Bloomberg: Ilya Sutskever and over 700 out of ~770 OpenAI staffers sign a letter saying they may quit and join Sam Altman unless the board resigns and reinstates Altman — – Majority of OpenAI employees sign letter seeking new board — Board member Ilya Sutskever is among the signatories Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: In a lawsuit, the US SEC accuses Kraken of commingling customer and corporate funds while operating as an unregistered broker, clearing agency, and dealer — The U.S. crypto exchange is the latest targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a series of similar actions being fought in court by other companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 3.2% YoY to $1.14B, vs. $1.12B est., enterprise revenue up 7.5% to $661M, above estimates, and enterprise customers up 5% to 219,700 — – Company gives revenue forecast in line with projections — Churn of online users slow down to smallest quarterly mark Lees verder op Tech Meme
CNBC: Satya Nadella says “it’s very clear that something has to change around the governance” of OpenAI no matter where Sam Altman ends up — – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC on Monday that the company remains committed to OpenAI and Sam Altman. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Maria Curi / Axios: The White House launches accounts on Threads for Joe Biden, his campaign, Kamala Harris, FLOTUS, and others; the White House says the move is not related to X — The White House on Monday launched Threads accounts for President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ben Purvis / Bloomberg: Marc Benioff says Salesforce will provide matching compensation to any researcher who has quit OpenAI and joins Salesforce’s Einstein Trusted AI research team — – Salesforce CEO makes offer to disaffected employees in X post — Most OpenAI employees have threatened to defect to Microsoft Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: The US Senate Judiciary Committee announces it has subpoenaed the CEOs of X, Discord, and Snap to testify at a hearing on children’s online safety on December 6 — Senators subpoena CEOs of Musk’s X, Snap in an attempt to force tech executives to testify as part of a probe into children’s sexual exploitation online Lees verder op Tech Meme
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: OpenAI’s new interim CEO Emmett Shear has made some head-turning posts on X, from slowing down AI development to theories about women having rape fantasies — – Shear had described himself as ‘super opinionated’ on X bio — Previously described working for Microsoft as selling his soul Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Cruise co-founder and Chief Product Officer Daniel Kan resigns, a day after CEO Kyle Vogt quit — General Motors’ (GM.N) Cruise co-founder and chief product officer Daniel Kan has resigned, the company told Reuters on Monday, a day after Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt quit. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Ilya Sutskever and 700+ out of ~770 OpenAI staffers sign a letter saying say they may quit and join Sam Altman unless the board resigns and reinstates Altman — – Majority of OpenAI employees sign letter seeking new board — Board member Ilya Sutskever is among the signatories Lees verder op Tech Meme