Sam Altman

May 15, 2024 5:16 PM

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever departs ChatGPT maker

OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the startup at the center of today's artificial intelligence boom. "OpenAI would not be what it is without him," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a message to the company, which OpenAI posted on its blog. Microsoft-backed OpenAI makes the popular ChatGPT chatbot, which sparked a race among the world's largest tech companies for dominance in the emerging generative AI field. Jakub Pachocki will be the company's new chief scientist, ...

May 15, 2024 2:38 PM

Alphabet debuts beefed-up AI search and chatbot as competition heats up

Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday showed how it is building on artificial intelligence across its businesses, including a beefed-up Gemini chatbot and improvements to its prized search engine as it races to compete with AI rivals. The flurry of announcements underscores Google's efforts to refresh its products since Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s 2022 launch of ChatGPT dazzled the public, threatening the incumbent's long reign over online search and AI. Among Google’s latest salvos was an addit...

April 1, 2024 9:52 PM

OpenAI removes Sam Altman’s ownership of its Startup Fund

OpenAI has changed the governance structure of its venture capital fund that backs AI startups, so its high profile chief executive Sam Altman no longer owns or controls the fund, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The change, documented in the March 29 filing, came after Altman's ownership of the OpenAI Startup Fund raised eyebrows for its unusual structure while being marketed similar to a corporate venture arm, the fund was raised by Altman from outsi...