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Her new remit spans global communications and corporate positioning, and she will report to OpenAI president Greg Brockman.
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Hazelbaker would oversee global communications and brand strategy in a role vacant since the start of the year.
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Anthropic's 15-person team reportedly finds Claude speeds work compared with its estimates for traditional chip-design workflows.
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Its proposed camera and sensors could let it turn on lights when someone enters a room.
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Meta is reportedly developing a second version amid a reported push to develop robots for people's homes.
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OpenAI's valuation target was reportedly lowered from $1.4 trillion to $1.25 trillion amid investor concerns over AI spending.
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A post citing The Information says their share rose from 2% in DeepSeek’s debut raise.
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The Information says Kurzweil has been thinking more about death, which he calls a “major motivating force of human beings.”
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The Information reports about 27% of Microsoft’s staff are eligible, with sales employees excluded.
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The Information says investors’ concerns about debt and growth plans could pressure Nvidia to offer more support.
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Arianna Huffington says people bring AI concerns into therapy and discusses the issue with Anthropic president Daniela Amodei.
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A user says they've started waiting for a model release before building a new feature.
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One post asks San Franciscans why Waymos seem to lose their way after starting journeys on track.
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Usage policy update adds new rules and highlights the potential for misuse.
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One post questions how much revenue OpenAI keeps after partners take a cut and argues token growth matters more.
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A user says browsing brings human-verification checks, while their bot asks them to take over when it can't do something.
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The Information reports that Anthropic’s stance has created an opening for OpenAI to take a more flexible approach.
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OpenAI's Sept. 30 report describes July extraction attempts and attributes a core group to individuals associated with Moonshot AI, while leaving the broader attribution unresolved.
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A commenter predicts subscribers will “triple down” on services they find indispensable to keep access wherever they need it, including for their bots.
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A September 29 post hypes the upcoming episode with talk of “bot mania” and a “bear” described as “at least momentarily validated.”