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OpenAI jettisons CEO Sam Altman for dishonesty
Sam Altman, a key figure in the creation of landmark generative AI application ChatGPT, has been fired by the OpenAI board of directors over an apparent lack of candor in his communications with the board.According to a statement issued by OpenAI Friday, Altman’s...
Critical zero-day flaws in Windows, Office mean it’s time to patch
We are now in the third decade of Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday releases, which deliver fewer critical updates to browsers and Windows platforms — and much more reliable updates to Microsoft Office — than in the early days of patching. But this month, the company...
US trade restrictions have done little to curb Chinese chip manufacturing
China is stockpiling chipmaking equipment despite the US government's trade restrictions on the export of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to the country.Some of the leading producers of chip manufacturing technology have almost doubled the percentage of revenue...
Microsoft welcomes Biden’s new AI order — is that a good thing or bad?
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. last month laid down a wide-ranging executive order targeting generative AI, dealing with everything from safety and security measures, to issues related to bias and civil rights, and oversight over how genAI is produced. On the surface,...
Applied Materials faces probe in the US for shipping chip equipment to China
Applied Materials, the largest US maker of chipmaking machinery, is facing investigations in the US for violating export restrictions to China.In a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it was under investigation by the US Attorney’s...
Dell cuddles up to Hugging Face to offer genAI to customers
Dell has unveiled a partnership with Hugging Face to help it develop open-source generative AI models for Dell’s infrastructure and customers to use. Through the partnership Dell will provide a pre-packaged AI solution.Hugging Face develops tools for building...
Meta and ByteDance dispute gatekeeper status of platforms under EU’s DMA
Meta and ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, have launched a challenge against the gatekeeper status designated to them by the European Commission under the EU's Digital Markets Act.The DMA came into force in September 2023 and is designed to rein in the power of...
Google’s deal with Apple looms large as antitrust trial winds down
The first landmark tech antitrust trial of the century, The United States of America v. Google LLC, is winding down, with the last witness finishing testimony this week. What could be at stake in District Court Judge Amit Mehta's final decision, expected next year, is...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT turns one year old; what it did (and didn’t do)
When San Francisco startup OpenAI launched ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, the technology landscape was shaken to its core — and artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly moved from being a fringe idea to mainstream adoption.“We spent a couple of decades learning how to talk to...
Your employees are likely passing off AI-generated work as their own: Report
Even as the popularity of generative AI continues to grow, there is an urgent need for enterprises to clearly define policies to prevent employees from using unauthorized tools, which can potentially put businesses at risk. This is a key result of the recent...
Microsoft to add Project features to its new unified Planner work management app
Microsoft plans to integrate the online version of its Project app into Planner next year, creating a single product tool for work management. Project has been Microsoft’s primary tool for in-depth work coordination — and a mainstay for enterprise project managers —...
Nothing announces iMessage support for Android
Apple is under pressure to open up its messaging platform. Now, Nothing says it has found a way to let people get iMessage support on its Android-based devices — but there’s a catch that seems to mean users must take a dangerous leap of trust.The Nothing solution...