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OpenAI announces Sam Altman will rejoin its board of directors, alongside three new members: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo — Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, Fidji Simo join; Sam Altman rejoins board — We're announcing three new members to our Board …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
An independent investigation commissioned by OpenAI has found that Sam Altman's conduct before his ouster “did not mandate removal” — An independent investigation found that the circumstances surrounding last fall's failed coup ‘did not mandate removal.’
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI probe: the board's decision to fire Altman was because of a “breakdown in trust”, not concerns about product safety, the pace of development, or finances — - AI startup recruited WilmerHale lawyers for monthslong probe — Board previously gave limited details on reason for firing CEO| The Information: |
Source: Ilya Sutskever, who has been nearly absent from OpenAI's affairs since Altman's brief ouster, is still in talks about remaining at the company — OpenAI's board said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding CEO Sam Altman's short-lived firing last November had exonerated the executive … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry — After a whirlwind of events, Epic Games says Apple has reinstated their App Store developer account.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers Midnight Blizzard accessed some of its “source code repositories and internal systems” following the January hack — Microsoft revealed earlier this year that Russian state-sponsored hackers had been spying on the email accounts of some members of its senior leadership team.
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LinkedIn: Bob Young and Subhash P.
Forums: r/technology, r/PrepperIntel, r/news, r/tech, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
CISA confirms it took down two systems in February, after discovering signs of exploitation via vulnerabilities in Ivanti products that the agency used — Hackers breached the systems of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in February through vulnerabilities in Ivanti products, officials said.
More: CNN, Cybersecurity …, CRN, The Register, SiliconANGLE, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
About 600 Activision QA workers form a union with help from the CWA, becoming the largest video game union in the US; Microsoft voluntarily recognized the union — Around 600 workers in Activision Publishing's quality assurance department have formed a union.
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Wyoming passes the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, a framework to recognize DAOs as legal entities; a16z crypto supported the law — On Thursday, Wyoming's Republican governor, Mark Gordon, signed into law the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act … | Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Over 100 scientists sign an agreement that seeks to prevent their AI-aided research for designing new proteins from being used for the development of bioweapons — An agreement by more than 90 said, however, that artificial intelligence's benefit to the field of biology would exceed any potential harm.
More: Responsible AI x Biodesign, The Verge, PCMag, GeekWire, and Institute for Protein Design
X: @uwproteindesign, @jaimeyassif, @uwproteindesign, @uwproteindesign, @jamiemetzl, and @uwproteindesign
LinkedIn: Sam Weiss Evans, Eric Horvitz, and Anna Marie Wagner
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Microsoft makes changes to Copilot, including blocking requests to create images of teens playing with assault rifles, following a staffer's letter to the FTC — - Microsoft seems to have made changes to its artificial intelligence guardrails, after a staff AI engineer wrote …
More: Neowin, Engadget, and The Decoder
Threads: @haydenfield and @ethank. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Hayden Field
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Source: X plans to launch a TV app, which looks “identical” to YouTube's TV app, for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs next week — In a bid to compete with YouTube and recast itself as a video platform, Elon Musk's X is launching a television app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs, a source at the company told Fortune.
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
Sources: some NIST staff have threatened to resign over the expected appointment of an “effective altruist” AI researcher to the US AI Safety Institute — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is facing an internal crisis as staff members and scientists … | Anna Mutoh / Financial Times: |
PitchBook: just 14% of US unicorns have a female cofounder, up from 5% a decade ago, while only 5% have a female founding CEO, up from zero over the same time — Women continue to receive only a small fraction of the funding from firms — Earlier this year, venture capitalist Aileen Lee … | Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
Jason Palmer, who beat Joe Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus, used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters — Jason Palmer, a self-proclaimed ‘long-shot candidate’ vying for the presidency, uses AI generated texts, emails and an avatar to communicate with voters
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