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OpenAI Co-Founder Leaving Microsoft-Backed Startup: What’s Next for Ilya Sutskever?

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San Francisco, CA – OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever has announced his departure from the Microsoft-backed startup, citing personal reasons for his decision. The news comes after months of leadership turmoil within the organization, involving co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. In response to the board’s action, almost all of OpenAI’s employees signed an open letter indicating their intentions to leave. Altman was reinstated shortly after, while board members who had voted for his ouster, including Sutskever, …

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AI Disruption: Elon Musk Sues Microsoft-Backed OpenAI for Abandoning Mission to Benefit Humanity

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San Francisco, CA – Tech mogul Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, among others. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but stepped down from its board in 2018, expressing concerns about the potential dangers of AI. Now, he alleges that the company has strayed from its original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. The dispute arises from the release of …

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