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As if Elon Musk wasn’t going well enough, his investor consortium announced plans on Monday for what appears to be an adversarial takeover of Openai. Investor Group has provided nearly $97.4 billion to buy all Openai assets and is “ready to consider going beyond matching or higher bids,” said in a press release sent to TechCrunch It’s there. Openai CEO Sam Altman doesn’t have it. He answered immediately with an X. “Thank you, but I’ll buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if necessary.” The consortium includes Baron Capital Group Inc., Valor Management LLC, Atreides Management, LP, VY Fund III LP, Emmanuel…
TALHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Atlantic University on Monday chose a former Republican lawmaker as its leader, the latest example of a state public university. Political background for that Highly paid posts Experienced academic leader. The University Council of Boca Raton chose Adam Husner to become the school’s next president.The announcement comes as the government. Ron Desantis I’ll work on Expanding his influence on education In the state. State officials have called off previous presidential searches at the school after the Republican senator, who was allied with DeSantis at the time, was not appointed as a finalist. Hasner, a former…
The mask bid has allowed for years to raise tensions with Openai CEO Sam Altman about the startup’s future.The consortium led by Elon Musk has provided $97.4 billion to buy a nonprofit that controls Openai, months after billionaires sued to block the transition to for-profit companies. I’ve said that. The mask bid revealed on Monday was able to raise years of tension with Openai CEO Sam Altman about the future of the startup, which is at the heart of the boom in generating AI technology. Altman immediately posted to X: “Thank you, but I’ll buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if…
Detroit (AP) – A judge dismissed the lawsuit Monday by a highly acclaimed opera singer who sued the University of Michigan His dismissal of what the school deemed sexual misconduct.David Daniels was waiting too long to sue the university, said U.S. District Judge Sean Cox.Daniels, 58, was hired as a vocal professor in 2015 and three years later accepted his tenure in music, theater and dance schools. He was fired in 2020 After the investigation was revealed, he recruited at least three students and shared a sexually explicit video with one, officials said.Separately, Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters; Plead…
Researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University recently published a study on how using generated AI in the workplace affects critical thinking skills. “Improperly used techniques can lead to degradation of cognitive faculties that should be preserved,” the paper states. When people rely on AI generated in the workplace, their efforts change to ensure that AI responses are sufficient for use, and higher-order critical thinking skills such as information creation, evaluation, and analysis. Use it, not use it. If the AI responds only inadequately, workers will be deprived of the daily opportunities to practice judgment and strengthen cognitive muscles, atrophy…
Elon Musk-led investor team submitted a $97.6 billion bid to buy Openai on Monday. The news has been confirmed in the Wall Street Journal via Musk’s attorney Marc Toberoff. The unsolicited bid is the latest escalation by Musk in the war with co-founder Sam Altman, who he co-founded Open Alliance with many other individuals in 2015. MUSK has already been caught up in a legal dispute with Openai and has filed an injunction for 2024. Efforts to stay away from nonprofit status. The mask-led team is positioning the movement as a bid to refocus Openai on open source AI, similar…
According to the Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk and the investor group are proposing a $97.4 billion offer to buy Openai, the artificial intelligence startup behind ChatGPT. The bid was submitted to the Open Board of Directors on Monday by Musk’s lawyer Mark Toberov. The move slams the ongoing feud between Musk and Openai CEO Sam Altman, highlighting their contradictory vision for the company’s future. “Now is the time for Openai to return to its once-safety-focused open source, safety-focused power,” Musk said in a statement provided by Toberoff. “We’ll make sure it happens.” The bid is backed by Mask’s AI…
Google has expanded NoteBookLM Plus, a paid version of AI-based note-taking and research assistant, to individual users who subscribe to the Google One Premium plan. First announced in December after previous pilots, the Notebooklm Plus offers higher usage restrictions and premium features. This includes the free version of Notebooklm, or 500 notebooks and 300 sources per notebook, up to 500 chat queries, and five times the usage of the 20 audio generation per day. Individual subscribers now have access to all of these features in Google One AI Premium Tier. This costs $20 a month. Additionally, Google has introduced a…
Federal Judge Rules The US government is contrary to previous ruling that it suspended the president’s cleaning order to freeze federal spending.A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration had not fully complied with an order that would halt the freeze on federal spending that had plunged the government into chaos. The court sought US District Judge Judge John McConnell be restored on Monday to consider whether the spending freeze is constitutional. Even after McConnell suspended the Trump administration’s freeze on January 31, the state continued to report access to federal funds. “These suspensions in funding are [temporary restraining…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s transgender college students will be banned from living in dorms that match their gender identity under the bill that cleared the final legislative hurdles Monday.The Capitol, which had already passed the measure, has re-adjusted and approved it with a bit of a tweak after a Senate debate that one Republican told Trans People. It passed in both rooms with a veto margin and now headed to the Republican government desk. Spencer Coxwho supports this measure. The Associated Press left an email to the governor’s office for comment.Under the bill, students from state public universities…