Tag: Sam Altman
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		Hacker News: OpenAI announces SoftBank partnership as fallout from DeepSeek continuesSource URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/02/03/2025/openai-responds-to-deepseek Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI announces SoftBank partnership as fallout from DeepSeek continues Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI has partnered with SoftBank in a significant financial investment to utilize its software, marking a strategic pivot. This move is in response to competition from a rising Chinese AI… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam AltmanSource URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: [In response to a question about releasing model weights] Yes, we are discussing. I personally think we have been on the wrong side of history here and need to figure out a different open source strategy; not everyone at OpenAI shares this… 
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		The Register: US AI shares battered, bruised, and holding after yesterday’s DeepSeek beatingSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/us_ai_shares_battered_bruised/ Source: The Register Title: US AI shares battered, bruised, and holding after yesterday’s DeepSeek beating Feedly Summary: Nvidia says its chips are still needed, OpenAI says it’ll keep buying them en masse, but shares are still down US tech shares, rattled yesterday by the release of a supposedly more efficient AI model… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing OperatorSource URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/23/introducing-operator/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing Operator Feedly Summary: Introducing Operator OpenAI released their “research preview" today of Operator, a cloud-based browser automation platform rolling out today to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers. They’re calling this their first "agent". In the Operator announcement video Sam Altman defined that notoriously vague term like this:… 
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		Slashdot: OpenAI Has Created an AI Model For Longevity ScienceSource URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/01/18/0020239/openai-has-created-an-ai-model-for-longevity-science Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Has Created an AI Model For Longevity Science Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s development of a language model specifically for protein engineering signifies a groundbreaking integration of AI in biological research. This initiative showcases AI’s ability to enable significant scientific advancements, especially in enhancing… 
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		Wired: Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI ExecutiveSource URL: https://www.wired.com/story/mira-murati-startup-hire-staff/ Source: Wired Title: Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI Executive Feedly Summary: It’s a major get for Murati’s mysterious startup, which has also poached engineers and researchers from a number of other prominent AI firms. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the departure of Jonathan… 
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		Hacker News: Google is building its own ‘world modeling’ AI team for games and robot trainingSource URL: https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338053/google-deepmind-world-modeling-ai-team-gaming-robot-training Source: Hacker News Title: Google is building its own ‘world modeling’ AI team for games and robot training Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Google DeepMind is forming a new team to focus on the development of “world models” for simulating physical environments, which aims to advance their artificial…