“OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman has quit the firm, he said Friday, hours after the Microsoft-backed giant abruptly fired its chief executive Sam Altman and assured that Brockman would remain at the startup. Brockman’s sudden departure adds to the day’s uncertainties at OpenAI, following closely on the heels of its maiden developer conference led…
Month: November 2023
Sam Altman ousted as OpenAI’s CEO
“Sam Altman has been fired from OpenAI, Inc., the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that acts as the governing body for OpenAI, the AI startup behind ChatGPT, DALL-E 3, GPT-4 and other highly capable generative AI systems. He’ll both leave the company’s board of directors and step down as CEO.” https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/17/sam-altman-is-out-as-openais-ceo/amp/
A.I. Is Coming for Holiday Travel, but Don’t Expect It to End Well
“None of the new A.I. chatbots can fully replace the work of booking flights, lodging, and activities, and like any language model, they’re prone to mistakes, or “hallucinations.” When it comes to travel planning, they can serve as a useful assistant, but the technology is still limited. Here are some examples of what A.I. chatbots…
Why AI Adoption Is Not A ‘Wait And See’ Approach For Banks
“Like most disruption, AI is full of opportunities. New SAP research identified untapped opportunities for banks by catering to the needs, attitudes and behaviours of different customers by gender, age, business type and turnover. Yet most banks still provide overly standardised products, missing opportunities for growth and revenue. Almost a quarter of Gen Z switched…
You.com launches new APIs to connect LLMs to the web
“‘[We’ve] received many requests for an API with these capabilities,’ You.com CEO and founder Richard Socher told TechCrunch in an email interview. ‘When you ask about a recent event, like a Super Bowl score on the day of the Super Bowl, our API will search for those scores on the web and then you can…