Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO (apnews.com)
Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma in peril after EU warning (www.theverge.com)
Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business (www.theregister.com)
After robotaxi dragged pedestrian 20 feet, Cruise founder and CEO resigns (arstechnica.com)
Hundreds of OpenAI staff tell board to resign or they'll quit (www.axios.com)
Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project (www.theverge.com)
Windows PCs can't sleep properly, and Microsoft wants it that way (www.spacebar.news)
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman (www.theverge.com)
Well, this escalated quickly. So is this the end, or will the mods create an OpenAI megathread? ;)
The deal to bring Sam Altman back to OpenAI has fallen apart, Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will now take over as interim CEO (www.theverge.com)
In today’s OpenAI clown show news
Safety and Research were Sacrificed for Profit under Altman (www.theatlantic.com)
Article from The Atlantic, archive link: archive.ph/Vqjpr...
Sodium-ion battery breakthroughs may be key to our electric future (www.techspot.com)
Cybersecurity investor Ballistic Ventures seeks $300M for new fund | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Healthcare startups scramble to assess fallout after Postmeds data breach hits millions of patients | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
Now we know why Open AI’s board fired him. Honestly can’t fault them. If Altman was going to leave with key staff anyway, why don’t just fire him? Its a lost cause.
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
Are they drunk over there?
Nothing Chats has already been pulled from Google Play over privacy issues (www.theverge.com)
Hints are so yesterday. Pro tip for Xmas if your loved ones aren't privacy nerds (twitter.com)
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (arstechnica.com)
BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal (buskill.in)
In celebration of Bitcoin Black Friday 2023, we’re offering a 10% discount on all BusKill cables sold between Nov 18 to Dec 03....
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
Artificial intelligence guzzles billions of liters of water (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5792180...
Apple fights EU gatekeeper status to avoid opening up services to rivals (arstechnica.com)
Disney+ ignores autoplay settings on tv? (kbin.social)
Hi. Apologies if this is not the correct community. It appears that recently my Disney+ on my Samsung TV has started autoplaying the next episode in a series. But in my profile, autoplay has been turned off. Having autoplay off used to work fine but now it started autoplaying again....