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Sam Altman Seeks $7 Trillion to Supercharge Chip Production 

OpenAI Chief Sam Altman is reportedly seeking to raise trillions of dollars to address the massive global shortage in semiconductor chips. The ongoing ship shortage is partly prompted by the rapidly growing demand for Ge Read more…

Altman’s Back As Questions Swirl Around Project Q-Star

Sam Altman’s wild weekend had a happy ending, as he reclaimed his CEO position at OpenAI earlier this week. But questions over the whole ordeal remain as rumors of a powerful new AI capability developed at OpenAI calle Read more…

Sam A.’s Wild Weekend

The surprise news Friday afternoon that Sam Altman was being fired from his job as CEO of OpenAI was just the start of a wild weekend for Altman and the future of one of the most promising AI startups in the world. It Read more…

OpenAI Opens the GenAI Spigot Even Wider at DevDay

OpenAI unveiled a slew of new products and services at its DevDay event yesterday, including a customizable version of GPT called GPTs, an update to GPT-4 called Turbo, a new UI for ChatGPT, a “copyright shield” for Read more…

Altman’s Suggestion for AI Licenses Draws Mixed Response

The US should consider creating a new regulatory body to oversee the licensing and use of AI “above a certain threshold,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in Congressional testimony yesterday. His recommendation was met wi Read more…

Sam Altman Debunks GPT-5 Rumors, Shifts Focus to Improving Existing Models

Those anticipating an eventual GPT-5 release may have a long time to wait. The current trend of developing ever-larger AI models like GPT-4 may soon come to an end, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “I think we’ Read more…

Meet 2023 Person to Watch Sam Altman

As the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, Sam Altman is having an outsized impact on the direction of AI. The company’s launch of ChatGPT in November put made the public aware of the capabilities of large language models fo Read more…

GPT-4 Has Arrived: Here’s What to Know

It’s finally here … OpenAI has released GPT-4, the next-gen large language model powering ChatGPT. The highly anticipated release comes after months of speculation. Currently, GPT-4 is available to try via ChatGPT+, Read more…

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