Author: Zach_Wilson
Sam Altman rejoins OpenAI’s board after investigation into sudden firing
An independent investigation commissioned by OpenAI’s nonprofit board has found that CEO Sam Altman’s conduct “did not mandate removal.” After surviving an attempted boardroom coup in November, he will now rejoin the board. In a press release, board chair Bret Taylor said the law firm WilmerHale interviewed board members, employees,…
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Google fired an employee who protested its contract with the Israeli military
Google has fired an employee who publicly protested the company’s work for the Israeli military. During a presentation by an executive with Google’s Israel branch on Monday, the now-former Google Cloud engineer stood up and shouted, “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance.” Google confirmed the firing,…
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13 Best Deals From the Discover Samsung Sale: Phones, Tablets, TVs
This week you can save on smartphones, tablets, headphones, and even a projector. Source
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Florida teens arrested for creating ‘deepfake’ AI nude images of classmates
Two Florida middle schoolers were arrested in December and charged with third-degree felonies for allegedly creating deepfake nudes of their classmates. A report by Wired cites police reports saying two boys, aged 13 and 14, are accused of using an unnamed “artificial intelligence application” to generate the explicit images of other students “between the ages…
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The TikTok ban just got closer – here’s what the new US law means and what happens next
TikTok now faces the very real threat of being banned in the US unless the app is sold by its owner ByteDance, after President Biden signed a new bill into law that has set the clock ticking. The bill, which gives ByteDance nine months to divest itself of the app…
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‘Awesome Branding Move’: Intel recycles Altera brand for its PSG group — and it may well have been decided over a dinner in 2023
In an interesting branding move, Intel has renamed its Programmable Solutions Group “Altera,”, and reestablished it as an independent company. Intel’s acquisition of Altera in 2015 for $16.7 billion was one of the tech industry’s largest deals at the time. Now, the newly independent Altera, led by CEO Sandra Rivera…
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