OpenAI Drama Continues: Altman Still Trying to Return as CEO 💥

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Some new twists have been revealed today in the ever-evolving saga of OpenAI, with Altman seeking to regain his old position. Join us to explore the latest developments in this storyline that continues to captivate the tech and AI community.

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

• OpenAI Drama Continues: Altman Still Trying to Return as CEO 💥

• AI Research: MetaDreamer Pushes Boundaries of Text-to-3D Generation

• AI Tutorial: Create Powerful GPTs in Minutes

• AI Image of The Day🎨: Fire Art

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

OPENAI

OpenAI Drama Continues: Altman Still Trying to Return as CEO 💥

The saga over the leadership of OpenAI is still unfolding with new twists. Here's a breakdown of the latest developments:

• Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are still attempting to return to OpenAI. Altman's announced move to Microsoft is not yet finalized.

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made it clear that it’s possible Sam Altman could return to OpenAI in some capacity.

• Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever has flipped to support Altman's return. With Sutskever's backing, only two of the remaining three board members who fired Altman need to change their position to clear the way for Altman's reinstatement.

• OpenAI's board of directors reportedly reached out to Anthropic's CEO regarding the possibility of replacing Sam Altman and exploring a potential merger between the two AI startups. However, both requests were declined by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

• Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI Founder Alexandr Wang were also considered as potential replacements for Altman, but both declined the offer.

• There was massive internal opposition at OpenAI to the appointment of Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear as the new CEO.

• Over 700 OpenAI employees have now signed the open letter demanding the board’s resignation and the reinstatement of Altman and Brockman. The letter was backed by Sutskever in a stunning turnaround.

• OpenAI investors are considering legal action against the board following the removal of CEO Sam Altman, which has triggered a potential mass exodus of employees.

The drama continues to play out by the hour. We'll keep monitoring the situation closely and provide updates on any decisive developments.

AI RESEARCH

MetaDreamer Pushes Boundaries of Text-to-3D Generation

Researchers from MetaApp AI Research and several Chinese universities have unveiled MetaDreamer, an AI system that creates detailed 3D models directly from text descriptions faster than any previous method.

Details:

• In just 20 minutes, MetaDreamer can generate a high-quality 3D model on an Nvidia A100 GPU—the fastest time yet for text-to-3D generation.

• The system uses a two-phase approach, first shaping the basic geometry and then adding realistic textures and details.

• In benchmarks, MetaDreamer outperforms previous state-of-the-art systems like Dreamfusion and Magic3D on speed, quality, and text-alignment accuracy.

• Models showcase an impressive level of detail across different viewing angles—a common pain point for other generative 3D techniques.

There's still room for improvement, especially for scenes with multiple interactive objects. However, the research displays remarkable progress in text-to-3D generation.

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AI Tutorial

Create Powerful GPTs in Minutes

OpenAI's new feature, GPT Builder, allows anyone to create useful GPTs without any coding required. Just follow these easy steps.:

1. Go to “Explore” and click on “Create a GPT”

2. Share specific details about your desired outcome. 

Be as thorough as possible. Here’s an example of the creation of a GPT that would help in writing blog posts:

In the example, it was important to mention details on what we were aiming for in terms of Images, SEO, Tone, Topics, and Audience.

If you encounter difficulties in writing a description, you can attach documents as examples, or you can ask ChatGPT for assistance.

ChatGPT will ask you questions to help clarify your instructions and will give you a similar result to the one shown above

You don’t need to worry about missing details because ChatGPT Builder will prompt you with several questions for clarification

3. Save the GPT

Once the ChatGPT Builder gives you a notice that it is all set up, you can proceed to save the GPT and make it public, or only available for you or those with a link.

4. Give it a try and edit if needed

Start using your new GPT to test its performance. If there are some things you would like to change or additional details you would like to add, you can go to 'edit GPT'.

There are no limits to how many GPTs you can build and there are infinite possibilities on what you can do with this new exciting feature.

Source

AI Image of The Day

Send your AI-generated images for a chance to get published here: [email protected]

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