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Sam Altman Returning To OpenAI As CEO Less Than A Week After Ouster; New Board Named

Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO with a new board, the tech startup said early Wednesday morning. The news comes less than a week after Altman was suddenly ousted last Friday. By Sunday evening, he had moved to Microsoft to help lead a new group researching artificial intelligence. Earlier…

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Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman And Co-Founder Greg Brockman Move To Microsoft To Head Up New AI Research Group – Update

UPDATED Nov. 20 with news of new roles: Sam Altman, who was ousted last Friday as CEO of ChatGPT parent OpenAI, is moving to Microsoft to help lead a new group researching artificial intelligence. The news was announced in the overnight hours by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who noted that the company…

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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin And Other Writers Join Authors Guild In Class Action Lawsuit Against OpenAI

The Authors Guild, John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, Michael Connelly, Jodi Picoult and a group of other famous fiction writers filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday against OpenAI, claiming that their technology is infringing on their works. It’s the latest lawsuit to challenge AI’s use of…

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AI Companies Pledge “Responsible Innovation” In Set Of White House Commitments

President Joe Biden unveiled a set of “responsible innovation” voluntary commitments made by seven companies involved in artificial intelligence amid worries over the impact of the technology. “Americans are seeing how advanced artificial intelligence and the pace of innovation have the power to…

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FTC Probing ChatGPT Over False Information That Could Harm Consumers As AI Takes Center Stage

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI's ChatGPT over whether the artificial intelligence platform that's been dominating headlines can harm people by publishing false information about them. It’s the latest pushback against fast-moving, still-evolving AI technology that’s disrupting…

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Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI And Meta For Copyright Infringement; Lawsuits Challenge Use Of Works For Artificial Intelligence Datasets

Sarah Silverman and two other authors filed class-action lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta, claiming that the companies’ artificial intelligence software programs pilfer from their copyrighted works. The lawsuit reflects a growing debate over when emerging artificial intelligence technology crosses…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says Content Owners Need To Get “Significant Upside Benefit” From New Technology

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told lawmakers on Tuesday that the “right thing to do” is to make sure that content owners “get significant upside benefit” from artificial intelligence technology that has raised new concerns over copyright and compensation. At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Altman…

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