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OpenAI’s Ex-CEO and President Say They’re ‘Shocked and Saddened’ but ‘We Will Be Fine’ in Update

In a joint statement Friday night, Sam Altman, the former CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and former president Greg Brockman said they were “shocked and saddened” by the day’s events, but insisted “we will be fine. Greater things coming soon.” Altman, who was an OpenAI cofounder alongside Brockman, was fired on Friday after the company’s board of directors said it “no longer has confidence” in his leadership. Despite an initial statement claiming Brockman would be staying with the company, he resigned just hours later.…

Sam Altman was ‘shocked and saddened’ by OpenAI’s decision to fire him

Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were "shocked and saddened by what the board did" and are still trying to figure out what exactly happened. The former CEO and the former President of OpenAI have published a post on X, sharing the details of what they do know and how they found out the former was being fired. Apparently, company co-founder Ilya Sutskever invited Altman for a meeting at noon on Friday, which was then attended by the whole board except for Brockman. It was at that meeting that Altman found out he was being…

You’ll be shocked how cheap this 27-inch monitor is today

Bill Roberson / Digital Trends If you’re still using an outdated display on your work or school computer, it may be time to make an upgrade by purchasing from monitor deals. You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to get a reliable screen though, as there are affordable options like the 27-inch Samsung CF396 Series curved monitor. From an already relatively cheap price of $149, it’s available for $129 from Walmart. Savings of $20 isn’t much, but you might as well take it if you’re on the hunt for a new monitor,…

Greta Gerwig Still Shocked Mattel Allowed ‘Barbie’ to be Filmed As-Is

Warning: this article contains some spoilers for Barbie One of the criticisms leveled at director Greta Gerwig before Barbie had even been released was that she’d sold out to Mattel, the toy behemoth behind the iconic doll. Although the indie darling rejected this out of hand, it was a relatively commonly repeated sentiment. Much like how the vast majority of war films made in the States need to go through Pentagon approval before they can be released, the company were thought to be keeping a tight leash on the Lady Bird…

Biggest ever space explosion! Astronomers shocked, have no idea where it came from

According to researchers at the University of Southampton, a massive space explosion was discovered that was ten times brighter than any known supernova (exploding star) and three times brighter than the brightest tidal disruption event, where a star falls into a supermassive black hole.The explosion is going on for the past three years and actually took place nearly 8 billion light years away when the universe was around 6 billion years old. The explosion is known as AT2021lwx and is considered the biggest explosion in…

The AI voice-generating platform that shocked the world is getting an update to fight abuse

Ole_CNX/Gettty ImagesGenerative AI has the ability to generate all types of content including text, art, images, and even speech. The AI startup, ElevenLabs, has supported text-to-speech generation and voice cloning since its beta launch in January and has accumulated over one million registered users. On Tuesday, ElevenLabs announced the closing of a $19 million dollar Series A round as well as some major updates to the platform, including ones to address its biggest controversy. Also: Meta unveils Voicebox AI to

Aaron Taylor-Johnson fans shocked by ‘gory’ and ‘hyper violent’ trailer for Spider-Man spin-off Kraven the Hunter

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe first trailer for the Marvel film Kraven the Hunter has been released – and viewers have been shocked by the amount of violence on show.Kraven the Hunter stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Tenet) as Sergei Kravinoff, aka Kraven the Hunter, a supervillain who originated in Marvel comic books as an adversary of Spider-Man.The film is being released by Sony Pictures and will be set in the…

‘I’m Looking At Her Arms:’ Arnold Schwarzenegger Recalls Feeling Shocked Over Co-star Having Bigger Muscles Than Him

Photo via Paramount Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t mess around when it comes to his biceps. The former governor of California has no problem letting his critics know that his muscle game is nothing to scoff at despite being a retired professional bodybuilder, as one troll recently discovered on Twitter. However, even though the five-time Mr. Universe is comfortable in his own skin, he was caught off guard by co-star Linda Hamilton‘s ripped appearance in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Schwarzenegger recalled the…