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OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by sister

OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by sister

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006. The lawsuit, which was filed on 6 January in a US District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the abuse started when she was three and Mr Altman was 12. In a joint statement …

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OpenAI whistleblower, Suchir Balaji found de@d in San Francisco apartment

OpenAI whistleblower, Suchir Balaji found de@d in San Francisco apartment

A 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, Suchir Balaji, was found de@d in his San Francisco apartment in recent weeks.  Balaji left OpenAI earlier this year and raised concerns publicly that the company had allegedly violated U.S. copyright law while developing its popular ChatGPT chatbot.  “The manner of de@th has been determined to be su!cide,” David Serrano Sewell, executive director of San Francisco’s Office …

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Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Getty Images Elon Musk has stepped up his ongoing feud with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI with a revived lawsuit against the firm, adding Microsoft as a defendant. Mr Musk, a co-founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company, accused it and the tech giant of operating a monopoly in an amended legal complaint on Thursday. It follows previous lawsuits accusing the firm of …

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OpenAI value surges to $157bn in funding deal

OpenAI value surges to $157bn in funding deal

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has raised $6.6bn in its latest funding round, as investors including its early backer Microsoft continue to bet big on artificial intelligence (AI). The deal gave the tech company a value of $157bn (£118bn) – similar to investment bank Goldman Sachs and more than most of America’s biggest companies – making it one of the …

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