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BREAKING >>> Sam Altman will NOT be returning as CEO of OpenAI after drama-full weekend for the AI space
Negotiations to get Altman back in the company started less than 24 hours after he was fired. Investors including Microsoft attempted many rounds of negotiations. Staff at OpenAI have also threatened to quit if Altman does not return. But according to CNBC and Bloomberg, the board of OpenAI is bringing in former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear to run the artificial intelligence company, two days after the sudden ouster of Sam Altman, CNBC has confirmed. The Information and Bloomberg both reported on the hiring of Shear earlier. The news was confirmed to CNBC by a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the discussions were confidential. Source: CNBC
Wine production reached 16.1 billion (bn) litres in the EU in 2022. Top producers:
1) Italy (5.0 bn litres) 2) Spain (5.0 bn litres) 3) France (3.4 bn litres) Source: EU Eurostat
Income & wealth inequality is not just a capitalist country story. Watch Russia and China...
Source: Ruben Mathisen
The average price of a used Tesla has declined 16 months in a row, moving from a record high of $67,900 in July 2022 to a record low of $39,550 today (-42%). $TSLA
Source: Charlie Bilello
As highlighted by Linas Beliūnas, Magazine cover pages can be good contrarian indicators...
Last week, Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all 7 charges, faces up to 115 years in prison while WeWork filed for bankruptcy marking one of the biggest start-up failures of all time.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, has announced plans for a challenge focused on generative artificial intelligence
The winners is set to receive a total of Dh1 million ($272,290) amid the emirate's shift towards the future economy. The Global Prompt Engineering Championship will be held in May next year at Dubai’s Museum of the Future. In the context of AI, a prompt refers to a specific request made to a language model such as ChatGPT, which can in turn provide a response or solution for a user. Source: The National News
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