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Another OpenAI Co-Founder Decides to Quit 🤯

+ ChatGPT prompts to boost your work productivity

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Gina Acosta
August 06, 2024

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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

One of the co-founders of OpenAI has left the company for the rival AI startup Anthropic. Join us to learn everything about this unexpected departure and Elon Musk’s new lawsuit.

Let’s get right into it!

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

  • OpenAI Co-founder Quits to Join Rival Anthropic

  • Elon Musk Revives Legal Battle Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

  • Prompts of the day: ChatGPT prompts to boost your work productivity

  • AI Tools to check out

  • The Latest in AI and Tech đź’ˇ

  • AI Findings/Resources

AI News

OPENAI

OpenAI Co-founder Quits to Join Rival Anthropic

John Schulman shared his decision on X, highlighting his wish to focus more on AI alignment and hands-on technical work.

Details:

  • Schulman was instrumental in creating ChatGPT by leading OpenAI’s reinforcement training efforts.

  • Following the departure of AI safety researcher Jan Leike, Schulman took over OpenAI’s alignment science efforts and was a member of the company’s safety committee. His departure leaves a significant vacancy, and it remains unclear who will succeed him in these roles.

  • Schulman stated that his decision was personal and not due to a lack of support from OpenAI. He praised the company’s commitment to AI alignment research and expressed confidence in its future success without him.

  • With Schulman’s departure, only three of the original 11 OpenAI founders remain: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Wojciech Zaremba.

Additionally, OpenAI President and Co-founder Greg Brockman is taking an extended leave through the end of the year to "relax and recharge" after nine years with the company. The startup will need to adapt quickly to these leadership changes, as other tech giants like Meta and Google have increased their efforts to take the top spot in AI.

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ELON MUSK VS OPENAI

Elon Musk Revives Legal Battle Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

Elon Musk has reignited his legal dispute with OpenAI, targeting the company and its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. Musk alleges that the ChatGPT creator has deviated from its original mission to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.

Details:

  • The revived lawsuit was filed in federal court in Northern California on Monday, accusing Altman and Brockman of manipulating him into co-founding OpenAI under false pretenses.

  • The suit argues that assurances regarding OpenAI’s nonprofit structure were deceptive, serving as a “hook for Altman’s long con.”

  • Musk had previously withdrawn a similar lawsuit in June without explanation, which also claimed OpenAI breached its founding agreement to keep its technology open source.

  • Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, described the new lawsuit as “more forceful”, accusing OpenAI of breaking federal racketeering laws in a conspiracy to defraud Musk.

It is unclear whether this new lawsuit will be more effective than the previous one, given its similarities. Still, together with the leadership changes, this marks a very eventful day for OpenAI, which now has a lot of extra work to do.

Prompts of the day

5 ChatGPT prompts to boost your work productivity

  1. Planning and prioritization: ChatGPT can help you organize and prioritize your daily schedule, sorting it out in no time

Help me create today’s to-do list from the following tasks.: [task 1], [task 2], [task 3], and [task 4]. [Task 1] is due by [time 1], [task 3] is at [time 2], and [task 2] for [time 3]. [Task 4] is for [time 4].

  1. Effective e-mail management and response crafting: ChatGPT can assist you in crafting responses to unread emails, especially for challenging cases that might otherwise require careful thought before typing. Example:

Help me draft an email to a client about [topic], make sure to use a [tone] tone.

  1. Mastering executive presentations at meetings: Need to summarize key points and action items from a recorded meeting transcript? Ask ChatGPT to help enhance your presentation and make a lasting impression. Upload the transcript and use the following prompt:

Summarize the key points and action items from my last meeting. Here's the transcript:

  1. Better understanding complex information: Need to explain a technical concept to a non-technical team? Use a simple prompt to break down complex ideas into clear, digestible insights.

Explain the concept of [...] in simple terms

  1. Refining your writing: ChatGPT can be a useful tool to refine your writing with precision, increasing clarity and making it more engaging. You can also ask for a simple grammar and vocabulary check.

Edit and polish this paragraph for clarity and conciseness: [...]

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AI Findings/Resources

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The latest in AI and Tech

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Noam Shazeer, co-founder and CEO of Character.AI, is joining Google DeepMind along with several employees from the chatbot startup. Simultaneously, Google has signed a non-exclusive agreement with the startup to utilize its technology.

Leaked documents reveal Nvidia's efforts to scrape online videos, including content from YouTube and Netflix, for AI training. Internal messages and emails show employees discussing the use of 20-30 virtual machines on Amazon Web Services to download 80 years' worth of videos daily.

Meta is negotiating with celebrities like Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Awkwafina to use their voices for its AI assistant, MetaAI. The company aims to finalize deals quickly to showcase these new voices at the Meta Connect conference in September.

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