It’s Altman against Musk once again. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the recent attention he received from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk must mean his company is doing a good job. “There are many benchmarks that suggest 5.6 soles is the best model in the world right now,” Altman wrote in X on Saturday, referring to
Another leader of OpenAI’s security strategy is leaving, joining a growing list of employees who have left the company’s security and alignment teams in recent years. Johannes Heidecke, head of OpenAI’s Security Systems team, is leaving as the company reorganizes its research and security work under a single leader. “We are grateful for Johannes’ contributions
Every week in the AI Playground section of our Tech Memo newsletter, we feature people trying out an AI tool, or sometimes I try things out myself. This week, we hear from Business Insider’s star AI reporter, Stephen Council. He has been using OpenAI’s Codex tool to create software without using code. OpenAI merged Codex
The AI talent war may now be worthy of a Hollywood adaptation. In a new lawsuit that reads like a corporate crime thriller, Apple accused OpenAI of poaching former Apple employees, conducting “show and tell” interviews, and accessing confidential documents to accelerate its push into consumer hardware. The complaint centers on OpenAI’s hiring of an
More than three years after the launch of ChatGPT brought generative AI to the mainstream, OpenAI is expanding its focus beyond individual users to families. OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager in San Francisco to create experiences for families, caregivers, and seniors across all of its products. The position requires experience creating products for
Cue the little violins; Someone may have stolen something from Apple. It’s a sad story, but the tech giant knows it very well. Maybe too well. Apple’s successful lawsuit against OpenAI accuses the maker of ChatGPT of orchestrating a campaign to recruit Apple engineers, extract confidential information, and use the company’s trade secrets to fuel
