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Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: in a memo, OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon told employees that the company is “optimistic” it can bring back Sam Altman and Greg Brockman  —  OpenAI is “optimistic” it can bring back Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and other key employees who departed in the wake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: Google announces plans to eliminate third-party cookies in Chrome, starting with a 1% user testing period early in 2024 and leading to a broader phase-out in Q3  —  Google has officially announced plans to gradually eliminate third-party cookies, a key aspect of its Privacy Sandbox initiative. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven Levy / Wired: A look at OpenAI interim CEO Mira Murati’s challenges, like convincing staff the company’s philosophy is workable, raising new funding, and attracting AI talent  —  Sam Altman made OpenAI into a powerhouse by adding a profit-seeking arm to its utopian mission. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: OpenAI has received only a fraction of Microsoft’s $10B investment, a big portion of which is in cloud purchases, giving Microsoft significant leverage  —  Only a fraction of Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in OpenAI has been wired to the startup, while a significant portion of the funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft and Thrive are working to reinstate Sam Altman as OpenAI’s CEO; Satya Nadella, blindsided by the board’s decision, pledged to support Altman  —  – Possible outcome is that board resigns as soon as this weekend  — Altman has been considering new venture, but open to returning Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: An interview with DeepMind’s Shane Legg and Meredith Ringel Morris, who propose five levels of AGI taxonomy and say the first, “emerging”, has been achieved  —  AGI is one of the most disputed concepts in tech.  These researchers want to fix that. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are planning to pitch a new AI startup to investors and are considering which OpenAI employees would join them  —  Sam Altman, who was forced out of his company on Friday afternoon, was quickly moving to create another company with another OpenAI executive who quit on Friday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Source: OpenAI’s board had agreed to resign and let Sam Altman and Greg Brockman return, but has since waffled; Altman would want significant governance changes  —  The OpenAI board is in discussions with Sam Altman to return to CEO, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Clark / The Information: Source: Sam Altman was in discussions with semiconductor companies, including Arm, on the morning of November 17 about designing new chips that lower LLM costs  —  Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, has been telling investors that he is planning to launch a new artificial intelligence venture … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Satya Nadella, blindsided by the OpenAI board’s decision, has been in touch with Sam Altman and pledged to support him in whatever steps he takes next  —  – Possible outcome is that board resigns as soon as this weekend  — Altman has been considering new venture, but open to returning Lees verder op Tech Meme