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DOJ to investigate NVIDIA, FTC to investigate Microsoft, OpenAI for antitrust concerns
Read more: DOJ to investigate NVIDIA, FTC to investigate Microsoft, OpenAI for antitrust concernsAntitrust has become a hot area of law under the Biden Administration. The New York Times reports that Microsoft, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are under investigation. Interestingly, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are working out an arrangement by which DOJ investigates Microsoft and OpenAI, while the FTC investigates NVIDIA. “After a similar deal…
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Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAI
Read more: Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAIApple is late to the AI party. But it will soon make major AI-related announcements at its WWDC conference on June 10-14. One of the key components is expected to be the inclusion of OpenAI’s AI in some aspect of the iPhone. The negotiations have been widely reported, and, now, according to The Information, a…
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Helen Toner, ex-Board member of OpenAI, alleges Sam Altman “didn’t inform the board that he owned the OpenAI startup fund, even though he constantly was claiming to be an independent board member with no financial interest in the company”
Read more: Helen Toner, ex-Board member of OpenAI, alleges Sam Altman “didn’t inform the board that he owned the OpenAI startup fund, even though he constantly was claiming to be an independent board member with no financial interest in the company”In an explosive interview with Bilawal Sidhu on “The TED AI Show,” ex-Board Member of OpenAI Helen Toner made some serious allegations against Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. (More from Business Insider.) Toner claims that Altman was “withholding information” from the Board and was “misrepresenting things that were happening in the company.”…
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OpenAI creates Safety and Security Committee
Read more: OpenAI creates Safety and Security CommitteeAfter a tumultuous week with departures of Ilya Sutskever and other key members of its superalignment team responsible for ensuring the development of AI in a safe manner, OpenAI announced a new committee for Safety and Security. Members are: Aleksander Madry (Head of Preparedness), the Cadence Design Systems Professor of Computing in the MIT EECS Department and a member…
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Does Warner Brothers have a potential copyright claim v. OpenAI for Sky AI assistant that sounds like Samantha character in Her movie?
Read more: Does Warner Brothers have a potential copyright claim v. OpenAI for Sky AI assistant that sounds like Samantha character in Her movie?By now, plenty of legal commentary has been offered about the potential right of publicity claim Scarlett Johansson may have against OpenAI for publishing an AI assistant named “Sky” whose voice sounds like Johansson’s. Some have suggested there might be a copyright claim if OpenAI used parts of the movie to train its AI voice…
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OpenAI strikes 5-year licensing deal for use of content by WSJ, NY Post, Barron’s, The Sun, The Times of London
Read more: OpenAI strikes 5-year licensing deal for use of content by WSJ, NY Post, Barron’s, The Sun, The Times of LondonIn a deal described as “landmark,” OpenAI struck a 5-year licensing deal with News Corp. (which owns the Wall St. Journal, the New York Post, Barron’s, The Sun, and The Times of London) to use their content, “including archives, to answer queries and trains its technology,” according to the Wall Street Journal. News Corp. CEO…
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Scarlett Johansson issues statement about rejecting Sam Altman’s request for voice work
Read more: Scarlett Johansson issues statement about rejecting Sam Altman’s request for voice workAs reported by NPR’s Bobby Allyn, the Hollywood Reporter, and others on social media, Scarlett Johansson issued a statement regarding her rejection of Sam Altman’s office for voice work for ChatGPT 4. Scarlett Johansson refused Sam Altman’s offer to do a voice for ChatGPT. So apparently OpenAI found a similar voice from a different actor.…
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OpenAI “pauses” the Scarlett Johansson-like “Her” voice in ChatGPT voice
Read more: OpenAI “pauses” the Scarlett Johansson-like “Her” voice in ChatGPT voiceAfter a tumultuous weekend following the departure of key safety executives and engineers, OpenAI faced another controversy: it reportedly paused the voice that sounded like Scarlett-Johansson’s AI voice in the movie Her, a reference that even Sam Altman tweeted about upon the release of GPT-4o. (Her is Altman’s favorite movie.) For comparison, here’s what the…
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Major controversy erupts at OpenAI as Sam Altman, Greg Brockman attempt damage control over safety employees leaving
Read more: Major controversy erupts at OpenAI as Sam Altman, Greg Brockman attempt damage control over safety employees leavingSam Altman and Greg Brockman were doing full damage control on Saturday to respond to a scathing tweet thread by outgoing super-alignment co-leader Jan Leike, who questioned OpenAI’s commitment to safety and developing responsible AI. Leike said that “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” “[O]ver the past years, safety culture…
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Co-founder Sutskever, Jan Leike, & safety employees leave OpenAI. Must they sign non-disparagement agreements, or accept potential loss of millions in equity?
Read more: Co-founder Sutskever, Jan Leike, & safety employees leave OpenAI. Must they sign non-disparagement agreements, or accept potential loss of millions in equity?OpenAI is losing key employees, left and right, including co-founder Ilya Sutskever, superalignment co-leader Jan Leike, safety team member Evan Morikaw, and others. Many of the outgoing employees were responsible for safety concerns to develop responsible AI. Sutskever, who had approved the notorious removal of Sam Altman as CEO (before he was later reinstated), said…