It’s been a year and a few weeks since Bret Taylor left Twitter’s board when Elon took over. (And a week short of a year since he stepped down as co-CEO of Salesforce.)
@martyswant
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FTC Gains Subpoena-Like Powers to Investigate AI Systems
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The @FTC voted to let the agency use a legal tool similar to a subpoena when it’s investigating AI systems. The action — called a civil investigative demand (CID) — will help the FTC “obtain documents, information and testimony.” https://
ftc.gov/news-events/ne
ws/press-releases/2023/11/ftc-authorizes-compulsory-process-ai-related-products-services
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OpenAI Releases Major Update with Advanced Voice Feature
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Amidst all the chaos, @OpenAI still managed to roll out another big update. FWIW: I've been testing the voice feature via ChatGPT Plus since it became available and it's pretty neat.
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OpenAI Microsoft Face Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Generative AI
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OpenAI and Microsoft are facing yet another proposed class action lawsuit that alleges copyright infringement related to generative AI. The new complaint was filed today in U.S. District Court in New York's southern district on behalf of @THR reporter @jsancton
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OpenAI upheaval opens opportunities for generative AI competitors
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OpenAI’s current mercurial state is prompting plenty of questions about what the fallout means for generative AI. Some say it’s good the chaos is happening now before companies are overdependent on #OpenAI. It also might give others a chance to catch up. https://
digiday.com/media-buying/t
he-rundown-openais-upheaval-raises-new-questions-about-the-industrys-generative-ai-players/
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OpenAI News Dominates Weekly AI Briefing Coverage
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This week’s @Digiday AI Briefing was written & edited before all the OpenAI news broke on Friday afternoon, but I still included it as a bullet point on Sunday night before it went live Monday morning. Lots of non-OpenAI news in here too from last week:
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OpenAI News Coverage and Regulatory Implications Analysis
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Like every other AI reporter, I’m also covering the @OpenAI news & related fallout. If you know stuff, have thoughts on the potential implications for companies beyond #openAI and/or ideas about how it could inform regulations, feel free to get in touch. (Signal is in my bio.)
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ChatGPT Reports Sam Altman’s OpenAI Departure Accurately
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When @OpenAI announced @sama
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OpenAI Leadership Transition Following Board Candor Review
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OpenAI’s blog post doesn’t given much detail, but says his “departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board.” https://
openai.com/blog/openai-an
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OpenAI CEO Sama Steps Down, Mira Murati Becomes Interim CEO
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Big AI-related Friday news dump: Cofounder & CEO @sama is leaving @OpenAI & leaving the board. Stepping in as interim CEO is current CTO @miramurati
. Cofounder & president @gdb is also stepping down as board chair. He’ll remain at #OpenAI and report to the CEO.