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OpenAI and Microsoft announce a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five US metro news organizations (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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OpenAI and Microsoft announce a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five US metro news organizations — - “The scale, we think, is significant,” he added. … - The new program is being driven in…

OpenAI hires 2 executives in new leadership positions

The Sam Altman-led company added a chief economist and a chief compliance officer following an exodus of top talent in recent months.

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OpenAI Appoints Former Uber Exec As Compliance Officer To Oversee Regulatory Issues

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OpenAI enhances its leadership with the appointment of Scott Schools as Chief Compliance Officer and Dr. Aaron Chatterji as Chief Economist.

OpenAI and Microsoft are funding $10 million in grants for AI-powered journalism

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OpenAI and Microsoft are funding projects to bring more AI tools into the newsroom. The duo will give grants of up to $10 million to Chicago Public Media, the Minnesota Star Tribune, Newsday (in Long Island, NY), The Philadelphia Inquirer…

OpenAI hires Scott Schools, most recently the chief ethics and compliance officer at Uber, as its chief compliance officer (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

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OpenAI hires Scott Schools, most recently the chief ethics and compliance officer at Uber, as its chief compliance officer — - Scott Schools previously worked in the US Justice Department — AI startup faces evolving global regulatory…

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OpenAI hires first chief economist

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OpenAI hired its first-ever chief economist to examine the economic impacts of artificial intelligence (AI), the ChatGPT maker announced Tuesday. Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, a professor of business and public policy at Duke University, will…

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OpenAI hires its first chief economist

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OpenAI has hired its first chief economist: Aaron Chatterji, formerly the chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Joe Biden and a senior economist in President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. Chatterji,…

OpenAI Hires Aaron Chatterji to Be Its Chief Economist

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Aaron Chatterji was chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Biden and served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.

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Microsoft and OpenAI are giving news outlets $10 million to use AI tools

www.theverge.com

Microsoft and OpenAI announced they’re offering a select group of media outlets up to $10 million ($2.5 million in cash plus $2.5 million worth of “software and enterprise credits” from each) to try out AI tools in the newsroom.

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OpenAI and Microsoft Put $10 Million Into Local News Fellowship

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Outlets like Newsday and The Philadelphia Inquirer will receive funds in order to find ways to leverage AI

Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google

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Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, announced AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks.

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OpenAI Partners With The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, Microsoft To Explore AI for Driving Business Sustainability and Innovation in Local News

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ChatGPT-developer OpenAI annoucned its partnership with the Lenfest Institute for Journalism and Microsoft to explore how AI could drive business sustainability and innovation in local news.

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Jack Altman Says AI Voice Tech Could 'End Up Being As Big Or Bigger Than AI Text,' Sam Altman Jokes About Hiring Him At OpenAI

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The conversation between the Altman brothers comes at a time when AI voice technology is under the spotlight.

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In OpenAI Copyright Case, Court Told, 'Too Many Cooks'

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Lawyers for some of the media companies and groups hitting up OpenAI and Microsoft with copyright cases say they have major reservations about marrying their cases, warning about rushed discovery and "forcing too many cooks into the same…

Monday, Oct 21

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Watch out, OpenAI — Haiper 2.0 AI video generation model just launched and it looks stunning

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The Haiper 2.0 announcement comes just seven months after the platform's launch and promises hyper-realistic videos.

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AI 'Bromance' Is Faltering: Microsoft and OpenAI's Partnership Shows Signs of Strain

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The once strong partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI, hailed as the "best bromance in tech," is beginning to show cracks as financial pressures and differing priorities strain the relationship between the two companies.

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“Microsoft could be left behind if it is only using OpenAI technologies. It is a real race — and OpenAI may not win it”:

www.windowscentral.com

The New York Times reports that OpenAI's exorbitant computing power and funding demand has strained its partnership with Microsoft.

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Microsoft shuts up Salesforce CEO with Copilot agents that are "the new apps for an AI-powered world" and run on OpenAI's latest models

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The ability to create custom autonomous agents with Copilot Studio is now public preview.