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OpenAI staff release a letter, signed by Ilya Sutskever and 490+ others, saying they may quit and join Sam Altman unless the board resigns and reappoints Altman (Wired)

Wired: OpenAI staff release a letter, signed by Ilya Sutskever and 490+ others, saying they may quit and join Sam Altman unless the board resigns and reappoints Altman — Nearly 500 employees of OpenAI have signed a letter saying they may quit and join Sam Altman at Microsoft unless the startup’s board resigns and reappoints

Apple is once again set to disappoint with iPhone 16, 16 Plus displays

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Display specs of the iPhone 16 series have leaked. The vanilla iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 Plus are expected to feature the same 60Hz displays as their iPhone 15 counterparts. The Pro models are said to feature slightly larger screens. The refresh rate on Apple’s non-Pro iPhones is

Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Microsoft is hiring former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman. Altman was fired from OpenAI on Friday, after the board said it “no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.” After a weekend of negotiations to potentially bring Altman back to OpenAI, Microsoft CEO Satya

Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft’s new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft’s new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI — Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …

Breaking: OpenAI’s ex-CEO Sam Altman joins Microsoft

Credit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority OpenAI’s ex-CEO, Sam Altman, has joined Microsoft, as announced by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Sam Altman and OpenAI’s ex-President Greg Brockman will be leading a new advanced AI research team within Microsoft, along with other colleagues from OpenAI. Microsoft also mentions that it remains committed to its partnership with

3D Human Models from a Single Image

You’ve seen it in movies and shows — the hero takes a blurry still picture, and with a few keystrokes, generates a view from a different angle or sometimes even a full 3D model. Turns out, thanks to machine learning and work by several researchers, this might be possible. As you can see in the

OpenAI’s board “stands by its decision as the only path to advance and defend the mission of OpenAI” and criticizes “Sam’s behavior and lack of transparency” (New York Times)

New York Times: OpenAI’s board “stands by its decision as the only path to advance and defend the mission of OpenAI” and criticizes “Sam’s behavior and lack of transparency” — The announcement seemed to cap a tumultuous weekend for the A.I. company, as Mr. Altman made a push to reclaim his job.

OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear

Emmett Shear at TED 2019. | Photo by Lawrence Sumulong/Getty Images OpenAI has a third CEO in three days: Emmett Shear. After a shock firing of former CEO Sam Altman on Friday, Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear is officially taking over as interim CEO of OpenAI. The Information first revealed Shear’s appointment on Sunday night. The

Lenovo Legion Go review: nice screen, detachable controllers, and FPS mode that simulates a mouse but using Windows is frustrating and terrible battery life (Eric Ravenscraft/Wired)

Eric Ravenscraft / Wired: Lenovo Legion Go review: nice screen, detachable controllers, and FPS mode that simulates a mouse but using Windows is frustrating and terrible battery life — This is one of the better attempts at a very bad idea: Putting Windows on a gaming handheld. … Rating:

Samsung Galaxy S22 gets One UI 6 stable update based on Android 14

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Samsung is rolling out the stable One UI 6 update for Galaxy S22 users. The update rollout has begun in Europe with the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and it will gradually expand to all three phones in the series and across more regions. The update is version DWK4 and

Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue up 0.6% YoY to ~$9.9B, its first gain in almost two years, and a ~$684M net income, both above est., buoyed by rising smartphone sales (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue up 0.6% YoY to ~$9.9B, its first gain in almost two years, and a ~$684M net income, both above est., buoyed by rising smartphone sales — – Smartphone maker’s revenue and net income top estimates — Electronics manufacturer also expanding to electric vehicles

Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma in peril after EU warning

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Adobe has been issued with a formal antitrust complaint by EU regulators regarding its $20 billion bid for cloud-based product design platform Figma. Following an in-depth investigation that was launched on August 7th, the European Commission reached the preliminary conclusion on Friday that if the deal goes ahead,

A profile of Beryl Tomay, a lifelong Amazon executive who made two early career mistakes that she now eagerly discusses, as she leads Amazon’s “last mile” unit (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Beryl Tomay, a lifelong Amazon executive who made two early career mistakes that she now eagerly discusses, as she leads Amazon’s “last mile” unit — Beryl Tomay is open about her early career mistakes, in hopes her experiences can help others who are now just starting

Bumble, Grindr, and Hinge Moderators Struggle to Keep Users—and Themselves—Safe

An investigation revealed that workers dealing with user reports on dating apps struggle with “unattainable” expectations and traumatic content.

