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Diplomatic duties for Tim Cook after stepping down as Apple CEO

John Ternus ascends the throne – but Cook will stay on to manage tech giant’s foreign policy as executive chairHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after seeing The Jellicle Ball, a revival of Cats that I found fabulous and which the Guardian […]

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How a fiery attack on Sam Altman’s home unfolded

Molotov cocktail attack on OpenAI CEO’s home comes amid growing discontent against artificial intelligenceIn the early hours of 10 April, a man approached the gate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house in San Francisco and hurled a molotov cocktail at the building before fleeing. The suspect, 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, was arrested less than two hours

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Texas man accused of throwing molotov cocktail at Sam Altman home charged

FBI alleges Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, was captured on video throwing explosive device outside home of OpenAI chiefA Texas man was charged with hurling a molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and attempting to set fire to the AI firm’s headquarters.Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, was captured on surveillance video throwing an incendiary

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AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out?

The aggressive effort by major players aims to reshape the narrative as polls show increasing public disapproval of AIOpenAI made a surprise announcement this week – not an update to ChatGPT or another multibillion-dollar datacenter – but a policy paper that called for a reimagining of the social contract based around “a slate of people-first

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail

Suspect arrested but not identified and has allegedly made similar threats to OpenAI’s San Francisco headquartersA 20-year-old man allegedly tossed a molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, before the sun rose on Friday, according to statements from San Francisco police.The suspect, who allegedly threw the explosive at the North Beach residence

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AI products are reaching further into our lives. Does it matter who controls the companies behind them? | Van Badham

Every organisation needs guardrails that channel them away from human fallibility and collectively minimise the harm they can doFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe joke on the internet asks: “What are the seven most terrifying words in the English language?” The answer:

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To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit

On Tuesday, Elon Musk amended his lawsuit that accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of abandoning its mission, clarifying that any ill-gotten gains recovered should be returned to the AI firm’s charitable nonprofit arm, not to Musk. Musk “is not seeking a single dollar for himself,” according to his lawyer, Marc Toberoff. Toberoff told

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It’s finally happened: I’m now worried about AI. And consulting ChatGPT did nothing to allay my fears | Emma Brockes

A highly alarming New Yorker feature on the machinations of Sam Altman drove me to test his AI for myself. The results were, well, highly alarming A corollary of the truism “don’t sweat the small stuff” is, by implication, “do sweat the big stuff”, but it can be hard to pick which big stuff to

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“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO

On the same day that OpenAI released policy recommendations to ensure that AI benefits humanity if superintelligence is ever achieved, The New Yorker dropped a massive investigation into whether CEO Sam Altman can be trusted to actually follow through on OpenAI’s biggest promises. Parsing the publications side by side can be disorienting. On the one

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OpenAI, parent firm of ChatGPT, raises $122bn in new funding amid AI boom

Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blog post it generates $2bn a month in revenueOpenAI announced on Tuesday it had closed a fundraising round of $122bn.The company behind ChatGPT said it had achieved a valuation of $852bn, cementing its status among the most highly valued privately held companies in the world.

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