Meta Is Trying to Poach OpenAI Employees With ‘Giant’ $100 Million Offers, Sam Altman Says
Open AI CEO Sam Altman claims Meta has attempted to recruit “a lot” of his employees.
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OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”
A new paper from OpenAI released today has shown why a little bit of bad training can make AI models go rogue but also demonstrates that this problem is generally pretty easy to fix. Back in February, a group of researchers discovered that fine-tuning an AI model (in their case, OpenAI’s GPT-4o) by training it…
Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business
Frederik Hjelm, CEO of shared micromobility startup Voi, said he sees a path to acquiring the scooter and bike operations of Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing.
OpenAI drops Scale AI as a data provider following Meta deal
OpenAI is phasing out its work with Scale AI and cutting ties with the data provider following Meta’s deal with the startup, an OpenAI spokesperson told Bloomberg on Wednesday. Sarah Friar, the chief financial officer of OpenAI, previously suggested the company would continue its work with Scale AI. Now, it appears OpenAI has changed its […]
You Built a Successful Business — But Your Inner Self Got Neglected in the Process. Here’s What You Can Do About It Now.
Are you disconnected from the person you were before you started your business? Here’s how to regain control over your inner design.
Here’s What Companies and Services Are Open and Closed on Juneteenth 2025
Juneteenth was designated as a federal holiday in the U.S. in 2021.
I Made Our Company Culture Public. Here’s What Happened to My Business
Here are some lessons learned from my experiment with workplace transparency.
A glitch is turning Threads into a literal echo chamber
A Threads glitch is making it look like everyone on your feed is saying the same thing.
xAI is facing a lawsuit for operating over 400 MW of gas turbines without permits
The Colossus data center was allegedly operating as many as 35 gas turbines without pollution controls in a region that already had poor air quality.
Facebook will soon roll out support for passkeys on Android and iOS
Passkey logins make it harder for bad actors to remotely access your accounts because they require physical access to your phone.