OpenAI has bought back $7 billion worth of shares from employees at the privately held frontier AI lab as part of an effort to provide liquidity to its workforce. The deal, reported by Bloomberg, valued OpenAI at $852 billion, the same as its most recent fundraising round in March, which added $122 billion to the
This week at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the 10 participants of Future Frames, the program for young European directors, were joined by Greek director Christos Nikou as a mentor. Variety sat down for their discussion. Nikou, who directed “Apples” and “Fingernails,” began by underscoring the importance for filmmakers to “find their voice.” He said: