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Sam Altman's OpenAI Fortune May Hit $10 Billion If He Gets Stake

Anders Melin and Annie Massa | Friday September 27, 2024

Altman has repeatedly said he doesn't own equity in the company because he already had enough money, though he's occasionally added that he wished he'd taken a stake so people would stop asking him about it.

Rohit Prasad: The Indian Leading Amazon's AI Charge

Written by Pankaj Mishra | Thursday September 26, 2024

Despite Amazon's historic strength in AI, the company has struggled to keep pace with rivals in the generative AI space.

OpenAI's Technology Chief Mira Murati, Two Other Research Executives To Leave

Reuters | Thursday September 26, 2024

Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, VP Research Barret Zoph and Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew all announced their departures via X on Wednesday afternoon.

OpenAI To Remove Non-Profit Control And Give Sam Altman Equity, Sources Say

Reuters | Thursday September 26, 2024, San Francisco

The OpenAI non-profit will continue to exist and own a minority stake in the for-profit company, the sources said.

Opinion | Are We Already In An AI Bubble?

Pankaj Mishra | Thursday September 26, 2024

On the one hand, we have warnings of an AI bubble fueled by excessive spending with questionable returns. At the same time, we see relentless optimism from entrepreneurs and investors betting big on AI's future.

AI Meets Art: How AI Helped 23 Artists Launch Their Own Business

Written by Pankaj Mishra | Wednesday September 25, 2024

Over 5,500 verified artisans are on the Bare Craft platform, each rooted in traditional crafts like block printing, Chikankari embroidery, and Kantha work.

Open AI's X Account Compromised, Crypto Posts Sent By Unauthorized User

Rachel Metz, Shirin Ghaffary, The Bloomberg | Tuesday September 24, 2024

OpenAI said one of its accounts on X was compromised on Monday when an unauthorized individual sent out posts soliciting users to click through to a crypto token falsely claiming to be related to the artificial intelligence startup.

Meta's AI Chatbot To Speak In Voices Of Judi Dench, John Cena, Among Others

Reuters | Tuesday September 24, 2024, New York

Facebook owner Meta Platforms is planning to announce this week that it has secured deals with actors including Judi Dench, Kristen Bell and John Cena to give voice to its Meta AI chatbot

Google Will Fund Global AI Education At The Cost Of 120M Dollars: Sundar Pichai

Written by Zaid Nazir | Monday September 23, 2024

Pichai announced "Global AI Opportunity Fund" at the event and said that the AI education will be done in local languages, in partnerships with nonprofits and NGOs.

With AI, Dead Celebrities Are Working Again And Making Millions

Mia Dawkins | Monday September 23, 2024

The dead-celebrity industry has proved lucrative. Despite Michael Jackson being about $500 million in debt at the time of his death, his estate has amassed a fortune of $2 billion, according to People.

US To Convene Global AI Safety Summit In November

Reuters | Thursday September 19, 2024

The San Francisco meeting will include technical experts from each member's AI safety institute, or equivalent government-backed scientific office, to discuss priority work areas, and advance global collaboration and knowledge sharing on AI safety.

Opinion | Can AI Help Find India's Missing Children?

Pankaj Mishra | Thursday September 19, 2024

AI tools are reshaping the search for missing children, but is it enough? How do we scale this nationally to solve the crisis truly?

Opinion | Should We Be Worried About Unemployable Human Bots?

Umakant Soni | Wednesday September 18, 2024

What we really need to fear is not the flooding of cheap humanoids from China, but rather the massive numbers of "human bots" - humans raised and trained to master outdated exams in pursuit of paper degrees - who may be unemployable in the future.