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How OpenAI’s Bizarre Structure Gave 4 People the Power to Fire Sam Altman
Chaos at OpenAI has its root in an unusual corporate structure designed to protect humanity against rogue AI—some investors had expressed fears it could weaken the company.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-bizarre-structure-4-people-the-power-to-fire-sam-altman/
What Sam Altman's Firing Means for the Future of OpenAI
Sam Altman made OpenAI into a powerhouse by adding a profit-seeking arm to its utopian mission. After the board rejected his vision, the company's remaining leaders must figure out a new path forward.
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-firing-openai-future/
Sam Altman’s Sudden Exit Sends Shockwaves Through OpenAI and Beyond
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella reportedly “furious” following Altman's dramatic departure from OpenAI Friday. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s president and three senior researchers have resigned.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sam-altman-ousted-what-happened/
Who Is Mira Murati, OpenAI’s New Interim CEO?
Mira Murati was elevated from OpenAI’s CTO to its interim leader after CEO Sam Altman was ousted Friday. Like all the company’s leaders she believes that artificial general intelligence is within reach.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-new-ceo-who-is-mira-murati/
OpenAI Ousts CEO Sam Altman
The board of ChatGPT's creator OpenAI says the company's board lost confidence in CEO Sam Altman. Mira Murati, previously CTO, will serve as the company's leader until it finds a permanent replacement.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-ceo-sam-altman-is-out-after-losing-confidence-of-board/
The Case for Using AI to Log Your Every Living Moment
Sam Liang, CEO of Otter, argues that life would be better if algorithms logged every spoken word so life events past can be lived and explored again.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-case-for-using-ai-to-log-your-every-living-moment/
Parental Advisory: This Chatbot May Talk to Your Child About Sex and Alcohol
Common Sense Media’s first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat’s My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids.
https://www.wired.com/story/parental-advisory-chatbots-children-sex-and-alcohol/
Parental Advisory: This Chatbot May Talk to Your Child About Sex and Alcohol
Common Sense Media’s first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat’s My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids.
https://www.wired.com/story/parental-advisory-chatbots-children-sex-and-alcohol/
Underage Workers Are Training AI
Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring young teens to work on their platforms, often exposing them to traumatic content.
https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-data-labeling-children/
Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of atmospheric measures more accurately than Europe’s top weather center.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-ai-weather-forecast/
The SAG Deal Sends a Clear Message About AI and Workers
The agreement between Hollywood actors, studios, and streamers isn’t perfect. But it could set the tone for how future labor movements confront changes brought about by artificial intelligence.
https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-actors-sag-artificial-intelligence-contract/
The US Wants China to Start Talking About AI Weapons
As the US and China meet for the APEC summit in San Francisco this week, American officials are pushing for talks on the risks posed by military use of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/us-china-killer-ai-weapons-apec-talks/
Netflix Killed 'The OA.' Now Its Creators Are Back With a Show About Tech’s Ubiquity
The OA had the kind of fans who held flash mobs to protest its cancelation. Now its creators are back with A Murder at the End of the World, and a warning about tech’s influence on people’s lives.
Fei-Fei Li Started an AI Revolution by Seeing Like an Algorithm
Researcher Fei-Fei Li’s ImageNet project provided the feedstock for the deep learning boom that brought the world ChatGPT and other world-changing AI systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-fei-fei-li-ai-revolution-seeing-imagenet-algorithm/
Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It
Streaming invigorated the film and TV industry and sent established studios scrambling. That was before AI sparked one of the biggest work stoppages in Hollywood history.
https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-actors-strike-ai-future-distruption/
Fei-Fei Li Started an AI Revolution By Seeing Like an Algorithm
Researcher Fei-Fei Li’s ImageNet project provided the feedstock for the deep learning boom that brought the world ChatGPT and other world-changing AI systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-fei-fei-li-ai-revolution-seeing-imagenet-algorithm/
Obamacare Call Center Staff Strike Over Steep Health Care Costs and Scarce Bathroom Breaks
Staff at US federal contractor Maximus claim they only get six minutes a day to use the bathroom, are monitored by an AI system that reports them for going off-script, and can’t afford health care.
https://www.wired.com/story/obamacare-call-center-strike-maximus/
Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day
If you’re willing to clip the Ai Pin to your chest, you can talk, gesture, and tap to take photos or summon a powerful virtual assistant.
https://www.wired.com/story/humane-ai-pin-700-dollar-smartphone-alternative-wearable/
Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists reached a tentative agreement with the studios on Wednesday, ending a 118-day strike.
https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-actors-strike-ends-ai-streaming/
The US and 30 Other Nations Agree to Set Guardrails for Military AI
The tech-centric war in Ukraine and the success of ChatGPT have prompted new interest in figuring out how to prevent military AI from going awry.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-and-30-other-nations-agree-to-set-guardrails-for-military-ai/