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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. 700 of 770 OpenAI employees saying they will go now. What is the board going to be board of? In a letter signed by twelve…
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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…
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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 directly into its popular ChatGPT service earlier this fall. Simply by typing in a description and waiting a few short…
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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…
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Sam Altman fired as OpenAI CEO: the tech world reacts

November 18, 2023
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…
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Generative AI: The teacher that can help close the skills gap?

November 18, 2023
The global talent gap is long-lamented and continues to grow — in the U.S. alone, there are currently 9.6 million job openings compared to 6.5 million unemployed.  This has many calling for upskilling and re-skilling of existing workforces. However, while many business leaders recognize that need, they are hampered by a lack of time, resources and funds to develop materials on which to train…
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The AI revolution: Shaping the future of investing

November 18, 2023
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…
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Google DeepMind unveils Lyria, a powerful GenAI model for music creation

November 17, 2023
Google DeepMind today unveiled its newest and “most advanced” music AI system yet, called Lyria. The company says the model can generate high-quality vocals, lyrics, and musical backing tracks that mimic the style of popular artists. DeepMind announced Lyria alongside new music creation experiments launching on YouTube Shorts. One of the experiments called “Dream Track” will let creators…
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