Column: OpenAI’s board had safety concerns. Big Tech obliterated them in 48 hours

Column: OpenAI’s board had safety concerns. Big Tech obliterated them in 48 hours

It’s not every day that the most talked-about company in the world sets itself on fire. Yet that seems to be what happened Friday, when OpenAI’s board announced that it had terminated its chief executive, Sam Altman, because he had not been “consistently candid in his communications with the board.” In corporate-speak, those are fighting…

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation   | Reuters News Agency

GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…

Cruise CEO and co-founder resigns after self-driving cars suspended in California

Cruise CEO and co-founder resigns after self-driving cars suspended in California

General Motors’ self-driving-car unit, Cruise, is shaking up its leadership after the company lost permits needed to operate in California and paused its operations. On Sunday, Cruise Chief Executive Kyle Vogt announced he was resigning. Vogt, who co-founded Cruise in 2013, announced his departure on the social media site X, formerly Twitter. He didn’t say…

Column: Elon Musk is an antisemite. What can anyone do about it?

Column: Elon Musk is an antisemite. What can anyone do about it?

The question of how you solve a problem like Elon Musk has crossed the line from an amusing little parlor game to an issue with serious implications for anyone doing business with him, including major corporations and the U.S. government. Little that Musk says or does escapes popular notice, but a tweet he posted Wednesday…

Opinion: Biden’s executive order on AI is ambitious — and incomplete

Opinion: Biden’s executive order on AI is ambitious — and incomplete

Last month President Biden issued an executive order on artificial intelligence, the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to set ground rules for this technology. The order focuses on establishing best practices and standards for AI models, seeking to constrain Silicon Valley’s propensity to release products before they’ve been fully tested — to “move fast and…

Mattel stiffed UCLA on $49-million children’s hospital donation, lawsuit claims

Mattel stiffed UCLA on $49-million children’s hospital donation, lawsuit claims

Mattel, the company behind Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price and Barbie, pledged in 2017 to donate $49 million to UCLA to support its children’s hospital. But now the hospital says Mattel never came through with the money. According to a new lawsuit, the El Segundo toy company made “the inexplicable decision a few short years later to…