Elon Musk and Sam Altman were among the 11-person team that founded OpenAI in 2015. Photo: Frederic J. BROWN, Jung Yeon-je / AFP/FileSource: AFP The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has become one of the bitterest rivalries in business history, with the Tesla tycoon bidding to buy Altman’s OpenAI in an apparent attempt to derail the ChatGPT maker’s ascent to becoming one of the world’s most important companies. What sparked the rivalry? Musk and Altman were among the 11-person team that founded OpenAI in 2015. Created as a counterweight to Google’s dominance in artificial intelligence, the project got its initial funding from Musk, who invested $45 million to get it started. Three years later, Musk departed OpenAI. The company initially cited “a potential future conflict for Elon…as Tesla
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May
OpenAI’s founder, Sam Altman, is facing an unexpected challenge from Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson. In September, Altman approached Johansson to lend her voice to ChatGPT’s text-to-speech product, but she declined the offer, as reported by the New York Times. Nine months later, ChatGPT introduced a voice option that closely resembled Johansson’s, leaving her “shocked, angered, […]
Nov
The popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, has encountered a major disruption due to a possible distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. This unexpected turn of events has left users perplexed and frustrated as they struggle to access the service. According to reports, the attack began on Friday evening and lasted for several hours before ChatGPT’s servers went offline […]