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Turmoil at OpenAI: CEO Ousted, President Quits, and Key Employees Depart

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Chris McKay• November 18, 2023 • 3 min read

OpenAI's board faces a crisis of credibility that threatens to undermine the organization's mission. While change may have been needed, the chaotic, opaque nature of Friday's events raised red flags.

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OpenAI President Greg Brockman Quits After Board Fires CEO Sam Altman

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Chris McKay• November 17, 2023 • 2 min read

Just hours after Altman's termination, Brockman announced his resignation as well. In a message to OpenAI staff, Brockman said "based on today's news, I quit."

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Sam Altman Is Out as CEO of OpenAI Amid Governance Concerns

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Chris McKay• November 17, 2023 • 3 min read

The company announced today that chief technology officer Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO, effective immediately. The board has commenced a search for a permanent successor to Altman.

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The Escalating AI Arm Race: Inside the High-Stakes Talent Wars with OpenAI and Google

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Chris McKay• November 10, 2023 • 2 min read

OpenAI recruiters are pitching annual compensation packages around $5-10 million for senior researchers who jump ship depending on their role and expertise.

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OpenAI Announces Data Partnerships to Diversify AI Training Sets

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Chris McKay• November 9, 2023 • 2 min read

By expanding the sources of data used for model training beyond what is readily available online, OpenAI hopes to steer the future of AI in an inclusive direction that provides value to people across languages, geographies and walks of life.

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OpenAI Unveils GPTs: Customizable AI Assistants Anyone Can Build

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Chris McKay• November 6, 2023 • 2 min read

Anyone can easily build their own GPT—no coding is required. You can make them for yourself, just for your company’s internal use, or for everyone.

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The 7 Biggest Announcements for Developers from OpenAI's DevDay 2023

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Chris McKay• November 6, 2023 • 2 min read

The barrage of announcements highlights the impressive pace at which AI is progressing and solidifies OpenAI's position at the forefront of AI technology.

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OpenAI Launches Preparedness Challenge to Accelerate Understanding of Frontier AI Risks

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Chris McKay• October 26, 2023 • 1 min read

The Preparedness Challenge invites participants to consider how OpenAI’s state-of-the-art natural language, speech, and image generation models could hypothetically be misused by malicious actors.

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Thrive Capital to Lead Purchase of OpenAI Tender Offer at $80 Billion Valuation

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Chris McKay• October 19, 2023 • 2 min read

While the buzz around OpenAI's employee tender has already made rounds, Thrive Capital's role has remained under wraps until now.

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DALLE-3 Now Available for All ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise Users

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Chris McKay• October 19, 2023 • 3 min read

Describe your vision, and ChatGPT will bring it to life by providing a selection of visuals for you to refine and iterate upon.

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OpenAI's Revenue Skyrockets to $1.3 Billion Annualized Rate

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Chris McKay• October 12, 2023 • 2 min read

This means the company is generating over $100 million per month—a 30% increase from just this past summer.

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DALL-E 3 Capabilities Are Now Available in Bing Chat and Bing Image Creator

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Chris McKay• October 3, 2023 • 3 min read

DALL-E 3 improves upon previous versions in several ways. The new model delivers higher overall image quality with greater detail, especially for human faces, hands, and text.

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OpenAI taps Jony Ive to Help Build the "iPhone of Artificial Intelligence"

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Chris McKay• September 28, 2023 • 2 min read

Details remain sparse, but Altman and Ive are said to be exploring what a seamless, intuitive user experience for interacting with AI could look like.

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Be My Eyes Releases AI-Powered Visual Assistant for Blind and Low Vision Users

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Chris McKay• September 27, 2023 • 2 min read

Be My AI has been in development for 7 months, incorporating feedback from over 19,000 blind beta testers to refine the user experience.

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Spotify Pilots AI Tool to Clone Creators' Voices and Translate Podcasts to Other Languages

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Chris McKay• September 25, 2023 • 2 min read

The tool matches distinct speech characteristics like cadence, tone, and inflection to replicate hosts' voices in other languages.

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ChatGPT Gets An Upgrade: OpenAI Rolls Out Multimodal Capabilities

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Chris McKay• September 25, 2023 • 3 min read

ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak. Users can simply speak to ask questions or make requests, with the assistant responding through a natural-sounding voice.

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OpenAI and Tools Competition Announce the OpenAI Learning Impact Prize

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Chris McKay• September 21, 2023 • 1 min read

The top 3 winners will get $100,000 cash prize, plus API credits for runner-ups. Any startup or individual with an innovative idea for AI in education is eligible to apply.

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OpenAI Announces DALL-E 3 With ChatGPT Integration

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Chris McKay• September 20, 2023 • 3 min read

DALL-E 3 is natively built on top of ChatGPT, allowing users to interactively refine and detail their textual prompts.

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OpenAI Invites Domain Experts to Join New Red Teaming Network for AI Safety

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Chris McKay• September 19, 2023 • 2 min read

The goal is to identify potential risks and improve the safety of systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E before release.

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OpenAI Expands to Europe with New Dublin Office

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Chris McKay• September 14, 2023 • 1 min read

The Dublin team will focus on operations, trust and safety, go-to-market initiatives, security engineering, and legal work.

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How Amazon Missed Early Chances to Partner With OpenAI, Cohere and Anthropic

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Chris McKay• August 30, 2023 • 3 min read

In spite of AWS's predominance in cloud infrastructure services, accounting for 40% of global spending, its hiccups in AI development could become increasingly costly.

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$80M per Month: OpenAI's Stunning Revenue Growth Revealed

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Chris McKay• August 29, 2023 • 2 min read

The impressive revenue figures indicate that OpenAI has not only outpaced its own projections but also highlights the growing commercial potential of large-language models (LLMs) like its GPT-4.

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OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Enterprise for Businesses

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Chris McKay• August 28, 2023 • 3 min read

It includes enterprise-grade security and privacy, unlimited higher-speed GPT-4 access, longer context windows for processing longer inputs, advanced data analysis capabilities, customization options, and much more.