This week, we look back at the drama at OpenAI and look forward to the growing A.I. Arms Race. Plus, we talk about calendaring — again!
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Runner-up Titles
- A.I. Arms Race
- Table 4 needs pork chops
- Run with that
- Thanks for not saving us from the AI
- The King of Cameos
- Rebels going to rebel
- Ivory Tower Scruples
- The sign of something
Rundown
- OpenAI
- Sam Altman Out At OpenAI
- A statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella
- OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too
- Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI — Hard Fork
- Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of Sam Altman | TechCrunch
- Breaking: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
- OpenAI Investors Plot Last-Minute Push With Microsoft To Reinstate Sam Altman As CEO
- Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
- OpenAI board names a new interim CEO — and it's not Sam Altman
- Who Controls OpenAI?
- Inside the OpenAI Meltdown — Plain English with Derek Thompson
- The AI industry turns against its favorite philosophy | Semafor
- Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
- Read Microsoft’s internal memos about the chaos at OpenAI
- Thrive-Led OpenAI Tender to Continue After Altman Returns
- Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn
- A.I. Arms Race
- Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever
- Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model
- Google unveils Gemini
- Thomas Kurian On Google Cloud’s AI Differentiators Vs. Rivals AWS, Microsoft
- Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn
- Confident about safety of AI: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
- OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
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- The Clock of the Long Now
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