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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board” — The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati becomes the company's interim CEO — “Mr. Altman's departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities," the company said in its blog post.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Source: Microsoft learned that OpenAI was ousting CEO Sam Altman just a minute before the news was published — Microsoft, which has invested billions in OpenAI, learned that OpenAI was ousting CEO Sam Altman just a minute before the news was shared with the world, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman says he has quit the company “based on today's news” — Sam Altman isn't the only major OpenAI executive leaving the company on Friday. Hours after Altman was fired, with the board saying it “no longer has confidence in his ability …
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: Mira Murati tried to calm shell-shocked employees in a companywide meeting following the firing of Sam Altman — OpenAI Interim CEO Mira Murati on Friday told staff in a companywide meeting that its relationship with Microsoft—its biggest outside source of capital and computing power … | The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Satya Nadella says Microsoft has a “long-term agreement with OpenAI with full access to everything” it needs and remains “committed” to their partnership — As you saw at Microsoft Ignite this week, we're continuing to rapidly innovate for this era of AI …
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| Semafor: |
Source: Sam Altman was in the middle of raising money for a new VC fund focusing on hard tech when OpenAI fired him — Sam Altman was in the middle of raising money for a new venture capital fund focusing on hard tech when he stepped down as CEO of OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the matter.| Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic X post and a report that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content — - The left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters for America published a report Thursday that highlighted Apple, IBM …
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| Nicholas Vinocur / Politico: |
Internal note: the European Commission plans to “temporarily suspend” X advertising over widespread disinformation concerns and to avoid “reputational damage” — Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal memo: Amazon plans to cut “several hundred roles” in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in business priorities and a focus on generative AI — Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus … | Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Microsoft blocks the term “Disney” from Bing Image Creator over copyright concerns raised by a viral trend where users created Disney film posters of their pets — Film company's logo was visible in mock-ups of movie illustrations featuring users' pets
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| Martin Coulter / Reuters: |
The EU Court of Justice says Apple filed a legal case contesting the European Commission's decisions under the DMA; Meta and TikTok have already filed appeals — Apple (AAPL.O) has filed a legal case contesting decisions taken by the European Commission under its recently-introduced Digital Markets Act …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
A California jury convicts former VC Mike Rothenberg for defrauding investors on 21 counts of bank fraud, false statements, money laundering, and wire fraud — Mike Rothenberg, a former VC known for hosting lavish parties, was convicted today on 21 counts for defrauding investors
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| Giulia Petroni / Wall Street Journal: |
Italy's competition watchdog opens an investigation into whether Meta has failed to provide adequate information on how to mark branded content on Instagram — Italy's competition watchdog has opened an investigation into whether Meta Platforms has failed to provide adequate information … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord plans to shut down its ChatGPT-powered experimental chatbot Clyde on December 1; Discord started testing Clyde with its users in March 2023 — Discord is shutting down Clyde, its experimental AI chatbot. In a support note, Discord says the chatbot will be “deactivated” … Sponsor Posts
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