Livestream Replay: Musk v. Altman and the Future of OpenAI
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Some Musk v. Altman Jurors Don't Like Elon Musk
… Earlier this morning, OpenAI’s official newsroom account published a post on X calling Musk’s lawsuit an “attempt to undermine our work to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” Meanwhile, demonstrators were outside the court protesting the AI race altogether and cal… …
Arm Is Now Making Its Own Chips
… OpenAI’s vice president of science and former chief product officer, Kevin Weil, also showed up on stage alongside Haas. “One of the most common things I hear inside of OpenAI: ‘I need more compute,’” Weil said. “It’s kind of the coin of the realm.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Amazon senior vice presi… …
Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins
… The boosted Farrow post didn’t come with an “ad” label in people’s feeds on Monday, but users who clicked on a post options menu were shown choices such as “report ad.” On an FAQ page for X’s Boost feature, the company says that “boosted posts must also self-identify as an advertisement and comply … …
OpenAI and Google Workers File Amicus Brief in Support of Anthropic Against the US Government
… OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a post on social media that “enforcing the SCR supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic would be very bad for our industry and our country.” He added that “this is a very bad decision from the DoW and I hope they reverse it.” As Anthropic’s relationship with the Pent…
Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’
… In the past year, Brockman has also given millions to super PACs promoting AI and President Trump, and has previously said this increased political spending is related to OpenAI’s founding mission to create artificial general intelligence that benefits all of humanity. …
Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
… Anthropic, which was founded five years ago by a group of OpenAI defectors, has developed a reputation for speaking loudly about potential risks stemming from advanced artificial intelligence and advocating for safeguards to prevent them. …
Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
… OpenAI’s Rebuttal William Savitt, an attorney for OpenAI, told jurors that OpenAI never promised Musk that it would remain a nonprofit and publish all its code. “The evidence here will show what Musk says happened did not happen,” Savitt said. …
Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
… That makes him one of the largest known individual shareholders of OpenAI. Earlier in the trial, OpenAI president Greg Brockman acknowledged for the first time that he has around $30 billion worth of OpenAI shares. …
What Microsoft Executives Really Thought About OpenAI in 2018
… Several Microsoft executives said in the emails their visits to OpenAI did not indicate any imminent breakthroughs in developing artificial general intelligence. In 2017, much of OpenAI’s work was focused on building AI systems that could play video games, which showed early signs of success. …