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OpenAI's firing of Sam Altman followed wide-ranging disagreements between the chief executive officer and his board — in particular Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder and the company's chief scientist — according to a person familiar with the matter. The debates included differences of opinion on AI safety, the speed of development of the technology and the commercialization of the company, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.  Altman's ambitions may have also played a role in…

OpenAI’s firing of Sam Altman followed wide-ranging disagreements between the chief executive officer and his board — in particular Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder and the company’s chief scientist, according to a person familiar with the matter. The debates included differences of opinion on AI safety, the speed of development of the technology and the commercialization of the company, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

Jon Gertner / New York Times: A look at the Wikipedia community's debates about AI, including AI's threats and potential benefits, knowledge creation, truthfulness, and legal concerns — Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process? Jon Gertner / New York Times: A look at the Wikipedia community's debates about AI, including AI's threats and potential benefits, knowledge creation, truthfulness, and legal…

At Clayton, a Tennessee-based home builder, some of its 26,000 employees say that the company’s diversity measures don’t go far enough. Others say those efforts go too far.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 At Clayton, a Tennessee-based home builder, some of its 26,000 employees say that the company’s diversity measures don’t go far enough. Others say those efforts go too far.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

The issue of "cyber security and rising incidence of cyber/white collar crimes" was at the centre of deliberations at a meeting of a key parliamentary panel as experts from the industry were quizzed by lawmakers about various facets of unlawful activities, including fraud loan apps. Sources said the members of the Standing Committee on Finance sought the views of experts about various trends in cyber crime and what measures can be taken to mitigate the risks. The issue of fraud lending apps, which have been hitting…

Economists estimate that Americans increased consumer spending last month and that price increases remained elevated. Economists estimate that Americans increased consumer spending last month and that price increases remained elevated. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to…

The Biden administration is working to develop technology to help create a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the policy debate as to how to do so continues, a Treasury official said Wednesday.  Nellie Liang, Treasury under secretary for domestic finance, gave the update as part of a speech about how the administration is advancing plans for a potential CBDC. A CBDC would be used to issue a digital version of currency, meaning in the U.S. that the Federal Reserve would issue a digital dollar that could…

Stubbornly high inflation is finally easing as supply chain disruptions fade and interest rates at 15-year highs put the brakes on demand. Now, Federal Reserve officials have voiced unease that prices could reaccelerate because labor markets are so tight.At issue is what’s the right way to forecast inflation: a bottoms-up analysis of recent readings on prices and wages that puts more weight on pandemic-driven idiosyncrasies—or a traditional top-down analysis of how far the economy is operating above or below its normal…

Germany is considering new rules that could require companies with large exposure to China to disclose their reliance to reduce the potential economic fallout from a deterioration in the relationship between the West and the Asian giant.Berlin nationalized part of the German energy sector after Russia first throttled and then stopped natural-gas deliveries to the country. Moscow’s move threatened to bankrupt some of Germany’s largest utilities that were reliant on imported Russian fuel. Companies with large stakes in…

Images via Warner Bros./New Line CInema Fantasy aficionados have recently ignited a heated discussion to answer the decade-old question of who would win out of the two most feared fantasy antagonists of all time, would it be Harry Potter‘s Voldemort or Lord of the Rings Sauron? Adding a little magic to the question, one user decided to spark up the usual conversation, adding that “We have all seen Gandalf VS Dumbledore but what about Sauron VS Voldemort?” and Reddit had quite the opinion on this wizardry…