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OpenAI’s former Superalignment co-lead explains leaving, as company vows to do more
Bay Area Times
May 20, 2024
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- OpenAI’s former Superalignment co-lead explains leaving
- Sam Altman apologizes for contracts not allowing criticism
- iOS 18 to use AI to summarize notifications, add to calendar, more
- Comet fragment lights up skies over Spain, Portugal
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1. OpenAI’s former Superalignment co-lead explains leaving, as company vows to do more
Jan Leike explained that he left OpenAI due to disagreements on priorization of safety research:
OpenAI COO Greg Brockman vowed to do more for AI safety, without any specifics
2. Sam Altman apologizes for contracts not allowing former employees to criticize the company
Former employees can lose 100% of their vested equity if they criticize the company, under OpenAI’s current contracts.
Altman said the contract is being changed to remove these features, including for former employees.
Relatedly, OpenAI removed the ‘Sky’ voice in ChatGPT that users said sounded like Scarlett Johansson.
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4. iOS 18 to use AI to summarize notifications, add to calendar, more
Not much to be excited about according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman:
“Auto-summarizing notifications from your iPhone.”
“Giving a quick synopsis of news articles and transcribing voice memos”
“Improving existing features that auto-populate your calendar and suggest apps.”
“Some enhancements to photos in the form of AI-based editing.”
A partnership with OpenAI, as Apple will not use own models for a chatbot.
June 10: announcement is expected in the WWDC keynote.
5. Comet fragment lights up skies over Spain, Portugal
Was not detected by global space agencies due to the fragment’s small size.
Est. “few feet” in size.
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