Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch has left to join Meta; he reportedly declined Zuckerberg's offer of a $1.5B+ package in August
Andrew Tulloch is the latest big-name AI researcher to join the social-media giant — A co-founder of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab …
Two new books on OpenAI and the AI industry bust Sam Altman's myths around OpenAI, and highlight the pursuit of power behind the do-gooder rhetoric
Two timely and myth-busting books show that the AI boom is driven by the pursuit of power, wealth and hubris
OpenAI acquires io, Jony Ive's secretive AI startup, for nearly $6.5B in stock; Ive and LoveFrom will remain independent but take over design for all of OpenAI
OpenAI will acquire the AI device startup co-founded by Apple Inc. veteran Jony Ive in a nearly $6.5 billion all-stock deal …
A book excerpt details how the OpenAI board ousted Sam Altman with help from Mira Murati, who provided examples of his alleged lies and other toxic behavior
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A book excerpt details how the OpenAI board ousted Sam Altman with help from Mira Murati, who provided examples of his alleged lies and other toxic behavior
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal :
A book excerpt details how the OpenAI board ousted Sam Altman with help from Mira Murati, who provided examples of his alleged lies and other toxic behavior
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal :
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.
OpenAI insiders and other sources describe the turmoil within OpenAI following Sam Altman's ousting and how Altman's supporters rallied behind him
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Sources: the US DOJ ramped up work in recent months on a potential antitrust complaint into whether Apple has iOS monopoly power and favors its own products
Sources: Google signed News Showcase deals with Bloomberg Media and The Texas Tribune, but the feature is late to launch as other US outlets balk at the terms
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Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ
Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ
Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
Vox Media, Complex Networks, and BDG are considering ditching Google's AMP for their own mobile-optimized articles; The Washington Post dropped AMP last summer
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State AGs' lawsuit alleges Google misled publishers and advertisers for years about ad pricing by deflating sales for some while increasing prices for buyers
Details show Google employees fretting its ad tech auctions were ‘untruthful’ and based in ‘insider information’
Snap Q3: $1.07B revenue, up 57% YoY, vs. $1.10B est., DAUs up 23% to 306M, net loss down 64% to $72M, blames iOS ATT changes for revenue miss; stock down 20%+
oh vey “We expect that the measurement and optimization foundations of the digital advertising economy will continue to experience significant changes in the months ahead, includin...
Gettr has ties to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, who is involved with GTV Media Group and other disinformation networks in the US; sources: Gettr raised ~$30M
Right-wing video platform Rumble says it has raised an undisclosed amount from Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, and others; sources say Rumble is valued at ~$500M
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Sources: CloutHub and FreeSpace are among the apps vying to be next platform of Trump, who “wants cash money up front” in exchange for followers he would bring
he wants cash flow, not long term value Ben Mullin / @benmullin : Donald Trump wants an up-front licensing fee to bring his brand (and presumably tons of followers) to a new social...
In lawsuit, DOJ says nearly half of Google search traffic in 2019 came from Apple products and estimates Google pays Apple $8B to $12B per year
payments that are as much as one-fifth of Apple's annual net income. https://twitter.com/... @toddbishop : Compared to the antitrust complaint against @Microsoft 2+ decades ago, th...
DOJ and 11 state AGs, all Republican, file a suit alleging that Google acted anticompetitively to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising
not because they're forced to or because they can't find alternatives. We will have a full statement this morning. Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : A few peanut-gallery thoughts on D...