New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for ‘billions’

OpenAI said on Monday that a New York Times lawsuit against it was “without merit” and that it supported and created opportunities for news organizations, as it waded further into a debate over the unauthorized use of published work to train artificial intelligence technologies. The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Dec. 27, accusing the…

James Whitehurst, the former CEO of Red Hat. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Unity Software said Monday that it’s cutting 1,800 jobs, or about 25% of its workforce, in the latest round of layoffs at the gaming technology company. The stock jumped almost 5% in extended trading. Unity said in a regulatory filing that the cuts…

“The reality is, people have to put on their big-boy pants and realize that if you make a decision because of something you heard online, that’s your responsibility,” he says.  In the comment section, opinions were split. Some commenters praised Paffrath for his transparency, while others took him to task. “Content creators should also be…

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…

At the time, he placed his sons in charge of the companies’ day-to-day operations but maintained ownership of the businesses, which included the Trump International Hotel in Washington, which became a known haunt for lobbyists, foreign delegations and others.

For OpenAI, which has become the face of the booming AI industry thanks to popular consumer products such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, the last few days have been a crisis with no clear end in sight. But for competitors in the frothy AI sector, it’s an opportunity. More than 700 employees at the artificial intelligence…