Yesterday in Helsinki, this editor interviewed four of the six general partners at Benchmark, the nearly 30-year-old, Silicon Valley firm that’s known for some notable bets (Uber, Dropbox), paying each general partner exactly the same way, and for continuing to ...
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ChatGPT just turned one, and even some OpenAI employees can’t believe the way its first year has played out
GoodayfriendsOpenAI CEO and cofounder Sam Altman at the company’s first DevDay conference on November 6. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ChatGPT turned one today. When it was first launched, OpenAI leaders framed it as a “low-key research preview.” Some employees didn’t even realize ...
Microsoft’s top brass still don’t seem to know what the heck happened with Sam Altman and OpenAI
GoodayfriendsMicrosoft president Brad Smith. Getty Images Microsoft has put billions into OpenAI, but it still doesn’t know why its board fired Sam Altman. Microsoft president Brad Smith dismissed the idea that the drama was over a dangerous AI discovery. However, ...
OpenAI doesn’t plan to offer Microsoft or other outside investors a board seat: reports
GoodayfriendsOpenAI’s incoming board chairman, Bret Taylor (left), and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Mark Wilson and Justin Sullivan via Getty Images OpenAI doesn’t plan to give board seats to investors like Microsoft, per Reuters and The Information. Microsoft is OpenAI’s biggest ...
AWS takes the cheap shots
GoodayfriendsThe rise of generative AI opens up a massive new market for the large cloud providers, but it’s also a bit of a reset. Unlike the rise of containers, for example, generative AI is an entirely new market. Some players ...
What can you buy a billionaire who has it all? I asked ChatGPT for gift ideas for Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and other tech execs.
GoodayfriendsI asked ChatGPT what to get Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Some answers were better than others. Getty I tried using AI to generate gift ideas for big names in tech. Some gift ideas were better or more realistic than ...
5 things that outlasted Emmett Shear’s stint as OpenAI CEO
GoodayfriendsEmmett Shear cofounded streaming platform Twitch in 2011. Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images Emmett Shear was temporarily CEO of OpenAI in between Sam Altman’s departure and return earlier this week. It was an interim position, but is still one of the shortest ...
Some OpenAI engineers make as much as $800,000 and were key players in Sam Altman’s return
GoodayfriendsSam Altman returned to OpenAI days after the company’s board fired him. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images OpenAI reinstated CEO Sam Altman after a dayslong saga kicked off with the board firing him Friday. Hundreds of employees threatened to quit ...
Yes, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI’s CEO, but we still have lots of unanswered questions
GoodayfriendsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the company’s board on Friday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It’s been a wild week at OpenAI. In fact, wild doesn’t begin to cover it. We now know Sam Altman’s returning to the company after ...
OpenAI, emerging from the ashes, has a lot to prove even with Sam Altman’s return
GoodayfriendsThe OpenAI power struggle that captivated the tech world after co-founder Sam Altman was fired has finally reached its end — at least for the time being. But what to make of it? It feels almost as though some eulogizing ...