Portugal orders Sam Altman’s Worldcoin to halt data collection
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Portugal’s data regulator has ordered Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, it said on Tuesday, in the…
Sam Altman will return to OpenAI’s board with three new directors
By Anna Tong and Shivansh Tiwary (Reuters) – OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman will return to the ChatGPT-maker’s board along with three new directors, the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence…
Sam Altman’s eye-scanning Worldcoin banned in Spain
Βy Jaspreet Singh and Niket Nishant MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has banned Worldcoin for up to three months, drawing a sharp rebuke from Sam Altman‘s company, amid perceived privacy risks…
Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI: tracking the Silicon Valley upheaval
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – OpenAI said late on Tuesday Sam Altman would return to the company as CEO, capping days of high drama and marathon discussions about the future…
OpenAI CEO Altman says at Davos future AI depends on energy breakthrough
By Jeffrey Dastin in Davos DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – OpenAI‘s CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said an energy breakthrough is necessary for future artificial intelligence, which will consume vastly more…
Microsoft CEO ‘comfortable’ with OpenAI non-profit despite Altman ouster
By Jeffrey Dastin DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said he had no issue with partner OpenAI‘s governance structure, two months after the startup’s non-profit board…
AI to dominate this year’s CES, even without OpenAI’s Altman on hand
By Max A. Cherney and Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – OpenAI boss Sam Altman will not appear at the CES trade show in Las Vegas next week. But the…
OpenAI’s new-look board as Altman returns
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday said it reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his ouster, and also agreed in…
OpenAI appoints new boss as Altman joins Microsoft in Silicon Valley twist
By Stephanie Kelly, Jeffrey Dastin and Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman is set to join…
Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture
By Anna Tong, Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Sam Altman, the just ousted CEO of OpenAI, is discussing a possible return to the company behind the ChatGPT bot…