Does A.I. Have an Inherent Governance Problem?
OpenAI’s structural messiness The future of OpenAI, whose ChatGPT kick-started an arms race in artificial intelligence, has grown even cloudier....
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‘I Think We’re Heading Toward the Best World Ever’: An Interview With Sam Altman
Kevin Roose: Yeah. So it stands for artificial general intelligence. And you could probably ask a hundred different A.I. researchers,...
The Employee Letter to OpenAI’s Board
To the Board of Directors at OpenAI, OpenAl is the world's leading Al company. We, the...
Opinion | What Happens When a Founder Leaves?
People are going to be talking about the blowup at OpenAI for years. ChatGPT itself — a product of OpenAI...
Explaining the Upheaval at OpenAI
Hello! We’re back with another bonus edition of On Tech: A.I., a pop-up newsletter that teaches you about artificial intelligence,...
Who Is Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s Interim Chief Executive?
When Emmett Shear, the former chief executive of the livestreaming site Twitch, was named the interim chief executive of OpenAI...
Microsoft’s Stock Hits Record High After Hiring OpenAI Outcasts
Microsoft, the technology giant that ranks as one of the world’s most valuable companies, was shaken by the upheaval at...
OpenAI Board Stands by Decision to Force Sam Altman Out of C.E.O. Role
The board of directors at OpenAI, the high-flying artificial intelligence start-up, stood by its decision to push out its former...
An A.I. Pin Drops + YouTube’s Take on Deepfakes + a Lab-Grown Thanksgiving
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What the Biden-Xi Talks Accomplished (and Didn’t)
Biden and Xi try direct diplomacyThe mood music was upbeat but pragmatic after the first face-to-face meeting in a year...
Las campañas electorales de Argentina recurren a la IA
Los afiches que salpican las calles de Buenos Aires tienen un cierto toque soviético.Había uno de Sergio Massa, uno de...
Talks to Bring Sam Altman Back to OpenAI Stretch Through Weekend
Talks at OpenAI to bring back Sam Altman, the artificial intelligence start-up’s recently ousted chief executive, continued on Sunday afternoon...
Monday Briefing: Babies Evacuated From Al-Shifa
Babies evacuated from Al-Shifa HospitalNearly four days after the Israeli military stormed the biggest hospital in the Gaza Strip, the...
Sam Altman Is Said to Be Discussing Return to OpenAI With Company’s Board
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, two top executives at OpenAI who left the company after a dramatic board meeting on...
Ousted OpenAI C.E.O. Makes Plans for New Artificial Intelligence Company
Sam Altman, the tech entrepreneur who was removed as chief executive of OpenAI on Friday by its board of directors,...
The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI
Over the last year, Sam Altman led OpenAI to the adult table of the technology industry. Thanks to its hugely...
An A.I. Pin Drops + YouTube’s Take on Deepfakes + a Lab-Grown Thanksgiving
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThe tech start-up Humane launched a new device, an...
What the Biden-Xi Talks Accomplished (and Didn’t)
Too close to call The fate of the United Automobile Workers union’s tentative contract with General Motors, won after a...
Las campañas electorales de Argentina recurren a la IA
Los afiches que salpican las calles de Buenos Aires tienen un cierto toque soviético.Había uno de Sergio Massa, uno de...
Is Argentina the First A.I. Election?
The posters dotting the streets of Buenos Aires had a certain Soviet flare to them.There was one of Argentina’s presidential...
