Amir Efrati

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Executive Editor at The Information

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In Apparent Reversal, OpenAI CEO Advocates Less AI Regulation

6 days ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Source: PoliticoOpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday told a U.S. Senate committee that the U.S. government doesn’t need to set standards for how AI should be developed, Politico reported. The comments appear to diverge from Senate testimony two years ago in which he said the government should pass legislation and safety standards to allow the field to continue growing while lowering its potential negative effects.
OpenAI Hires Instacart CEO Simo For Major Leadership Role

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Update: OpenAI confirmed it is hiring Instacart CEO Fidji Simo to oversee some of the company’s divisions in a major leadership restructuring at the artificial intelligence firm. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, confirming an earlier report by The Information, said he would continue overseeing research and infrastructure teams that are core to the company’s AI development, while leaving much of the rest of the company to Simo.
What OpenAI’s Governance Reversal Means

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

OpenAI’s decision on Monday to change course on its corporate restructuring looks to be a smart business choice. OpenAI has avoided a possible protracted conflict with Delaware—whose attorney general oversees nonprofits registered in the state, like OpenAI and implied she had something to do with the about-face.
OpenAI Decides Not to Split From Its Nonprofit, Handing Musk a Partial Victory

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Amir Efrati

13 hours agoOpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit organization, after the company initially announced that it planned to convert to a for-profit organization. According to the company, OpenAI’s business wing, which has been under the nonprofit since 2019, will …
OpenAI Decides Not to Split From Its Nonprofit, Handing Musk a Partial Victory

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Source: The InformationOpenAI Chair Bret Taylor said Monday that the artificial intelligence firm will no longer move its for-profit arm, which develops ChatGPT, out from under the control of a nonprofit board. Taylor said OpenAI reversed course after conversations with the attorneys general of Delaware and California, which oversee nonprofits like OpenAI.
OpenAI Develops X-Like Social Feature in ChatGPT

4 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Source: The InformationOpenAI is developing an X-like social feed within ChatGPT in part so that people can share how they’re using the chatbot to solve problems or create images, according to a person who has seen a prototype for employees. ChatGPT has more than 500 million weekly users but some people still struggle to understand how to fully utilize the chatbot in their personal and professional lives.
OpenAI’s Latest Breakthrough: AI That Comes Up With New Ideas

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Even as artificial intelligence has made strides in summarizing research papers or solving mathematical problems, professionals in many fields still believed humans would be in charge of coming up with ideas for new discoveries. Now AI is getting good at such brainstorming, too.
Oracle Execs Worry About Tariff Impact on Mega Data Center For OpenAI

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Source: The InformationOracle executives have privately expressed concerns about President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the cost of a mega data center for OpenAI, The Information reported Monday. The facility in Abilene, Texas, was already slated to cost between $50 billion and $100 billion before the tariffs. The tariffs could significant raise the costs of materials for the buildings and server racks that power the AI.
Tech Stocks Take a Beating From Tariffs

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Source: The InformationThe stock market fell hard on Thursday following President Trump’s tariffs on goods from around the world, with major technology firms such as Meta Platforms and Amazon dropping 9% while Nvidia dropped 8%. Meta and Amazon both generate revenue from overseas merchants and advertisers whose products might suddenly become more expensive for American shoppers.
ChatGPT Revenue Surges 30%—in Just Three Months

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Amir Efrati

Before today’s main column about the AI attention war between OpenAI and Google, there’s OpenAI news from my colleague Natasha: ChatGPT has hit 20 million paid subscribers, according to a spokesperson. That’s up from 15.5 million at the end of last year, as we previously reported. It turns out a lot of people are willing to pay for a chatbot that can code, write, give personalized health advice and medical diagnoses and cook up detailed financial plans, among countless other tasks.