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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will return to the ChatGPT-maker's board along with three new directors, the company said on Friday. Below is a timeline of the events in a tumultuous few months for the artificial intelligence company. Date Event Nov. 17, OpenAI board fires CEO Sam Altman and 2023 President Greg Brockman quits. Mira Murati named as interim CEO Nov. 18, Altman's firing was over a "breakdown in 2023 communication between Sam and the board," and not "malfeasance", COO Brad Lightcap says in an internal memo Early…

Sam Altman and members of the OpenAI board have opened negotiations aimed at a possible return of the ousted co-founder and chief executive officer to the artificial intelligence company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Discussions are happening between Altman and at least one board member, Adam D'Angelo, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private and they may not come to fruition. The talks also involve some of OpenAI's investors, who are also pushing for his…

Hundreds of staff at OpenAI threatened to quit the leading artificial intelligence company on Monday and join Microsoft. They would follow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, who said he was starting an AI subsidiary at Microsoft following his shock sacking from the company whose ChatGPT chatbot has led the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology.In a letter, some of OpenAI's most senior staff members threatened to leave the company if the board did not get replaced. "Your actions have made it obvious that you are…

Daniela Amodei, a co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, called a meeting with AI leaders at the White House last week an “incredible first step” in the effort to ensure the technology is safe.In a conversation with Bloomberg Television on Monday, Amodei stressed the need for “communication early and often” with policymakers, academics and other groups in the US as well as abroad. Amodei said that the startup, which has billed itself as making a safer kind of chatbot, has focused on ensuring the latest…

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ChatGPT makes an irresistible first impression. It's got a devastating sense of humor, a stunning capacity for dead-on mimicry, and it can rhyme like nobody's business. Then there is its overwhelming reasonableness. When ChatGPT fails the Turing test, it's usually because it refuses to offer its own opinion on just about anything. When was the last time real people on the internet declined to tell you what they really think? I started talking to ChatGPT a couple of weeks ago, after the artificial intelligence company…