Ai Artificial Intelligence Archive

He is being sworn in now.

Having the ability to sell their equity let them finance their activities, such as AI research into Alzheimer’s research.

He is now testifying about Musk’s attempt to buy OpenAI using xAI, which happened after this lawsuit was filed. “I was surprised” by it, Taylor says. “Ostensibly this lawsuit is about our nonprofit purpose and mission adn this proposal was to acquire this nonprofit by a group of for-profit investors, which felt contradictory to the spirit of this lawsuit.” The OpenAI Foundation board rejected the bid because they didn’t feel it was appropriate for one person to control the mission

That’s a quote given to Bloomberg by Casey Hudson, who directed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic at BioWare and is helming a spiritual successor. “It’s hard to imagine where it’s actually helpful in the process. I’m just really unimpressed with it.”

But also about some light character assassination. It looks like Musk now has a broader strategy to try to make Altman a liability to OpenAI.

Google says it has “optimized backend processing” for smart home device controls, alarms, and timers to make Gemini for Home better at the basics. Improved age-gating and content controls mean it should now be able to give you the recipe for a margarita too.

Byron Allen’s family office is taking a majority stake in the embattled BuzzFeed, and Allen will become BuzzFeed’s chairman and CEO while Peretti will transition to the new AI-focused role. In the role, Peretti will “bring his strategic focus to applied AI research, product innovation, and the development of new technology-driven media formats,” according to a press release.

The Federal Trade Commission reminded more than a dozen companies that it can soon begin enforcing the new mandate for platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request. The provision is one that critics fear could be enforced selectively or used to limit speech.

He has not managed to do this at all. He is speaking rapidly, in a monotone.

“We’re decidedly not cash-flow-positive today.” The company has not generated any profits to date.

Because LLMs keep stealing people’s work, lol. Anyway he was talking about the OpenAI deal with Reddit, which was done to avoid litigation.

He is in a gray suit and gray tie. I am expecting more pleated khaki pants testimony. He was also the chair of Twitter’s board when it was acquired by Musk.