AI Newsletter 112 - Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO Fired by Board
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- Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO Fired by Board
- Stability AI executive quits over 'exploitative' copyright row
- LSE Future Impact Summit
- and The Moat for Enterprise AI: RAG + Fine Tuning
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Marcel Hedman
Key Recent Developments
Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
What: To much surprise, given OpenAI's dominance in the world of AI, its CEO Sam Altman has been fired by the board. The board stated "Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities."
The removal prompted President and co-founder, Greg Brockman to subsequently resign, publicly stating his shock at the news and that the board acted without his knowledge.
if i start going off, the openai board should go after me for the full value of my shares
— Sam Altman (@sama) November 18, 2023
Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today.
— Greg Brockman (@gdb) November 18, 2023
Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and all of those who have been reaching out.
We too are still trying to figure out exactly…
Key Takeaway: Speculation over the reason for Altman's removal is at an all time high but no one (including perhaps Altman and Brockman) fully understand the motivations behind the board's decision.
AI safety: How close is global regulation of artificial intelligence really?
LSE Future Impact Summit - Nov 2023
LSE Future Impact Summit is a technology and social sciences summit held at the LSE on 25-26 November 2023 with panels, workshops & interactive events all focused on the big themes that will shape the future. This year’s Summit will feature a full day focusing on the interaction of AI with society & the economy. Check out the AI related events at www.futureimpactsummit.com.
Use discount code 'NuralResearch10' for 10% off all tickets!
AI Ethics & 4 Good
🚀 ChatGPT has entered the classroom: how LLMs could transform education
🚀 Stability AI executive quits over 'exploitative' copyright row
🚀 Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
🚀 OpenAI says ChatGPT downtime caused by targeted DDoS attack
🚀 Characterizing the Clinical Adoption of Medical AI Devices through U.S. Insurance Claims
🚀MAIDA - Medical AI Data for All - Bringing you diverse medical image datasets from across the globe
Other interesting reads
🚀 The Moat for Enterprise AI is RAG + Fine Tuning
🚀 OpenAI recruiters are trying to lure Google AI employees with $10 million pay packets, report says
🚀 Airbnb acquires AI startup for just under $200 million
Papers
🚀 Evaluating Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Survey
🚀 llmware - Framework for LLM-based application patterns including Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
🚀Learning JAX as a PyTorch developer
🚀TRL - Transformer Reinforcement Learning
Introducing TextEnvironments in TRL 0.7.0! https://t.co/SuGrdSaMZh
— Leandro von Werra (@lvwerra) August 30, 2023
With TextEnvironments you can teach your language models to use tools to solve tasks more reliably.
We trained models to use Wiki search and Python to answer trivia and math questions!
Let's have a look how🧵 pic.twitter.com/2ZuvBQJJsa
Cool companies found this week
AI Agents
Imbue - Building practical AI agents that can accomplish larger goals and safely work in the real world. They recently raised >$200m to pursue this goal.
Best,
Marcel Hedman
Nural Research Founder
www.nural.cc
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