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Inside OpenAI’s chaotic weekend: The Sam Altman dismissal to Emmett Shear’s appointment

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 “not consistently candid in his communications.” It also removed president Greg Brockman in a boardroom coup that shocked the…
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AI community fractured over Israel-Hamas war

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 “we also condemn the use of AI-driven technologies for warmaking, in which the aim is to make the loss of human life more…
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Realtime generative AI art is here thanks to LCM-LoRA

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…
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How Microsoft is reducing its dependence on OpenAI

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…
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Sam Altman fired as OpenAI CEO: the tech world reacts

On the heels of the abrupt announcement today from OpenAI that its board of directors had fired co-founder Sam Altman as CEO due to him allegedly being “not consistently candid in his communications with the board,” the tech world is reacting with a range of emotions to the news. While many on X cracked jokes alluding to OpenAI’s rivalries with Google and other companies, others sought to…
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The AI revolution: Shaping the future of investing

In the ever-evolving financial landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about a quiet revolution, fundamentally altering how investing is now approached. Integrating advanced natural language processing (NLP) and large language models (LLMs) has introduced a new paradigm in trading, investment, financial analytics, reporting and financial literacy. AI-driven technologies analyze vast…
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