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Interim OpenAI CEO: Microsoft Has ‘Utmost Confidence’ in Startup Following Altman Departure

By Erin Woo, Anissa Gardizy, Aaron Holmes and Amir Efrati

OpenAI Interim CEO Mira Murati on Friday told staff in a companywide meeting that its relationship with Microsoft—its biggest outside source of capital and computing power—was stable following the sudden firing of CEO Sam Altman, according to people with knowledge of the meeting.

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OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern

By Jon Victor and Amir Efrati

One day before he was fired by OpenAI’s board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company had made that allowed it to “push the veil of ignorance back and the frontier of discovery forward.” The cryptic remarks at the APEC CEO Summit went largely unnoticed as the company descended into turmoil.

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Before OpenAI Ousted Altman, Employees Disagreed Over AI ‘Safety’

By Jon Victor, Stephanie Palazzolo, Anissa Gardizy and Amir Efrati

OpenAI’s ouster of CEO Sam Altman on Friday followed internal arguments among employees about whether the company was developing artificial intelligence safely enough, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

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Three Senior OpenAI Researchers Resign as Crisis Deepens

By Jon Victor and Amir Efrati

Three senior researchers at OpenAI resigned Friday night as the artificial intelligence developer suffered fallout from the firing of CEO Sam Altman and sudden resignation of President Greg Brockman, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.

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‘Figma Took Their Lunch Money’: How $2 Billion Design Startup InVision Fell Apart

By Maria Heeter

The founder and CEO of InVision saw the siege coming. His successful user interface design startup was growing fast, having built a product that some expected to put Adobe, the juggernaut of the design industry, back on its heels.

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The Quiet Silicon Valley Insider Complicating Sam Altman’s Return

By Cory Weinberg

Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, one of the central figures in the power struggle over OpenAI, has gained a reputation for stubbornness among Quora employees, a facet of his personality that may be playing into the debate on OpenAI’s board about whether to reinstate Sam Altman as CEO.