Elon Musk is ratcheting up his attacks on his old partner Sam Altman, calling him ‘Swindly Sam’ and OpenAI a ‘market-paralyzing gorgon’

Elon Musk is ratcheting up his attacks on his old partner Sam Altman, calling him ‘Swindly Sam’ and OpenAI a ‘market-paralyzing gorgon’

Once Elon Musk’s cofounder, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is now at the top of Musk’s “list of enemies”—and he’s not staying quiet about how much he resents him and his company. In an expanded version of a previous lawsuit, Musk called OpenAI a “market-paralyzing gorgon,” the Wall Street Journal reported. He’s also taken to calling…

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China’s Xi pitches a ‘shared future in cyberspace’ at internet forum amid decoupling fears

China’s Xi pitches a ‘shared future in cyberspace’ at internet forum amid decoupling fears

Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting the idea of a “shared future in cyberspace” at the country’s annual internet conference this year amid an intensifying US-China rivalry that has raised concerns about technological decoupling, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors. The advance of AI technologies has improved humans’ ability to change the world, but…

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Zhipu, one of China’s ‘AI Tigers’, raises US$210 million for venture capital fund

Zhipu, one of China’s ‘AI Tigers’, raises US$210 million for venture capital fund

Zhipu AI, one of China’s top generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) start-ups, has announced the initial closing of its venture capital vehicle, which aims to invest in related start-ups to strengthen the company’s ecosystem, borrowing a page from ChatGPT owner OpenAI. The Zhipu Ecosystem Fund, also known as the Z Fund, raised 1.5 billion yuan (US$211…

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