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Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO; here’s the timeline of events [U]

On Friday, OpenAI’s board abruptly announced that CEO Sam Altman, arguably the biggest name in AI, then on Monday morning, Altman has landed a new gig at Microsoft despite OpenAI’s attempts to bring him back at CEO.

Now, as of Tuesday, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO. Here’s everything you should know about the drama-filled few days.

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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Google Researchers and others coming together to ensure AI benefits humanity

halo-4-cortana-256389A group of influential technology entrepreneurs and investors introduced today a new non-profit artificial intelligence research company called ‘OpenAI’. Tesla CEO Elon Musk joins his former PayPal colleagues and venture capitalists Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel, along with several other tech investors, to pledge $1 billion toward the organisation with the goal to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole”.
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