GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says he will “leave GitHub to become a founder again”, with GitHub and its leadership team moving into Microsoft's CoreAI organization
once independent programming site now part of ‘CoreAI’ team Todd Bishop / GeekWire : GitHub will join Microsoft's CoreAI division with departure of CEO Thomas Dohmke Kaustubh Bagalkote / Benzinga : Mi...
In her first note to staff, OpenAI's incoming CEO of Applications Fidji Simo lays out an optimistic vision for how AI will change the world
Ever since researchers began noticing a slowdown … Viktor Eriksson / PCWorld : ChatGPT interactions have more than doubled in just 6 months The Economic Times : Fidji Simo to head OpenAI's apps divisi...
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that co-founder Ilya Sutskever won't be a board member, but that the company is “discussing how he can continue his work at OpenAI”
it's definitely a coincidence but still funny) https://openai.com/... @officiallogank : So glad to have @sama @gdb and @miramurati driving @OpenAI once again. Now that this is behind us, we are back t...
Yahoo plans to lay off 20%+ of its workforce and restructure its ad tech unit, impacting 50%+ of the unit, or 1,600+ people; CEO says the cuts are “strategic”
More than 1600 employees will be impacted — 50% of Yahoo's ad tech unit being cut https://www.axios.com/... Matt Barash / @mjbarash : The buy side (DSP) play probably wasn't on a ton of bingo cards. T...
Internal memo: Google's AI Chief Jeff Dean apologized after Timnit Gebru's exit, saying his team should have managed the situation “with more sensitivity”
even worse, way worse than the rest of the company. Hopefully no one will ask why. https://twitter.com/... Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro : Here's a sentence: “Google told employees Friday it has wr...
Microsoft is investigating sexual harassment and discrimination claims that some workers say HR overlooked after women shared stories in a long email chain
Quartz http://qz.com/... Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i : “More common complaints in the online discussion centered on feeling stymied in promotion, trying to balance assertiveness with pressure to appe...
Tim Baxter, Samsung North America's president and CEO, says he will retire on June 1, will be replaced by YH Eom, deputy head of Samsung North America
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Tweets: @inafried Tweets: Ina Fried / @inafried : Tim Baxter, head of Samsung's US business, is leaving the Korean electronics firm after 12 years. http://www.lin...
Recode's Ina Fried joins Axios Media, founded by Politico alumni, as chief tech correspondent
I have accepted … Tweets: Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg : Congrats and great good luck to Ina! http://twitter.com/... @microsoft : Current topic of discussion at the Microsoft newsroom water cooler: C...
Recode's Ina Fried joins Axios Media, founded by Politico alumni, as chief tech correspondent
I have accepted … Tweets: Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo : @inafried @danprimack @axios really feels like I should get a referral fee here Alexis Lloyd / @alexislloyd : .@inafried is joining @axios as as ou...