OpenAI backtracks and says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations, after a “constructive dialogue” with civic leaders and DE and CA AGs
so it's making a change Aaron McDade / Yahoo Finance : OpenAI Scraps For-Profit Plans New York Times : The Stakes for OpenAI's Plan B The Irish Times : OpenAI ditches plan to convert to for-profit bus...
Filing: Satya Nadella was paid $79.1M during the FY ending June 30, up from $48.5M YoY; compensation was reduced by $5M+ due to Microsoft's security issues
while company fired nearly 2,500 workers Derek Strickland / TweakTown : Xbox exclusives are still important for Microsoft and are used to determine ‘growth in gaming’ Heidi Nicholas / TrueAchievements...
Sources: Google laid off 200+ employees from its Core teams, including IT and its Python developer team, and plans to move some roles to India and Mexico
unless it's your smartphone Ann Resuma / International Business Times : Google Lays Off 200 ‘Core’ Employees; Eyes Shifting Some Roles To India, Mexico Alice Nunwick / Verdict : Google lays off 200 US...
Employee letter: PayPal plans to lay off around 2,500 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, and will cut back on open roles
The following message was shared with PayPal employees today by President & CEO Alex Chriss: Michael Grothaus / Fast Company : Tech layoffs 2024: Grim January ends with job cuts at PayPal, Block, iRob...
Elon Musk forms xAI, a startup he will lead to “understand the true nature of the universe”; the staff has worked at Google, Microsoft, Tesla, OpenAI, and more
Today we announce the formation of xAI. The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe. Reuters : Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI Kara Carlson / USA Tod...
Alphabet plans to cut ~12,000 jobs, 6%+ of its global workforce; CEO Sundar Pichai says he takes “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here”
read the memo CEO Sundar Pichai sent to staff Mary Yang / NPR : Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January BBC : Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs Abner L...
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai to be succeeded by current CFO in April; Sony reports record Q3 profits of $3.2B boosted by games division; smartphone shipments down to 4M
but his fake, funny Twitter lives on Mike Murphy / Quartz : Sony's CEO is out, as the company tries to return to its premium pedigree Ken Manbert Salcedo / International Business Times : Sony Has Sold...
Profile of Anthony Levandowski, covering his early life and schooling, career before and after Alphabet and Uber, and AI-focused religion, founded in 2015
soon they might have them Olivia Solon / The Guardian : Deus ex machina: former Google engineer is developing an AI god Carl Velasco / Tech Times : Former Uber Exec Anthony Levandowski Built A Religio...
Facebook updates mission statement to “give people power to build community, bring the world closer together”, from “making the world more open and connected”
For anyone still wondering if Mark … Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Facebook changes its mission statement Simon Sharwood / The Register : Facebook gives itself mission to ‘bring the world closer’ by gettin...