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Techies quickly brush up on AI, here's the whopping amount OpenAI, Google and xAI are shelling out and it's in millions
Big tech companies like OpenAI, Google, and xAI are fighting to hire the best AI researchers. These experts are super rare and very powerful in shaping AI. Some are getting huge bonuses and offers, and even ex-leaders like Mira Murati are starting rival AI firms.
OpenAI, Google, xAI battle for superstar AI talent, shelling out millions
Silicon Valley’s AI talent war has intensified, with top researchers being courted like sports stars. OpenAI, Google, and others offer multimillion-dollar packages to retain elite “10,000x” contributors. Startups like Mira Murati’s and data firms like Zeki Data are creatively sourcing talent, recognising the critical impact of a few exceptional individuals.
Who's Fidji Simo, new ChatGPT head at OpenAI?
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has appointed Fidji Simo as the chief executive office of applications in a major leadership addition to the AI company. She will join OpenAI later this year and report to the Sam Altman, who remains the overall CEO of the AI platform.
A16z eyes leading mega round in former OpenAI CTO’s startup Thinking Machines, sources say
Andreessen Horowitz, known as A16z, has made big bets in AI, backing competitors to AI heavyweight OpenAI. It has participated in large funding rounds for AI model startups including Elon Musk's xAI, Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence and France-based Mistral.
Sequoia partner on Murati’s AI startup: “We’re talking to her”
Murati, who departed from OpenAI in September last year, launched her new company, Thinking Machines Lab, earlier this year. Sequoia had previously supported another OpenAI alumnus, Ilya Sutskever, when he raised $1 billion for his startup, Safe Superintelligence, last year.
Google cofounder Larry Page reportedly developing new AI startup
The new company, called Dynatomics, which uses AI in product manufacturing, is developing highly optimised designs for products, which can then be built by a factory.
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Infy’s pre-hike bonus; Ex-OpenAI CTO’s startup
Infosys awards an average 80% performance bonus for Q3, ahead of annual pay hikes by March-end, sources told ET. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati to raise capital for new AI startup, sources say
While the talks are in the early stages, Murati's new venture could raise over $100 million given her reputation and the capital needed to train proprietary models, one of the sources said, cautioning that the figures have not been finalized.
Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati's AI startup taps top researchers from competitors
The startup said it would also focus on making artificial intelligence systems and products more collaborative with humans.
OpenAI's former chief technology officer starts her own company
Thinking Machines Lab aims to "make AI systems more widely understood, customizable and generally capable," according to a blog post from the new company. It said it would freely share its technologies with outside researchers and companies, a practice known as "open source."
OpenAI cofounder John Schulman joins ex-CTO Mira Murati’s new startup
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman's role at Mira Murati’s company is still unclear, and the startup has yet to share further details. Schulman left Anthropic last week, just five months into his tenure, citing another opportunity that he found compelling.
OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman returns to ChatGPT maker
His return to OpenAI comes after a series of departures at the Microsoft-backed company, including its former Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, cofounder John Schulman and cofounder Ilya Sutskever.
Microsoft's VP of GenAI research to join OpenAI
Microsoft's GenAI research VP, Sebastien Bubeck, is joining OpenAI. While his role at OpenAI is unknown, Microsoft's spokesperson mentioned continuing collaboration. Most of his coauthors on the Phi LLMs project remain at Microsoft. This follows recent high-profile departures from OpenAI, including ex-CTO Mira Murati, but CEO Sam Altman denies any connection to company restructuring.
OpenAI departures from company not linked to restructuring: CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified that the recent exits of top executives, including CTO Mira Murati and President Greg Brockman, are unrelated to the company's planned restructuring. OpenAI aims to transform its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation to attract investors, moving away from non-profit board control.
'This is illegal': Elon Musk criticises OpenAI's shift to for-profit model
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its non-profit board, in a move that will make the company more attractive to investors.
Who is Mira Murati, the visionary behind OpenAI’s innovation steps down after 6 years
Mira Murati, OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer, has become the latest high-profile executive to depart from the AI firm. With a six-year tenure marked by key contributions to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other innovations, Murati announced her exit to pursue personal exploration. Her departure adds to a string of leadership exits from the company, including co-founders Ilya Sutskever and John Schulman. CEO Sam Altman expressed gratitude for her pivotal role in shaping OpenAI’s mission and future.
OpenAI's technology chief Mira Murati to leave
In a reply to Murati's X post, CEO Sam Altman thanked her for her contributions. "We'll say more about the transition plans soon, but for now, I want to take a moment to just feel thanks," he wrote.
OpenAI unveils new AI model, releases GPT-4o to all users for free
OpenAI researchers showed off ChatGPT's new voice assistant capabilities. In one demonstration, the ChatGPT voice assistant was able to read out a bedtime story in different voices, emotions and tones.
Sam Altman back as OpenAI CEO; Microsoft to take non-voting, observer position on board
Mira Murati, who had been OpenAI's chief technology officer until Altman's ousting and was briefly named interim CEO, is once again the company's CTO, and Greg Brockman would return as president.
Who is Emmett Shear? The new interim CEO of OpenAI post Sam Altman's ouster
The company named Emmett Shear, cofounder and former CEO of Twitch, as the new interim CEO, pushing aside Mira Murati, a longtime OpenAI executive who was named interim CEO after Altman's ouster.
OpenAI’s Mira Murati aims to re-hire Sam Altman, Greg Brockman after exits
Murati, who was installed on Friday after the board fired Altman, is negotiating with Adam D’Angelo, the CEO of Quora Inc., who is acting as a representative of the OpenAI board, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private and remain fluid.
Sam Altman’s friends and foes: who’s who in OpenAI drama
A host of players across the tech industry have come onto the scene after Sam Altman was fired as the CEO of OpenAI.
34-yr-old Mira Murati, who replaced Sam Altman as Open AI head, has worked on Tesla Model X!
Murati joined Open AI in 2018 as a Vice President and was promoted as Senior VP of research, product and partnerships in 2020. She was appointed as the CTO in 2022.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI's board ousts Sam Altman as CEO
Sam Altman took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce his departure. OpenAI's chief technology officer Mira Murati will serve as interim CEO, the company said, adding that it will conduct a formal search for a permanent CEO.
The OpenAI board which fired Sam Altman
Sam Altman’s ouster followed wide-ranging disagreements between the CEO and his board. The debates included differences of opinion on AI safety, the speed of development of the technology and the commercialization of the company.
Meet Mira Murati, the engineer leading OpenAI after Sam Altman's ouster
Although she has carried the title of chief technology officer since last year, current and former employees said Murati had been functioning as the company's head of operations. She made sure that its engineers developed versions of ChatGPT on schedule.
OpenAI rolls out 'incognito mode' on ChatGPT
The San Francisco-based startup also said it planned a "ChatGPT Business" subscription with additional data controls.
AI startup Unlearn raises $15 million in funding, adds OpenAI CTO Mira Murati to board
Mira Murati, chief technology officer at Microsoft-backed OpenAI, is joining the startup's board.
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