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Andy Jassy and Jack Dorsey Blamed AI for Massive Layoffs, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Warns ‘AI Washing’ Is Real. What’s Really Going on with Huge Job Cuts?

More and more Silicon Valley CEOs are blaming job losses on AI. But according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, these big layoffs have less to do with technology and more to do with traditional business fundamentals.

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Scoop: Altman told staff he tried to "save" Anthropic in Pentagon clash

Altman privately vented that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had spent years trying to undermine him.

Axios

OpenAI Sora dead, new funding "Ponzi scheme" ... is the end of OpenAI nigh, and will Microsoft end up picking up the pieces?

OpenAI looks increasingly chaotic, as it shutters various projects and restructures in ongoing, increasingly fruitless-looking attempts to become profitable.

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30-year-old CEO of $11 billion Harvey earned the backing of OpenAI and Sam Altman. He says you have to 're-earn' your role every 6 months

Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg says in today’s fast-moving business world, employees must constantly prove their value—or risk being left behind.

Fortune

What does OpenAI's Sora shutdown mean for the future of AI video?

Disney's AI plans have hit another hurdle.

Creative Bloq

Sam Altman et al. "May Not Inquire into Musk's Ketamine Use" at Trial of Musk Suit Over OpenAI

But "evidence related to his political activities, attendance at Burning Man in 2017, and relationship with Shivon Zilis" will be allowed.

Reason

OpenAI Lists Dependence on Microsoft as a ‘Risk'. MSFT Should Perhaps Say the Same

OpenAI has listed dependence on Microsoft as among the risks it faces. It works both ways, though, and even MSFT seems to have put too many eggs in one basket with its backing of OpenAI.

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New college grad unemployment will spike to 35% in 2 years, senator warns, forcing 'Dario, Sam' to quit AI fear-mongering

“If you take Dario, Sam, you take all the evangelists. I think they are literally consciously pulling back on their predictions,” Mark Warner said.

Fortune

'AI will also present new threats to society' — Sam Altman issues stark warning as $1 billion plan is revealed

Sam Altman says AI could help cure diseases — but warns it will also create serious new threats that no single company can control.

TechRadar

OpenAI just killed Sora as company readies IPO and new 'Spud' model

Sora is dead. OpenAI pivots to a new model and more enterprise-friendly tools ahead of IPO.

Tom’s Guide

OpenAI unexpectedly kills Sora, and I wonder if this is the start of a mini AI bubble collapse

OpenAI unexpectedly announced the shuttering of Sora, and the company may have lost a huge partner.

TechRadar

OpenAI discontinues Sora video generation app, Disney pulls out of $1 billion investment deal

The shutdown of the app is reportedly part of a broader strategic shift away from video generation in favor of productivity apps.

PC Gamer

OpenAI will shutter Sora video app

The AI video app shot to the top of the app store charts before downloads plummeted.

Axios

OpenAI Eyes Gigawatt-Scale Fusion Power From Helion as Sam Altman Steps Down Amid Deal Talks

OpenAI may secure up to 50 GW of clean fusion energy from Helion by 2035, with Sam Altman stepping down from the board to avoid conflicts of interest.

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'We should regard it as a privilege to be stepping stones to higher things': How Arthur C Clarke predicted the rise of AGI and the looming demise of humanity back in 1964

From loose ideas of 3D printing to artificial general intelligence (AGI), Arthur C. Clarke made some spooky predictions way back in 1964

Reason

Sam Altman's Defamation and Abuse of Process Case Against Sister Can Go Forward

From Judge Zachary Bluestone (E.D. Mo.) today in Altman v. Altman, the factual allegations (and of course at this point… The post Sam Altman's Defamation and Abuse of Process Case Against Sister Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

The Mary Sue

Frank Herbert’s Dune made a chilling point about the future of AI, and this man is ragebaiting to make another.

Are we serious?

TechRadar

“Thank you for getting us to this point” — I thought Sam Altman’s tweet about coders was nice — then I read it again

Sam Altman’s latest tweet thanks the coders who “got us to this point” — but a closer look at that phrasing raises a bigger question about what happens next.

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Uber cofounder says human workers will be extremely ‘valuable’ until super AGI steps into the picture: ‘That's my white pill’

While workers are panicking over the fate of their careers, Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick is optimistic that humans will be “more and more” valuable in an AI-driven world.

The Conversation

OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren’t AI regulation — they’re surveillance

In a span of two days following news that the Tumbler Ridge perpetrator’s ChatGPT account had been flagged prior to the shooting, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon and British Colombia Premier David Eby.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft considering suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon, report claims — exclusivity dispute revolves around Frontier multi-agent service

Microsoft ruminating on suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon

Fortune

ServiceNow CEO says that new college graduate unemployment could reach 30% thanks to AI automation

Bill McDermott, the boss of $123 billion software giant ServiceNow, says it’s going to be hard for Gen Z workers to “differentiate themselves in a corporate environment” as AI takes over.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Vows Possible $134 Billion Charity Donation In Sam Altman Legal Battle

Elon Musk vows to donate any proceeds from his reported $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI to charity, framing the legal battle as a matter of principle.

TechRadar

'Its most distinguishing characteristic is its humanity' one ChatGPT user says — and Sam Altman agrees as OpenAI takes steps to reduce ‘teaser-style phrasing’ in responses

Sam Altman admits ChatGPT’s real appeal isn’t its intelligence, it’s its personality, as OpenAI moves to fix tone issues after user backlash.

Windows Central

Sam Altman wants to turn AI into a utility — and meter “intelligence” like electricity

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicts AI will shift from subscriptions to utility billing, charging by usage like power or water.

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