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Today’s Headlines:

• 3 senior OpenAI researchers resign in the wake of Sam Altman's shock dismissal as CEO - Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI in a shock move on Friday. The Information reported that following his departure, three senior researchers at the company quit. Other employees reportedly questioned the board's decision at an all-hands meeting. You can read the official announcement here.

• Sam Altman isn’t coming back to OpenAI - Developing story - In a twist that no one saw coming, Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear is the new CEO. Meanwhile, Sam Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman are going to Microsoft.

• OpenAI employees threaten to quit en masse after former CEO Sam Altman joins Microsoft - Hundreds of employees signed a letter calling on the board to step down or risk seeing mass resignations if Altman and former president Greg Brockman were not reinstated, and accuse it of undermining the firm's work.

• Microsoft hires ex-OpenAI leaders Altman and Brockman to lead new AI group - “We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success,” said Nadella, in what many tech entrepreneurs labelled as an example of “incredible execution.” Brockman added in a post that the new team will build “something new & it will be incredible.”

• Sam Altman sought funding for new AI ventures before OpenAI ouster: report - Sam Altman was reportedly talking to investors about funding startups to make AI chips and AI hardware devices.

• How OpenAI’s Bizarre Structure Gave 4 People the Power to Fire Sam Altman - The 11-page bylaws OpenAI Inc. established in January 2016 give board members the exclusive right to elect and remove fellow directors and also to determine the board’s size. The rules also say that a majority of the board can take any action without prior notice or a formal meeting, as long as a majority of board members provide written consent.

• Amazon.com to cut 'several hundred' Alexa jobs - Amazon is trimming jobs at its Alexa voice assistant unit, citing shifting business priorities and a greater focus on generative artificial intelligence.

• Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team - According to the report, most Responsible AI (RAI) members will move to the company’s generative AI product team, while others will work on Meta’s AI infrastructure.

• France, Germany and Italy join forces to propose unified AI regulation in the EU - France, Germany and Italy have agreed on a proposal to regulate AI in the European Union. It pushes for mandatory self-regulation rather than binding rules for foundational models without an initial sanctions regime.

• Billionaire Group Including Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Building AI Research Lab In Paris - They are creating a new nonprofit research lab for artificial intelligence that will be based in Paris and called Kyutai—the latest in Europe's efforts to catch up to Silicon Valley, in part by recruiting a former Silicon Valley executive to work with well-established European business leaders.

• Open Empathic project aims to make AI more emotionally intelligent - and you can help - The goal of its new project is to "revolutionize" the way AI interacts with humans and assists them in various domains.

• Amazon aims to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people by 2025 with its new ‘AI Ready’ commitment - Amazon’s AI Ready initiative comes as new AWS study finds strong demand for AI talent and the potential for workers with AI skills to earn up to 47% more in salaries.

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