What does a Harry Potter fanfic have to do with OpenAI?
Have you ever puked and had diarrhea at the same time? I have, and when it happened, I was listening to a fan-made audiobook version of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (HPMOR), a fan fiction written by Eliezer Yudkowsky. No, the dual-ended bodily horror was not incited by
Read MoreTiger Global chieftain Scott Shleifer transitions to advisory role after wild ride
Tiger Global Management is going through a major management change. Per a message from founder Chase Coleman sent this afternoon to investors of the 22-year-old venture- and hedge-fund investor, Coleman is taking over both the outfit’s public company investing and private equity businesses, while the longtime head of the latter,
Read MoreYup hacks together a cross-posting app for X, Threads, Bluesky and others
Decentralized social networking may be the future, but in the meantime, there are a lot of Twitter alternatives to keep up with. A new app called Yup aims to help by offering a single place to read feeds, follow friends across services and cross-post to a range of social apps,
Read MoreWhere OpenAI goes from here is anyone’s guess
OpenAI's fate took a a twist nobody could have imagined last week, and all we can do is watch to see what the final outcome will be. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreOpenAI board acted in totally haphazard way: Legal tech expert
A decision by the OpenAI board to change leaders is a case study on how corporate boards of directors should not do it, a legal text expert, author, and lawyer said today. In an interview with IT World Canada, Colin Levy, the director of legal for Malbek, a contract management
Read MoreGreg Brockman is still announcing OpenAI products for some reason
Ex-OpenAI president Greg Brockman — who, as far as we’re aware, isn’t currently employed at OpenAI in any capacity — is posting updates about OpenAI products on X, including one today about ChatGPT’s voice narration feature being made available to all ChatGPT users. ChatGPT Voice rolled out for all free
Read MoreFreedom Mobile launches new international roaming plan at C$65/month
Freedom Mobile has introduced a mobile plan, loaded with 60 GB of mobile data that works in 73 different countries, for the introductory price of C$65 per month. Freedom is touting the new plan, called the Roam Beyond package as “a game-changing offer in Canada’s current mobility landscape.” Charges for
Read MoreAtlas VPN Releases New Native App for Apple TV
Atlas VPN, has just introduced a dedicated VPN app for Apple TV. The development follows Apple’s rollout of tvOS 17 this September, which introduced VPN support. With the dedicated app, users can easily install and set up Atlas VPN on their Apple TVs in a few simple steps, eliminating the
Read MoreCisco Sheds Light on South African Organisations’ AI Adoption Journey
11% of organizations in South Africa are fully prepared to deploy and leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered technologies, according to Cisco’s inaugural AI Readiness Index. This is in line with global trends, with 14% of respondents globally considering their organizations fully ready for AI. Global Survey Measuring AI Adoption The Index,
Read MoreMTN appoints Computershare to locate shareholders with unclaimed dividends
MTN Group Limited (MTN) has appointed Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited (Computershare) as the authorised service provider to manage the process of locating shareholders with unclaimed dividends. The objective is to update and verify shareholder information to facilitate the disbursement of any outstanding dividends. Successful Distribution of Dividends Since the
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