New board announces ‘agreement in principle’ for return of former CEO after campaign by staff and investors to have him brought back Sam Altman is set to make a return as chief executive of OpenAI after the ChatGPT developer said it had “reached an agreement in principle” for his reinstatement. The San Francisco-based company made …
Satya Nadella reveals Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest investor, was not consulted about Sam Altman’s dismissal as fallout continues The boss of Microsoft has said there is “no OpenAI” without his company’s involvement, as he revealed the American tech behemoth was not consulted about the sacking of Sam Altman. Satya Nadella said Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest investor, was …
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Online electrical goods seller still able to report pre-tax profits of £13m in the half year as cost-cutting measures bear fruit AO World has said consumers are holding off on updating their mobile phones amid the cost of living crisis, a lack of technological innovation and the higher cost of network contracts. UK consumers bought …
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While the great and the good worry about the dangers of artificial intelligence, my friends are embracing it to pad out their emails and cut corners in the kitchen It’s been a drama-filled week for OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Its wunderkind CEO Sam Altman has been unceremoniously booted out by its board and more …
As violence on the ground continues, emotions on social media are higher than ever – with critics asking if platforms need more transparency around their algorithms • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here As the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas and its devastating effects play out in real time on …
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Experts say figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson bringing ‘great replacement’ theory mainstream signals growing extremism The racist and antisemitic “great replacement” theory is encroaching out of the far-right and more visibly into mainstream US politics in the wake of its platforming by major figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, in a move …
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How the Streets of Rage and Etrian Odyssey composer was inspired by disco, city pop, and slyly recording music from arcade cabinets From the urban warzones of Shinobi and Streets of Rage to the high fantasy realms of Ys and Etrian Odyssey, Japanese composer Yuzo Koshiro has seen (and heard) it all. His engineering wizardry …
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Not content with a billion fans, The Pokémon Company’s COO Takato Utsunomiya talks about his plan to catch the rest of humanity – and for the far-reaching franchise to outlive us all When Satoshi Tajiri was a child, he developed a fascination with insects. Growing up in the greater Tokyo suburb of Machida, he’d spend …
Companies such as IBM and Comcast pulled ads from the firm after the non-profits’s report said ads appeared next to harmful content Social media platform X on Monday sued media watchdog group Media Matters, alleging the organization defamed the platform after it published a report that said ads for major brands had appeared next to …
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OpenAI has been at the centre of a Silicon Valley corporate drama since the recent sacking of CEO Sam Altman OpenAI staff threaten to quit en masse unless Altman reinstated Altman’s OpenAI exit leads to rollercoaster for sector The firing of Sam Altman as chief executive of OpenAI on Friday took the tech world by …
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