’s still struggling to understand how its tech actually works. During last week’s International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was stumped after being asked […]

Ukraine Strikes Long-Range SAM System Inside Russia With U.S. Weapon

Video and images have emerged on social media claiming to show the destruction of an S-400 or S-300 surface-to-air (SAM) system in Belgorod, Russia, by an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS. The attack on the SAM, located about 30 miles north of the border, comes just days after the Biden administration approved […]

Y Combinator founder says Sam Altman wasn’t fired

Y Combinator founder Paul Graham said the startup accelerator didn’t fire Sam Altman. Altman had roles at OpenAI and Y Combinator before he left the latter in 2019. “We didn’t want him to leave, just to choose one or the other,” Graham said. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn’t fired from his position as Y Combinator […]