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Speaking at the NYT's DealBook summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AGI will matter much less and the safety concerns don't come at the AGI moment. He also said OpenAI will achieve AGI much sooner than most people think.
Mira Murati’s Sudden Exit Raises Serious Questions About OpenAI’s For-Profit Ambition
Arjun Sha
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In a surprising turn of events, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has abruptly resigned from the company. Another report says that OpenAI is planning to dismantle its non-profit board and move to a for-profit corporation. With Murati's exit, OpenAI has seen a series of high-profile exits in the last few months.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says Superintelligence is a Few Thousand Days Away
Arjun Sha
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes an astounding claim and says superintelligence can be achieved within the next few thousand days. OpenAI believes scaling current AI systems will lead to generalized intelligence. However, other prominent AI researchers argue that LLMs are not sufficient to unlock intelligence.
Last year, OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman, only to appoint him back to the position a couple of days later. Now, some more details from ex-OpenAI board members, Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, have revealed the actual reasons behind Altman's firing and that has understandably raised some big concerns in the community. From "psychological abuse" to secrecy and lies, Altman has been accused of it all by the ex-board members.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Is Raising Money to Set Up AI Chip Factories
Sagnik Das Gupta
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According to a new Bloomberg report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking to raise in billions to establish his own network of AI chip factories. He predicts that industry-leading foundries like TSMC, Intel and Samsung will not be able to support the needs of AI technologies in the future. So, as per the report, he is already in active discussions with investors like G42 and SoftBank Group, with funding requirements from G42 alone revolving around $8 billion or more.
We recap the events of Sam Altman's ousting from OpenAI and his return to the company within a week. Chaos ensued when OpenAI revealed on November 18 that Sam Altman has been fired. This was followed by Greg Brockman quitting OpenAI. Then, we learned former Twitch CEO Emmet Shear was hired as the interim OpenAI CEO and Sam Altman was moving to Microsoft to set up a new AI research division. Now, on November 22, Altman has been reinstated as the OpenAI CEO with a new board.