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OpenAI gains veteran support from a former Microsoft AI researcher — potentially expediting the ChatGPT maker's trajectory toward Sam Altman's coveted AGI benchmark
By Kevin Okemwa published
MS EXIT Sebastian Bubeck, one of Microsoft's top AI researchers, recently left the company to join OpenAI. He spearheaded operations on small language models like the lightweight Phi AI models.

OpenAI may endure massive $44 Billion losses before seeing profit in 2029 partly due to Microsoft tie-up: "The partnership with Microsoft might mean OpenAI earns less from each dollar of revenue"
By Kevin Okemwa published
RUNNING ON FUMES A new report suggests OpenAI could make $44 billion in losses before potentially becoming profitable in 2029. It further estimates the company's revenue generation to have scaled $100 billion.

OpenAI takes a stab at its founding mission with a proposed public benefit structure as hostile takeovers and outsider interference attempt to burst its AI bubble
By Kevin Okemwa published
HOSTILE TAKEOVERS OpenAI is reportedly restructuring its business model into a public benefit corporation, that will keep hostile takeovers and outside interference at bay.

Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction
By Kevin Okemwa published
PROFITS OVER SAFETY Was OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ousted for prioritizing profits over safety processes?

An analyst predicts OpenAI could be part of Microsoft's acquisition portfolio by 2027: "Investors' focus might shift away from AI, and the startups will just find it difficult to keep funding for the innovation they want to do"
By Kevin Okemwa published
OPENAI-OWNED MICROSOFT OpenAI could be on Microsoft's potential buy roster as it continuously burns through money funding its innovations, and investors lose interest in the AI hype.

OpenAI's $6.6 billion investor funding could be setting up the ChatGPT maker for failure unless a critical threshold gets a stamp of approval
By Kevin Okemwa published
TROUBLE BREWING? OpenAI needs to become a for-profit entity within two years or return the money raised by investors to keep its business afloat.

Sam Altman admits ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode tricked him into thinking AI was a real person: "I kind of still say 'please' to ChatGPT, but in Voice Mode, I couldn't use the normal niceties. I was so convinced, like, Argh, it might be a real person"
By Kevin Okemwa published
REAL AI? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits that ChatGPT's Voice Mode was the first time he was tricked into thinking AI was a real person.

OpenAI's $3.7 billion in revenue won't save the ChatGPT maker from an imminent $5 billion loss in 2024 — Microsoft and NVIDIA's anticipated round funding might (UPDATED)
By Kevin Okemwa last updated
MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS OpenAI expects approximately $5 billion in losses on $3.7 billion in revenue this year.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman branded "podcasting bro" for his reportedly absurd plan to "take $7 trillion and many years to build 36 semiconductor plants and additional data centers" to fulfill his ambitious AI vision
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI VISION BRO Lack of sufficient computing power and AI chips limits AI advances, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly has an "audacious plan" to bypass these issues.
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