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| The Verge: |
Sources: Sam Altman's move to Microsoft is not a done deal; he and Brockman are open to returning to OpenAI if the remaining board members who fired him resign — Sam Altman's surprise move to Microsoft after his shock firing at OpenAI isn't a done deal. He and co-founder Greg Brockman …
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| Bloomberg: |
Ilya Sutskever and over 700 out of ~770 OpenAI staffers sign a letter saying they may quit and join Sam Altman unless the board resigns and reinstates Altman — - Majority of OpenAI employees sign letter seeking new board — Board member Ilya Sutskever is among the signatories
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| CNBC: |
Satya Nadella says “it's very clear that something has to change around the governance” of OpenAI no matter where Sam Altman ends up — - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC on Monday that the company remains committed to OpenAI and Sam Altman.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit — X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
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| Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: |
X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming the outlet “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on X — Musk says the watchdog org “would not let truth get in the way of a story” — Elon Musk has followed through on his threat …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
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| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about a potential merger as part of an effort to persuade Amodei to replace Sam Altman as CEO — OpenAI's board of directors approached Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of rival large-language model developer Anthropic …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, and r/ChatGPT
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI's board offered the interim CEO role to former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, before Emmett Shear accepted — Before Emmett Shear accepted the Interim CEO role at OpenAI, the board offered it to Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub …
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| Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
In a lawsuit, the US SEC accuses Kraken of commingling customer and corporate funds while operating as an unregistered broker, clearing agency, and dealer — The U.S. crypto exchange is the latest targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a series of similar actions being fought in court by other companies.
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| The Verge: |
Epic v. Google: a Google exec confirms that Spotify pays no commission when users buy subscriptions via Spotify's payment system and 4% when they pay via Google — Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments …
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| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
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| Matthew Prince / @eastdakota: |
Microsoft isn't a clear winner in OpenAI chaos, as its ~$11B investment is in danger, building AI systems has reputational risks, and talent might not stay — I'm told mine is a contrarian view on the events of the last few days, so here goes... Contrary to what @kevinroose and others have written, Microsoft was not a winner of the events of the last few days around #OpenAI. They were in a much better place on Friday morning last week...
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
CISA debuts a pilot program offering “cybersecurity shared services” to non-federal critical infrastructure entities in healthcare, education, and other sectors — The U.S. government is offering “cutting-edge cybersecurity shared services” to critical infrastructure organizations that need it most.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ seeks $4B+ from Binance as part of a proposed resolution of a years-long probe; CZ would still potentially face criminal charges in the US — - Resolution could come as soon as the end of this month — Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao would face charges in US
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Forums: Hacker News, r/wallstreetbets, r/Buttcoin, and r/ethtrader
| Financial Times: |
Filings: Tether deposited $1B+ with Britannia Financial, founded by a Tory donor later charged by the US with bribery, a rare look at its banking relationships — Funds from the world's largest stablecoin issuer are at the centre of a High Court battle — Tether deposited more than $1bn … Sponsor Posts
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