In her first note to staff, OpenAI's incoming CEO of Applications Fidji Simo lays out an optimistic vision for how AI will change the world
Ever since researchers began noticing a slowdown … Viktor Eriksson / PCWorld : ChatGPT interactions have more than doubled in just 6 months The Economic Times : Fidji Simo to head OpenAI's apps divisi...
Sources: Meta's new superintelligence lab led by Alexandr Wang discussed abandoning its top open-source model, Behemoth, in favor of developing a closed model
that may be changing Robert Brown / implicator.ai : From Altruism to Arms Race: Meta's AI Strategy Takes a Closed Turn Bluesky: M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler.com : Yeah... (from a couple weeks back) [emb...
In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”
neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly / Observer : Here A...
Sources: Haofei Wang, X's director of engineering, has suddenly left the company; Wang joined X in July 2023
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A look at emails between Elon Musk and Sam Altman from OpenAI's early days, discussing its Microsoft partnership, fundraising, staff compensation, AGI, and more
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Email: Linda Yaccarino announces X is launching a “video tab” feature and an X-exclusive women's soccer reality show, The Offseason, produced by Alexis Ohanian
Kylie Robison / The Verge : Threads: @reckless1280 . Bluesky: @lupersec.bsky.social See also Mediagazer Threads: Nilay Patel / @reckless1280 : When you think of great places to highlight diverse fema...
Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been put on hold, calling it a “strong franchise” but declining to share further information about its future
A Look Inside the Books Threads: Kylie Robison / @kylie.robison : i love code sooooo much — the first time i traveled for a work trip was to go to code in 2022! cant wait for when/if it returns See a...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff tells a reporter, who is looking into his Hawaii land acquisition, that he knows where she is staying and her personal details
Oglala Lakota and of Irish descent| IndigeQueer. Shannon Thaler / New York Post : Salesforce's billionaire CEO Marc Benioff is quietly buying up vast tracts of real estate in Hawaii Bluesky: @scotian...
Source: X's new Trust and Safety moderation team in Austin with 100 content moderators was initially envisioned as a 500-person team in the Bay Area
and if you're like me, your first thought is probably... is this for real? I spoke current and former X staffers familiar with T&S, and Twitter's former T&S council to get some answers. https://fortun...
Satya Nadella says “it's very clear that something has to change around the governance” of OpenAI no matter where Sam Altman ends up
These are fundamentally incompatible and it was bound to lead to hard tradeoffs eventually. … X: Emily Chang / @emilychangtv : The more I watch this interview - the wilder this story seems. Satya insi...