A group of former OpenAI employees files an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit opposing OpenAI's for-profit transition
it's not getting much in return Hayden Field / CNBC : Ex-OpenAI staffers support Musk's case against startup's effort to transform into for-profit company Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Former OpenA...
DeepSeek says it is temporarily limiting new user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services, though existing users can still log in
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OpenAI releases a “research preview” of its Operator AI agent that can automate web-based tasks, launching to US subscribers of its $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier
A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. OpenAI on YouTube : Introduction to Operator & Agents David Gewirtz / ZDNET : Operator isn't worth its $200-per-mo...
Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day
now it's just another tech company Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : OpenAI Execs Feared ChatGPT-Parent Would Collapse After Departure Of Ilya Sutskever, Tried To Woo Him Back And Almost Succeeded: Report S...
Source: OpenAI has changed its policies towards secondary share sales to let current and former employees participate equally in its annual tender offers
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Elon Musk says that xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on November 4 and “in some important respects, it is the best that currently exists”
Here's What To Know About xAI Beatrice Nolan / Insider : Elon Musk says xAI is ready to release its first AI model to a ‘select group’ Amy Thomson / Bloomberg : Musk Says Mysterious xAI Product to Be ...
How Airbnb Head of Trust and Safety Naba Banerjee cut parties reported on the service by 55% from 2020 to 2022 and launched an anti-party AI system in May 2023
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Filing: NYC-based AI startup Elemental Cognition raised nearly $60M; AI researcher David Ferrucci, who led the team behind IBM Watson, founded Elemental in 2015
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Interviews with executives and staff at Anthropic reveal how an obsession with AI safety and ties to effective altruism influence the startup's decisions
what you need to know Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot The Economic Times : Inside the white-hot center of AI doomerism Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzz...