… The details that come out in the trial about OpenAI “will absolutely change its reputation, if it’s still trying to claim it’s doing this in some high-minded, ‘we want to make AI safe for humanity’ way,” said Deven Desai, a professor of business law and ethics at the Georgia Institute of Technology… …
… He’s also a shit magnet that could do serious damage to SpaceX’s reputation. Musk’s companies do business with and are deeply entangled with each other in ways laid bare by the filing. …
… Tim Cook joined Apple in 1998 and quickly earned a reputation as a quiet, calculating supply chain wizard. …
… Still, it’s a rapid escalation in a phenomenon I’ve been tracking for months: AI industry super PACs gaining their own political reputations, reflecting the companies and founders who fund them, then using those reputations to fight each other. …
… Even if workplace guardrails are different, it may not be the kind of thing a business would welcome. …
… In the more immediate term, there’s not necessarily a business case for space beyond low Earth orbit right now. “Short of some sort of technological or scientific breakthrough, in the next five to 10 years, I’m skeptical,” says Whitman Cobb. …
… The customer support business had zero percent growth in the third quarter. Its database and applications businesses, though very profitable, aren’t growing and may even be declining, says analyst Gil Luria of DA Davidson. The cloud business, on the other hand, is growing. …
… Three new Intel-powered Surface devices launched this week, aimed at businesses. …
… Is there any reputation left to damage for Sam Altman or the AI industry as a whole? …
… Microsoft has been accused of overcharging thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on competing cloud services. …