Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket just took off shortly after 8AM ET from the company’s Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas. A few minutes after the launch and a planned “hot stage” separation, the Super Heavy booster exploded instead of continuing its planned descent and water landing, but Starship
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Read MoreReuters: An investigation details how New Delhi-based Appin grew from an edtech startup into a provider of cyberespionage services for private investigators globally — Appin codirectors Anuj Khare (left) and Rajat Khare (center), celebrate at a party in New Delhi in or around 2007.
Read MoreCredit: Apple Mobile networks can be a confusing mess, especially if your phone often cycles between various generations like 4G, LTE, and 5G. If that wasn’t enough, all of the top American mobile carriers have also started throwing around terms like 5G UW and 5G UC. You may notice these terms show up in your
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority Sony launched the PlayStation 5 during the holiday season of 2020. Not only was the PS5 more powerful than the PS4, but it also offered a variety of features not available in the prior generation, like a high-speed SSD, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, 3D audio support, and more. Not to
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Read MoreForbes: Sources: key OpenAI investors, like Vinod Khosla and Reid Hoffman, who previously sat on its board of directors, didn’t get advanced notice of Altman’s firing — Prominent investors including Vinod Khosla and Reid Hoffman did not receive advanced notice that OpenAI’s board would push out its CEO and cofounder, sources told Forbes.
Read MoreGreg Brockman / @gdb: Greg Brockman describes Ilya Sutskever’s role in Sam Altman’s firing and Brockman’s removal from the OpenAI board, as well as Mira Murati’s foreknowledge — Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today. Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have
Read MoreForbes: A look at OpenAI’s unusual independent board of directors, which includes Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, and Georgetown’s Helen Toner — AI giant OpenAI had an unusual board of directors for its controlling nonprofit. Here’s who made the shocking decision to oust its cofounder and CEO.
Read MoreCredit: TechCrunch In a surprising turn of events, Sam Altman was fired on Friday from his role as CEO of OpenAI. The shocking decision was announced following a “deliberative review process by the board,” which found that Altman was not “consistently candid” in his dealings with other board members. In a blog post published by
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Read MoreBloomberg: Source: Ilya Sutskever and his allies on the OpenAI board may have been put off by Sam Altman looking to raise funds for new companies off of OpenAI’s name — – Safety and commercialization were central to disagreements — Microsoft CEO was ‘blindsided,’ furious at Altman’s firing
Read MoreBenj Edwards / Ars Technica: Cambridge Dictionary announces “hallucinate” as its 2023 word of the year, citing the word’s new meaning in relation to generative AI — Cambridge: “When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information.” — On Wednesday, Cambridge Dictionary announced …
Read MoreJon Victor / The Information: Sources: three senior OpenAI researchers resign, including Director of Research Jakub Pachocki, and Head of Preparedness Aleksander Madry — Three senior researchers at OpenAI resigned Friday night as the artificial intelligence developer suffered fallout from the firing of CEO Sam Altman …
Read MoreJonathan Vanian / CNBC: Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Lionsgate, and Comcast suspend ads on X, joining other media and tech companies — – Apple has paused its online advertising campaigns on X, formerly Twitter, after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic comments on the platform.
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