Journals

OpenAI: OpenAI announces Sam Altman will rejoin its board of directors, alongside three new members: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo  —  Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, Fidji Simo join; Sam Altman rejoins board  —  We’re announcing three new… Read More »OpenAI announces Sam Altman will rejoin its board of directors, alongside three new members: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo (OpenAI)

The Information: OpenAI reinstates Sam Altman to its board of directors, alongside three new directors Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo  —  In a surprise move, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is rejoining the board of directors of the non… Read More »OpenAI reinstates Sam Altman to its board of directors, alongside three new directors Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo (The Information)

Hayden Field / CNBC: Microsoft makes changes to Copilot, including blocking requests to create images of teens playing with assault rifles, following a staffer’s letter to the FTC  —  – Microsoft seems to have made changes to its artificial intelligence… Read More »Microsoft makes changes to Copilot, including blocking requests to create images of teens playing with assault rifles, following a staffer’s letter to the FTC (Hayden Field/CNBC)

Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: Sources: some NIST staff have threatened to resign over the expected appointment of an “effective altruist” AI researcher to the US AI Safety Institute  —  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is facing an… Read More »Sources: some NIST staff have threatened to resign over the expected appointment of an “effective altruist” AI researcher to the US AI Safety Institute (Sharon Goldman/VentureBeat)

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: CISA confirms it took down two systems in February, after discovering signs of exploitation via vulnerabilities in Ivanti products that the agency used  —  Hackers breached the systems of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency… Read More »CISA confirms it took down two systems in February, after discovering signs of exploitation via vulnerabilities in Ivanti products that the agency used (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Wyoming passes the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, a framework to recognize DAOs as legal entities; a16z crypto supported the law  —  On Thursday, Wyoming’s Republican governor, Mark Gordon, signed into law the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit… Read More »Wyoming passes the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, a framework to recognize DAOs as legal entities; a16z crypto supported the law (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry  —  After a whirlwind of events, Epic… Read More »Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC to win $5B+ in grants to support an Arizona chipmaking project; Samsung offered additional investment to its $17B Texas factory to boost its award  —  – Talks ongoing with TSMC and other advanced chipmakers … Read More »Sources: TSMC to win $5B+ in grants to support an Arizona chipmaking project; Samsung offered additional investment to its $17B Texas factory to boost its award (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

Caroline Haskins / Wired: Two teenagers were charged under a 2022 Florida law for allegedly creating deepfake nudes of classmates, in what appears to be the first such criminal case  —  In what appears to be the first criminal case… Read More »Two teenagers were charged under a 2022 Florida law for allegedly creating deepfake nudes of classmates, in what appears to be the first such criminal case (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: Coinbase stock crosses the exchange’s 2021 direct listing price of $250 after growing over 300% in the last 12 months, as bitcoin hovers around record highs  —  – Crypto exchange has rallied over 300% in the… Read More »Coinbase stock crosses the exchange’s 2021 direct listing price of $250 after growing over 300% in the last 12 months, as bitcoin hovers around record highs (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)