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BREAKING: OpenAI Co-founder Leaves To Join Anthropic
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OpenAI is facing significant challenges as key senior leaders, including co-founders John Schulman and Greg Brockman, depart or take leave…
These exits, coupled with recent high-profile departures, leave the AI powerhouse struggling to maintain stability and competitive edge amidst increasing industry competition.
More on this in a while.
Here are the top news highlights in the AI world this week.
Leadership Shakeup at OpenAI
Figure Unveils Advanced Human Robot
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman
Nvidia's Project Cosmos is Scraping Videos for AI Training
OpenAI is facing significant changes with the departure and leave of three key leaders. Co-founder John Schulman has left to join Anthropic, a major competitor. Another co-founder, Greg Brockman, is taking an extended leave of absence until the end of the year. Additionally, Peter Deng, a product leader who joined from Meta last year, has also departed.
These exits come amid other recent high-profile departures, including co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Andrej Karpathy. OpenAI has struggled to stabilize following Sam Altman's brief departure and return as CEO in late 2023. Brockman's leave is particularly notable given his support for Altman during a tumultuous period and the rising competition from Anthropic and Meta AI.
Via TechCrunch
Figure AI Inc. has launched its second-generation humanoid robot, Figure 02, featuring advanced AI and robotics capabilities. Designed for commercial and future home use, Figure 02 offers speech-to-speech conversation, an onboard vision language model, a powerful custom battery, integrated wiring, an AI-driven vision system with six RGB cameras, and advanced human-like hands.
Recently tested at BMW Manufacturing, Figure 02 highlights the company's strides in productivity and quality of life improvements. Founded in 2022, Figure AI has raised $675M in a Series B round and partnered with OpenAI.
Via Tech E Blog
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Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging manipulation and deceit in the company's transition from non-profit to for-profit. The lawsuit claims OpenAI violated its founding agreement to develop AI for humanity's benefit and accuses the company of federal racketeering and wire fraud.
OpenAI denies the allegations, citing Musk's previous support for the transition. This lawsuit follows a similar case Musk dropped months ago and comes amid significant leadership changes at OpenAI. The outcome could reveal deeper issues within the company, including the reasons behind recent high-profile departures.
Via ReadWrite
Leaked documents reveal Nvidia has been scraping millions of videos daily from platforms like YouTube and Netflix to train its unreleased AI model, codenamed Cosmos. This project aims to process a human lifetime's worth of visual data each day using open-source tools and virtual machines to download full-length movies and TV shows.
Despite employee concerns about copyright and ethics, executives reportedly provided "umbrella approval." Nvidia maintains that its practices comply with copyright law. Project Cosmos could significantly impact fields like 3D world generation and self-driving cars, but the methods used have raised ethical and legal questions amidst industry scrutiny.
Via Reddit
In Other News
Stocks rallied on Tuesday, recovering from a three-day losing streak as recession fears eased and Japanese equities surged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 294.39 points (0.76%) to close at 38,997.66. The S&P 500 rose 1.04% to 5,240.03, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.03% to finish at 16,366.85. All 11 sectors of the broad market index posted gains, with Nvidia and Meta Platforms advancing 3.8% and 3.9%, respectively.
Japanese stocks also boosted market sentiment, with the Nikkei 225 soaring 10.2%—its best day since October 2008—following its worst session since 1987. Despite recent volatility due to the yen carry trade unwind and concerns over economic conditions, investment strategist Ross Mayfield suggested that the market's growth scare might be overdone, noting the relatively healthy labor market and robust economic indicators.
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