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November 21, 2023

Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI board appoints Emmett Shear as CEO

The drama at OpenAI continues with Emmett Shear, Twitch co-founder, joining the company as CEO and Sam Altman all set to lead Microsoft’s Advanced AI research team. Read more ▶

Image: OpenAI jettisons CEO Sam Altman for dishonesty

OpenAI jettisons CEO Sam Altman for dishonesty

The chairman of the board of ChatGPT’s parent company also stepped down in a surprise shakeup.

Microsoft welcomes Biden’s new AI order — is that a good thing or bad?

When the US government last month moved to put guardrails around the use of generative AI, big tech firms were surprisingly quick to welcome the move.

US trade restrictions have done little to curb Chinese chip manufacturing

Even though the US government has continued to ratchet up export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, organizations in the country have increased purchases of the technology.

Image: Meta and ByteDance dispute gatekeeper status of platforms under EU’s DMA

Meta and ByteDance dispute gatekeeper status of platforms under EU’s DMA

After the EU named Facebook Messenger and Marketplace, and TikTok gatekeeper platforms under its Digital Markets Act, both parents companies have decided to launch legal challenges against the designation.

Dell cuddles up to Hugging Face to offer genAI to customers

Dell will be using AI tool developer Hugging Face to offer its customers open-source generative AI models for business purposes.

Applied Materials faces probe in the US for shipping chip equipment to China

The largest US maker of chipmaking machinery said it is under investigation from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.

Google’s deal with Apple looms large as antitrust trial winds down

With the last witness being called to the stand this week in the Google antitrust trial, the tech giant’s default search deal that delivers billions each year into the coffers of its rival Apple will be key to the presiding judge's ruling.

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