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Big companies find a way to identify AI data they can trust
FILE PHOTO: An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo/File Photo
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As ChatGPT marks one-year anniversary, here’s how Canadian companies are using AI
FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Microsoft to take non-voting, observer position on OpenAI’s board
(FILES) OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever speaks at a TED AI conference in San Francisco on October 17, 2023. ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced on November 22, 2023, that Sam Altman would return as its CEO, days after his dismissal plunged the pioneering artificial intelligence firm into crisis. The OpenAI board, which included widely respected AI researcher and company co-founder Sutskever, on November 19, 2023, stood by its decision to dismiss Altman and appointed Emmett Shear as interim CEO. (Photo by Glenn CHAPMAN / AFP) (Photo by GLENN CHAPMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sports Illustrated’s alleged AI articles – complete with fake writer headshots – shock industry
FILE - A George Mason University fan holds up a Sports Illustrated magazine at a send off for the team, March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Va. Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories. The website Futurism reported that the once-grand magazine used articles with “authors” who apparently don't exist, with photos generated by AI. The magazine denied claims that some articles themselves were AI-assisted, but has cut ties with a vendor it hired to produce the articles. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman saga demonstrates that tech geniuses make bad governance decisions
Gus Carlson
inside the market
OpenAI drama this week proved one thing: Investors can’t ignore Microsoft
Smartphone is seen in front of Microsoft logo displayed in this illustration, taken July 26, 2021.
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Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 13, 2023.
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7 attractive dividend paying stocks that are capitalizing on AI
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OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo/File Photo
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Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Wednesday - and why
A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto in March 16, 2020.
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Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI: tracking the Silicon Valley upheaval
FILE - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Altman, the ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry. San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday, Nov. 21: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO just days after his firing unleashed chaos
FILE PHOTO: Sam Altman attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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OpenAI’s unusual non-profit structure led to dramatic ouster of sought-after CEO
FILE PHOTO: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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OpenAI investors considering suing the board after Sam Altman's firing
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Who is Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI board member who led the ouster of Sam Altman – then regretted it?
Ilya Sutskever, Russian Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and Chief Scientist of OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Microsoft hires leading executives from OpenAI
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OpenAI’s board approached Anthropic CEO about top job, potentially merging startups: sources
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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How Givex manages a global workforce with technology that takes care of the details
For companies with employees who work remotely, task management tools can automatically break down and distribute work, which allows for greater inclusivity.
opinion
The conflict at the heart of OpenAI
Jordan Jacobs
technology
Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO
File - Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Microsoft has announced that it's hired Sam Altman and another architect of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world. Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella also tweeted Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 that the major investor in the chatbot that kicked off the generative AI craze is committed to its partnership with OpenAI. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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AI chatbots fall short in dozens of languages. A non-profit project aims to fix that
Olanrewaju Samuel poses for a photograph, outside of his workspace at the University of Toronto, Thursday Nov. 16, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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ChatGPT-maker Open AI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, says he wasn’t ‘consistently candid’
Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
technology
OpenAI seeks partnerships to generate AI training data
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises concerns about AI’s effect on future elections
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jessica Christian,San Francisco Chronicle via AP
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Bespoke tailors combine old-school artistry with cutting-edge tech
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Elon Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to a select group
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
opinion
The future of artificial intelligence – a future I helped create – keeps me up at night
Yoshua Bengio
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Will artificial intelligence take over for humans? The jury is still out
Companies using AI might just find it’s not the magic bullet they were hoping for
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Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating racism
Post-doctoral researcher Tofunmi Omiye works in his office at the Stanford School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. A new study, co-led by Omiye, cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas, prompting concerns that the tools could worsen health disparities for Black patients. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
international business
ChatGPT owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips, sources say
FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed OpenAI logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
Meta used public Facebook, Instagram posts to train new AI virtual assistant
Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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ChatGPT users can now browse internet, OpenAI says
FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo