Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day
now it's just another tech company Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : OpenAI Execs Feared ChatGPT-Parent Would Collapse After Departure Of Ilya Sutskever, Tried To Woo Him Back And Almost...
Source: at an all-hands meeting, Sam Altman said there are no plans for him to get a “giant equity stake” in OpenAI, calling that information “just not true”
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a …
SVB draws support from 300+ VC firms, including General Catalyst, while 1,200+ founders and CEOs sign a Y Combinator petition asking the US Congress to act
More than 100 venture capital and investing firms have signed a statement supporting Silicon Valley Bank, part of mounting industry calls …
Founders fear that the collapse of SVB, which had branches in the UK, Canada, China, Germany, India, Israel, and more, could wipe out startups around the world
Because startups that banked with SVB don't have access to their funds … Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Silicon Valley Bank collapse is impacting many Indian startups Philip Elmer-DeW...
How tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor for months; sources: Benioff became frustrated about how Taylor was spending his time
Exit of Bret Taylor from role he has shared for about a year wasn't long planned — The Tech Sector Is Taking a Beating. Here's Why.
Expensify's CEO emailed all users to encourage them to vote for Biden, says “anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy”
Trump has pressed every boundary of the office, beyond its breaking point in some cases. Michael Kapilkov / Cointelegraph : Charles Hoskinson calls for a different kind of apolitic...
Expensify's CEO emailed all users to encourage them to vote for Biden, says “anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy”
Trump has pressed every boundary of the office, beyond its breaking point in some cases. Michael Kapilkov / Cointelegraph : Charles Hoskinson calls for a different kind of apolitic...
Sources: Google will extend its work from home policy until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees
a year from now — making it the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable. Partly to give staff maximum family flexibility. One year from now. https://ww...
Sources: Google will keep nearly all of its employees working from home until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees
Search-engine giant pushes back return to normalcy — SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July …
Review of email app Superhuman: elegant, detailed interface but you have to live with its fixed hotkeys, inconsistent filtering, and the steep $30/month price
$30 per month is too much for a Gmail app — Superhuman is one of the most in-demand startups right now … Tweets: @aaronklein , @caseynewton , @joshuabaer , @mg , @harrymccracken ...
Wirecard's CEO Markus Braun resigns over the missing €1.9B in cash; James Freis, chief compliance officer who joined company on Thursday, named as interim CEO
Want this in your inbox each morning? Tweets: HydroxyCoreyQuinn / @quinnypig : Braun is reportedly stepping down to more time with his collection of Fabergé eggs on his superyacht....
Wirecard's CEO Markus Braun resigns over the missing €1.9B in cash; James Freis, chief compliance officer who joined company on Thursday, named as interim CEO
Markus Braun resigns as payment group's shares continue to collapse and investors threaten legal action
Nextdoor and Walmart launch Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a feature that lets vulnerable users get shopping help from neighbors planning a Walmart trip
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OneWeb files for bankruptcy after failing to secure new funding amid COVID-19 crisis; sources: OneWeb was in talks to raise ~$2B from SoftBank before the crisis
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Comcast accidentally published 200K “unlisted” phone numbers, with names and addresses, of customers who paid monthly fees to make their numbers unlisted
Comcast made the same mistake once before and had to pay $33 million. — Comcast mistakenly published the names …
Study: most cookie consent forms served to EU users violate GDPR's informed consent requirement by using pre-ticked boxes, hiding “reject all” option, and more
Most cookie consent pop-ups served to Internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission …
Memo: Google fires four employees, citing data-security violations, amid rising tension between management and staff
But Critics Say It's Retaliation for Protesting Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Googlers say the company is trying to crush worker organization after it fired 4 people Cara Curti...
Leaked Amazon injury reports show one of its NY warehouses has a very high incident rate score of 15.19 in 2018, versus an average of 6.1 for sawmills in the US
Since opening in September 2018, Amazon's massive fulfillment center on New York's Staten Island has garnered a reputation …
Google announces new political ad rules, limits microtargeting to age, gender, and general location categories, will start enforcing them in UK within a week
We're proud that people around the world use Google to find relevant information about elections and that candidates use Google …
Sources: several WeWork directors, including SoftBank members, plan to push for Adam Neumann to step down as CEO
SoftBank officials are among those expected to push for Neumann ouster — A bloc of WeWork directors is planning to push Adam Neumann to step down as chief executive …