Sam Altman Speaks Out on China's DeepSeek AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has responded to the popularity of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence styling itself as a rival to ChatGPT.
Altman said that it was "invigorating to have a new competitor," but added that OpenAI's product would still be better.
Newsweek contacted DeepSeek for a response to the comments via email.
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OpenAI Whistleblower's Mother Tells Tucker Carlson Her Son Was Murdered
The mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji told Tucker Carlson she believes her son was murdered.
Newsweek contacted OpenAI and the San Francisco Police Department via email for comment. OpenAI has said the company has had no interaction with Balaji since December 2023, almost a year before his death, and that they respected his "right to share views freely."
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
An OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower has been found dead in an apartment in San Francisco, authorities said.
The body of Suchir Balaji, 26, was discovered on 26 November after police said they received a call asking officers to check on his wellbeing.
ChatGPT Mystery: OpenAI Whistleblower Found Dead in San Francisco
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused the company of violating copyright law, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment late November according to newly released documents.
Former OpenAI Employee, Whistleblower Found Dead At 26
A former employee of artificial intelligence company OpenAI who alleged the company’s programs violated copyright was found dead of an apparent suicide in his San Francisco apartment last month, officials shared Friday.
San Francisco’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the deceased as 26-year-old Suchir Balaji, who spoke out against his company’s practices in an October article in The New York Times. He was found dead two days before Thanksgiving.
Sam Altman Clarifies on OpenAI’s ‘Tension’ With Microsoft (and Elon Musk)
OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT)’s multibillion-dollar partnership is one of the most significant and envied in A.I. But, despite its mutually beneficial rewards, the relationship between the two tech players has been occasionally strained by the rapid pace of A.I.’s development, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “I will not pretend there are no misalignments or challenges, obviously there are some,” conceded Altman yesterday (Dec.
Exclusive: OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its non-profit board, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a move that will make the company more attractive to investors.
The OpenAI non-profit will continue to exist and own a minority stake in the for-profit company, the sources said. The move could also have implications for how the company manages AI risks in a new governance structure.
OpenAI Is Launching Search Engine, Taking Direct Aim at Google
OpenAI is launching a test version of its long-awaited search engine, which it says will cite sources of information including news from business partners such as The Wall Street Journal parent News Corp NWSA 0.37%increase; green up pointing triangle and the Atlantic magazine.
OpenAI CEO: Who will control the future of AI?
Who will control the future of AI?
That is the urgent question of our time. The rapid progress being made on artificial intelligence means that we face a strategic choice about what kind of world we are going to live in: Will it be one in which the United States and allied nations advance a global AI that spreads the technology’s benefits and opens access to it, or an authoritarian one, in which nations or movements that don’t share our values use AI to cement and expand their power?
Elon Musk blasts Apple’s approach to AI, threatens to ban devices if OpenAI integrated into operating system
Elon Musk on Monday threatened to ban Apple devices at his respective companies if the tech giant integrated OpenAI at the operating system level.
Writing on X, the Tesla CEO called the prospect an "unacceptable security violation."
Should he follow through with the ban, Musk said visitors would have to check their Apple devices "at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage."