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UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - The Untold Story

A timeline of OpenAI controversy: November 2023 to May 2024

Is Altman taking too many risks in his pursuit of artificial general intelligence? The answer lies in Altman's past, from leading a victorious coup to trading blows with a Hollywood A-lister.

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OpenAI forms a new safety team led by CEO Sam Altman and announces it’s testing a new AI model (maybe GPT-5)

OpenAI has formed a new safety team, with CEO Sam Altman at the helm. The team will focus on ensuring that OpenAI's technological advances meet critical safety and security standards.

Windows Central

Former OpenAI board member reveals why Sam Altman was fired in bombshell interview—‘we learned about ChatGPT on Twitter’

"We just couldn’t believe things that Sam was telling us," Toner said of the four board members who tried to fire Altman last year.

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OpenAI rolls out a new safety team just days after dissolving its old one

CEO Sam Altman will lead the team.

Fortune

OpenAI Forms AI Safety Committee After Key Departures

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced the formation of a new safety committee on Tuesday, weeks after the departures of key executives raised questions about the firm's commitment to mitigating the dangers of artificial intelligence.

International Business Times

OpenAI announces new safety committee and successor to GPT-4

This new committee will make critical security decisions for all OpenAI projects, company says.

Axios

OpenAI’s week of chaos has reopened a festering wound at the $80 billion startup that was supposed to have healed

The departures and scandals at OpenAI reveal a company that suddenly appears to be on the brink of civil war as it grapples with a crisis over leadership and direction.

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If Apple wants AI supremacy, an OpenAI deal can't come quick enough — and the new Microsoft Copilot+ PCs prove time is running out

Apple's reluctance to venture into AI has left it with the shorter end of the stick, with Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs spotting better performance and AI-supercharged features for a better user experience.

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OpenAI Says AI Is 'Safe Enough' As Scandals Raise Concerns

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his company's AI technology as safe for widespread use, as concerns mount over potential risks and lack of proper safeguards for ChatGPT-style AI systems.

International Business Times

OpenAI drama eclipses Microsoft AI product announcements

Controversy over whether OpenAI deliberately mimicked Scarlett Johansson's voice for its AI assistant has overshadowed Microsoft's AI product announcements

Fortune

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests GPT-5 may work like a 'virtual brain' with deeper thinking capabilities, demystifying it from the "mildly embarrassing at best GPT-4"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated the GPT-5 model will function like a "virtual brain" suggesting that it might be better, faster, and more efficient at handling tasks with deeper thinking capabilities compared to its predecessors.

Windows Central

OpenAI promised 20% of its computing power to combat the most dangerous kind of AI—but never delivered, sources say

The company's "Superalignment team" repeatedly had its requests for computing power rejected, sources say.

Fortune

TechScape: The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building

The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building. Plus, AI-generated ‘slop’ is taking over the internet

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Scarlett Johansson said she was forced to hire legal counsel to deal with Sam Altman and OpenAI

In a statement, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized, but said the voice was "never intended to resemble" Johansson's voice.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits "there's no proven playbook" after former alignment lead suggests the company prioritizes "shiny products" like GPT-4o over safety

Multiple OpenAI execs have left the company this past week citing security concerns, but the company is more focused on hitting the AGI benchmark despite the lack of guardrails and regulations to control a smarter-than-human machine.

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher

Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o

International Business Times

OpenAI Team Devoted To Future Risks Left Leaderless

An OpenAI team devoted to mitigating the long-term dangers of super-smart computers was leaderless on Friday after two high-profile figures left the company.

The Independent UK

A former OpenAI leader says safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the AI company

A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said on Friday that product safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company

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Top OpenAI researcher resigns, saying company prioritized 'shiny products' over AI safety

He said he had been "disagreeing with OpenAI leadership about the company’s core priorities for quite some time, until we reached a breaking point.”

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