Sam Altman, others invest $20 million in AI data center energy startup

Sam Altman, others invest  million in AI data center energy startup

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) An energy startup aimed at cleaning up artificial intelligence’s massive use of electricity is getting a multi-million dollar boost from investors, including the AI industry’s top leader. TSMC beat on Q2 sales expectations …

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OpenAI Hosts Corporate Executives to Demonstrate ChatGPT

OpenAI Hosts Corporate Executives to Demonstrate ChatGPT

OpenAI is reportedly stepping up its efforts to sell its artificial intelligence services to corporates worldwide. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, hosted meetings this month in San Francisco, New York and London, each of which was attended by more than 100 corporate executives, Reuters reported Friday (April 12). The executives were from Fortune 500 companies in finance, healthcare, energy …

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seeking Global Support for AI Infrastructure

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seeking Global Support for AI Infrastructure

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly meeting with government and industry officials in several countries in an effort to support the building of infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI). The talks encompass the need for chips, energy and data centers, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (April 10), citing unnamed sources. OpenAI believes that one of the biggest challenges facing the tech …

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OpenAI wants Tesla staff, so Musk is poaching them first

OpenAI wants Tesla staff, so Musk is poaching them first

Is Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the world leader in generative artificial intelligence, trying to poach staff away from Tesla’s Autopilot team?  Elon Musk certainly wants people to think so. After news emerged on Wednesday that Tesla’s Ethan Knight became the carmaker’s fourth engineer to join to Musk’s latest startup, xAI, the centibillionaire claimed his employee was planning to defect …

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Sam Altman Removed as Head of OpenAI VC Fund

Sam Altman Removed as Head of OpenAI VC Fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman no longer controls the company’s venture capital fund. The artificial intelligence (AI) company has changed the fund’s governance, removing Altman as its head and as a general partner, Reuters reported Monday (April 1), citing a securities filing.  According to the report, the change came after Altman’s ownership of the OpenAI Startup Fund …

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How The Generative AI Backlash Took Over The Internet

How The Generative AI Backlash Took Over The Internet

The backlash against Generative AI is growing getty AI-generated media — images, music, writing and video — has steadily spread through the web, and the internet is becoming stranger by the day. The Dead Internet Theory is manifesting into reality and conspiracy theories are thriving, boosted by the rise of deepfake imagery and video. The …

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OpenAI boss takes Sora tech to Hollywood, report claims

OpenAI boss takes Sora tech to Hollywood, report claims

OpenAI’s new text-to-video artificial intelligence model left jaws on the floor recently when the company offered up examples of what it can do. Sora, as it’s called, generates astonishingly realistic footage from descriptive text inputs, and while a close look can sometimes reveal slight flaws in the imagery, the technology has left many wondering to …

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Sam Altman Resumes Position on OpenAI Board

Sam Altman Resumes Position on OpenAI Board

Sam Altman is reportedly set to return to OpenAI’s board following his ouster late last year. That’s because a review has determined there is no evidence he should have been fired, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (March 8). Altman was removed from his positions as CEO and board member from the artificial intelligence (AI) firm he helped start …

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