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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s response to the OpenAI board debacle is a masterclass on taking fast, decisive action

OpenAI's sudden dismissal of Sam Altman spurred the Microsoft CEO to move at warp speed.

Fortune · Nov 21, 2023

Sam Altman: what drives the tech guru who's back at the top of OpenAI

If Sam Altman wasn’t already the biggest name in Artificial Intelligence last week, he definitely is now. As boss of OpenAI, creators of Chat GPT, Altman leads a firm that has revolutionised how many people work and study – and grapples with the moral questions around their tech. Last week,…

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2023

OpenAI’s investors are trying to bring Sam Altman back

The VCs invested in OpenAI are weighing a lawsuit against the board.

Fortune · Nov 21, 2023

Microsoft demonstrates how it's training small language models to reason better than ChatGPT and Copilot

Microsoft has published a new blog post highlighting its efforts toward teaching small language models how to reason. A few months ago, the company debuted Orca. "a 13-billion language model that demonstrated strong reasoning abilities by imitating the step-by-step reasoning traces of more capable LLMs."

Windows Central · Nov 21, 2023

Be My AI integration into Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk will help visually impaired users install a new version of Windows without any external assistance

Microsoft is working closely with Be My Eyes to make its Disability Answer Desk customer service department more accessible to users with visual impairments.

Windows Central · Nov 21, 2023

FOMO, ‘when’ and ROI: CEOs are stressed about AI, and an army of experts are helping them decide where to place the right AI bets

Here's how to understand the what, when, and why of spending dollars on AI.

Fortune · Nov 21, 2023

OpenAI saga continues as reports show investors working to bring back Sam Altman

In the wake of an employee revolt in which most of OpenAI's staff have said they will resign if former CEO Sam Altman isn't reinstated, reports now say that the ChatGPT maker's investors are also working to bring Altman to the job he was fired from on Friday. In this…

France 24 · Nov 21, 2023

With his sudden return to OpenAI, Sam Altman becomes the latest 'boomerang CEO'

In a reversal that brought him back in a matter of days, the OpenAI co-founder joins a club of CEOs who return after leaving the company they founded.

WEKU · Nov 21, 2023

OpenAI shows the pitfalls of a nonprofit model

The for-profit model has a far better track record than non-profits of delivering value to society.

Fortune · Nov 21, 2023

Stock market today: Asian shares trading mixed after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains

Asian shares are trading mixed after a rally on Wall Street that was led by gains in Microsoft after it announced it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023