Emmett Shear, the recently appointed CEO of OpenAI, is a relatively well-known figure in Silicon Valley. Former CEO and cofounder of the live-streaming platform Twitch, Shear was named as the next CEO of OpenAI after Sam Altman was fired by the board. However, a history of questionable tweets has raised some eyebrows about his new role.
Shear has been a prominent figure in the tech industry for…
Understanding OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear’s Twitch roots
November 21, 2023
Former Twitch CEO and cofounder Emmett Shear has been named the interim CEO of OpenAI following the board ousting Sam Altman on Friday. Shear stepped down from Twitch in March 2023 after 16 years at the games livestreaming service.
Altman appears to have been outed by…
The leadership drama unfolding at OpenAI underscores how important it is to have security built into the company’s GPT model creation process.
The drastic action by the OpenAI board Friday to fire CEO Sam Altman led to the reported possible departure of senior architects…
While a lot of details remain unknown about the exact reasons for the OpenAI board’s firing of CEO Sam Altman Friday, new facts have emerged that show co-founder Ilya Sutskever led the firing process, with support of the board.
While the board’s statement about the firing said it resulted from communication from Altman that “wasn’t consistently candid,” the exact reasons or timing of the…
Inside OpenAI’s chaotic weekend: The Sam Altman dismissal to Emmett Shear’s appointment
November 21, 2023
OpenAI, the buzzy AI startup behind the fastest-growing business application of all time, ChatGPT, faced a weekend of turmoil that rivaled a Shakespearean tragedy.
On Friday, the organization announced the abrupt termination of its CEO Sam Altman, accusing him of being…
Breaking report: 700 of 770 employees at OpenAI, including co-founder Ilya Sutskever, tell the remaining board to resign
November 21, 2023
In a shocking twister to the saga unfolding at OpenAI, news broke Monday morning before 6am that 500 of 770 employees at OpenAI have asked the remaining board at OpenAI to resign. As of Monday afternoon, the number had increased to 700, reporter Ashlee Vance said in a tweet.
Microsoft emerges as ultimate winner in OpenAI power struggle, shares jump 1 percent
November 21, 2023
In a masterful move exemplifying urgent and instinctive leadership, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, personally jumped into the chaos happening over the weekend at the leading generative AI company, OpenAI, and came out with as much as he possibly could have.
Working for hours over the weekend, he negotiated a deal that brings Sam Altman, the ousted OpenAI CEO, over to head up a new subsidiary within…
AI community fractured over Israel-Hamas war
November 20, 2023
Nearly 200 AI leaders, researchers and data scientists have signed an open letter published last Tuesday by the ‘Responsible AI Community,’ which, in addition to condemning Israel’s “latest violence against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank,” says…
Realtime generative AI art is here thanks to LCM-LoRA
November 18, 2023
Generative AI art has quickly emerged as one of the most interesting and popular applications of the new technology, with models such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney claiming millions of users, not to mention OpenAI’s move to bundle its DALL-E 3 image generation model…
How Microsoft is reducing its dependence on OpenAI
November 18, 2023
The partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI has proven to be mutually beneficial. Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI has propelled it to the forefront of AI innovation, expanding the market for its enterprise cloud and AI offerings.
In turn, OpenAI has leveraged Microsoft’s financial resources, computational power, and market reach to transform from a research lab into an AI company that…
