FWIW: Sam Alman has already said "no thank you" with his own counter-offer quip on X. Plus, OpenAI's board doesn't have the same fiduciary duty as Twitter's board, so it's not under the same financial & legal pressure to consider the offer…Right?
@martyswant
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Elon’s Potential OpenAI Acquisition: Board Chair Bret Taylor Connection
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Amid reports of Elon's unsolicited offer to buy OpenAI, it's worth noting OpenAI's board chair is Bret Taylor — who also was Twitter's board chair when Elon bought it. Ever since Taylor joined the board, I've wondered what would happen *if* Elon ever tried to buy OpenAI…
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Super Bowl advertisement campaign
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Here’s @OpenAI
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Yahoo airs Bill Murray Super Bowl bumper ad campaign
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Didn’t expect to see Yahoo air a #SuperBowl bumper ad starring Bill Murray!
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OpenAI’s First Super Bowl Ad Features ChatGPT Prominently
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OpenAI's ad for ChatGPT — it’s first ever Super Bowl ad — just ran in the 2nd quarter shortly before halftime. Interesting that it didn't mention OpenAI or ChatGPT until the very last second of the ad. Until then it was mostly animated visuals and a few audio prompt examples.
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Congressional Scrutiny Intensifies on Adtech Ad Measurement Practices
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For anyone not following the adtech world, @AdalyticsHQ has released several reports the past few years about ad measurement, brand safety and other concerns. The watchdog group's often been a voice in the wilderness, so this new attention from Congress is noteworthy.
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US Senators Demand Amazon Google Address AI Practices
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In letters to Amazon and Google, @MarshaBlackburn & @SenBlumenthal said the companies’ “actions here—or in best case, inaction—are problematic.” My story @Digiday story about the six letters sent in response to @AdalyticsHQ
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Senators pressure adtech firms over CSAM ad placement
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BREAKING: @MarshaBlackburn and @SenBlumenthal have sent letters to adtech vendors expressing "grave" concern after @AdalyticsHQ researchers found adtech firms enabled ads on known CSAM websites. Letters also sent to Google, Amazon, DoubleVerify & @integralads
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Internet Archive Data Used for Llama Model Training Disclosed
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Maybe I missed something or just forgot, but I remember right this is the first time I've seen data from @internetarchive mentioned in court docs filed for the case. A lot of attention has been on Libgen, but downloading Internet Archive for Llama-training seems noteworthy.
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Meta’s 126TB Internet Archive Download in AI Copyright Lawsuit
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I've been reading legal docs filed this week in the AI copyright case of Kadrey v. Meta. One exhibit shows a Meta employee noting progress in downloading 126TB of data from @internetarchive for AI-training. Also mentions previously reported Libgen and Z-library data sets.