The Download: unpacking OpenAI Q* hype, and X’s financial woes

November 27, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model Ever since last week’s dramatic events at OpenAI, the rumor mill has been in overdrive about why the company’s board tried to oust CEO…

3 Oil & Gas Stocks on the Rise to Buy

November 27, 2023
Rising demand and supply constraints are expected to keep oil prices high, driving the Oil & Gas industry’s growth. Given this backdrop, fundamentally strong oil & gas stocks Ultrapar Participações…

PhysicsX emerges from stealth with $32M for AI to power engineering simulations

November 27, 2023

A lot of the buzz these days in artificial intelligence is around generative AI and how AI is being used to accelerate software and products for consumers. Today, a AI startup called PhysicsX, co-founded by two theoretical physicists — including a Formula One engineering superstar — is emerging from stealth with a very specific focus […]

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Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model

November 27, 2023
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Ever since last week’s dramatic events at OpenAI, the rumor mill has been in overdrive about why the company’s chief scientific officer Ilya Sutskever and its board decided to oust CEO Sam…

After two ambitious years, TikTok parent ByteDance starts mass layoffs in gaming

November 27, 2023

ByteDance’s gaming ambition has been an expensive, short-lived pursuit. In late 2021, the TikTok parent’s plans for video games came into the spotlight after it became one of the firm’s six core business units, posing a new threat to incumbents such as Tencent and NetEase and rising star MiHoYo. Nonetheless, after two years of tepid […]

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Byju’s taps Jiny Thattil as CTO following departure of Anil Goel

November 27, 2023

Anil Goel, the CTO of Byju’s, is leaving the edtech giant, he informed some colleagues amid a broader restructuring at the Bengaluru-headquartered startup as it looks to pare down costs and unify many of its businesses. Jiny Thattil is replacing Goel as the CTO, according to an internal communication. Goel, a former Amazon executive, was […]

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