Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
…All of those things would be reason enough to doubt her testimony about thinking OpenAI betrayed its mission during the chaos when Altman was fired by the board. She claimed that Microsoft…
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If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
…But likely part of the reason it would have few potential suitors is that, if we look at other recent gaming megadeals, the price would be prohibitively high. EA’s take-private…
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
…Even the operating system Siri AI was announced alongside, macOS Golden Gate, shares a name with a viral Claude research demo. And unlike Google, Microsoft, and other major competitors — who are heavily…
Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns?
…Rutgers University professor and New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center director of research Daniel Semenza said legislators aren’t necessarily seeking perfection. The mandates instead are intended to add friction to the…
OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
…The original idea was purportedly to have a Y Combinator research arm, which Musk shot down because he didn’t want to be affiliated with Y Combinator. Imagine a montage of cozy…
After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all
…I wanted to see how far I could get using a Linux PC as my main computer without doing a bunch of research beforehand or troubleshooting afterwards. Since then I have booted…
AI ‘content creators’ are getting harder to spot
…Below them is an ocean of accounts flying totally under the radar. Part of the reason these accounts are able to avoid detection is that the technology used to make them…
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s “unconstrained” relationship with the truth
…Thanks to the popularity of ChatGPT, Altman has emerged as the most visible figurehead of the AI industry, having turned a once nonprofit research lab into an almost trillion-dollar private company…
That UL logo is more complicated than it looks
…But then the Trump administration came to power, and good old Brendan Carr has been coming up with reasons — which of course never actually get articulated to anyone — why any company related…
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
…decision for Altman to leave the company, adding, “They’ve walked me through all the reasons and the issues with you and why you can’t be ceo.” Altman asked why…