… But after postponing the release of an AI-enhanced Siri in 2025, Apple executives working on AI began to exit the company. Robby Walker, a senior executive working on AI, left in October of that year. …
Brad Lightcap, the chief operating officer and one of CEO Sam Altman’s top deputies, is transitioning to a “special projects” role. …
… The exits of Weil, Peebles, and Narayanan are just the latest in a series of executive shake-ups at OpenAI. The company recently announced a major reorganization of its executive team as Simo took a medical leave to focus on her health. …
… He also served as its CEO again in 2024 while top executive Matt Mullenweg went on a sabbatical. …
… The military, which under President Trump calls itself the Department of War, has said it has taken steps to ensure Anthropic can’t purposely try to sabotage its AI tools during the transition. …
… In December, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could revoke federal broadband funding from states that approve “onerous” AI laws. …
… She was diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, in 2019. “For my entire time here, I’ve postponed medical tests and new therapies to stay completely focused on the job and not miss a single day of work,” she told OpenAI staff in a memo back in April, announcing her temporary departur… …
… Cook, and his soon-to-be-successor John Ternus, also addressed Cook’s transition out of the CEO role later this year. …
… The transition was possible thanks to a $40 million Series B funding round from OpenAI. …
… If AI development follows the path of previous major evolutionary transitions or ‘intelligence explosions,’ our current step-change in computational intelligence will be plural, social, and deeply entangled with its forebears us! ." The concept of a single all-powerful intelligence ruling the world… …