Humane’s AI Pin, marketed as a fashion accessory, is effectively a high-tech brooch, typically worn with outwear, which may present challenges in hot climates (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Victoria Song / The Verge: Humane’s AI Pin, marketed as a fashion accessory, is effectively a high-tech brooch, typically worn with outwear, which may present challenges in hot climates — Before you disrupt everything, you have to deeply consider the current cultural norms or no one will wear your wearable.

Sam Altman isn’t coming back to OpenAI

Sam Altman at OpenAI’s first conference on November 6th, | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images After a weekend of negotiations to potentially bring back Sam Altman as OpenAI CEO following his shock firing, the company’s nonprofit board has gone another way entirely and named former Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear as interim CEO, according

Google Maps has changed its colors and people are upset

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Maps has a new color scheme that’s now rolling out widely. Roads are now gray, water bodies are a lighter blue, forested areas are a darker shade of green, and the route color is a jarring blue. Most Google Maps users seem opposed to the changes and want

How the WS2812 is Made

[Scotty Allen] of Strange Parts is no stranger to Chinese factory tours, but this one is now our favorite. He visits the font of all WS2812s, World Semi, and takes a good look at the machines that make two million LEDs per day. The big deal with the WS2812s, and all of the similar addressable

Sam Altman’s Attempt to Return as OpenAI CEO Fails as Board Turns to Ex-Twitch CEO

Altman was ousted by OpenAI’s board on Friday but by Sunday was back in the building to negotiate a return. The board chose ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as interim CEO instead.

Kyle Vogt, CEO of Robotaxi Developer Cruise, Resigns As Questions Linger Over Grisly Crash

The leader of General Motors’ self-driving car unit Cruise resigned Sunday as pressure continues over an incident last month in which a pedestrian was dragged beneath a robot car.

Source: dozens of OpenAI employees internally announced they are quitting after Ilya Sutskever told them that Sam Altman won’t return (Amir Efrati/The Information)

Amir Efrati / The Information: Source: dozens of OpenAI employees internally announced they are quitting after Ilya Sutskever told them that Sam Altman won’t return — Dozens of OpenAI staffers internally announced they were quitting the company Sunday night, said a person with knowledge of the situation …

OpenAI has a new CEO, and even ChatGPT couldn’t have come up with all this drama

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI’s Board of Directors has hired former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as the new CEO of OpenAI, replacing interim CEO Mira Murati, who in turn had replaced ousted CEO Sam Altman. Mira Murati reportedly intended to bring Sam Altman back to OpenAI in some capacity. Reports suggest Microsoft is

The EU Wants to Fix Gig Work. Uber Has Its Own Ideas

The European Union’s Platform Work Directive was supposed to settle the employment status of gig workers. Years of lobbying later, workers are losing hope in the process.

First CRISPR-Based Therapies For Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia Approved In The UK

The gene-therapy-based treatment called Casgevy was recently approved in the UK, making it the first time that a treatment based on the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool has been authorized for medical treatments. During the clinical trials, a number of patients were enrolled with either sickle cell disease (SCD) or β thalassemia, both of which are

Sources describe how ChatGPT’s success widened ideological rifts at OpenAI, and Ilya Sutskever began behaving like a spiritual leader expecting AGI’s arrival (The Atlantic)

The Atlantic: Sources describe how ChatGPT’s success widened ideological rifts at OpenAI, and Ilya Sutskever began behaving like a spiritual leader expecting AGI’s arrival — To truly understand the events of the past 48 hours—the shocking, sudden ousting of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman …

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