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[ad_1] Musk said the bid was about returning OpenAI to an “open-source, safety-focused force for good.”Altman dismissed the proposal, saying, “The company is not for sale, neither is the mission.””No thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want,” he posted on X, referring to Musk’s social media platform.Altman later spoke on Musk specifically, saying, “I don’t think he’s a happy person.””Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity,” Altman told Bloomberg TV. “I feel for the guy. I really do. Actually, I don’t think he’s a happy person. I do feel for him.”Altman…
[ad_1] At 17, Andrew Anagnost — who is now the CEO of Autodesk — was on probation and using drugs to self-medicate.”I never saw myself as a CEO,” Anagnost told Business Insider, adding that there was nothing in his background that “preordained anything that was interesting.”He said he likely had undiagnosed ADHD and once high school came around, he “went off the rails.” Anagnost said he was expelled from school and was dealing with anxiety and the “storm” in his head.He said life didn’t turn around for him until he hit “rock bottom.””I got involved in a high-speed chase with…
[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tracey Halama, the CEO of Supergut. It has been edited for length and clarity.I didn’t find the health and wellness sector until I was in my early 40s. I had muddled along for 20 years in a tech career — and I was good at it, but it didn’t really inspire me.Now, my career is all about building wellness brands that help people feel better, stronger, and more energized. I love creating products that don’t just sell, but genuinely change lives, from introducing collagen to the mainstream when I worked…
[ad_1] You don’t go into public service work for the money.Matt Sembach and Malissa Williams worked as a public defender and a nurse, respectively — careers that require years of schooling.They’re passionate about their jobs in the public sector, and the promise of student-loan forgiveness was an added bonus.”I felt compelled to serve the public,” Sembach told Business Insider. “I worked long hours with a ton of stress to ensure that my clients received not only adequate representation, but superb representation, because I knew that their lives were on the line and it was important to them. So it was…
[ad_1] Diners are choosing sides.New research from InMarket, a marketing firm that publishes regular reports on restaurant customer habits, shows that as spending slows, consumers are becoming increasingly loyal to their favorite brands.The fast-casual sector — restaurants like Chipotle, Panera, and Shake Shack, which offer customizable meals in a comfortable dining atmosphere with limited table service — has seen a drop-off in foot traffic, as more customers turn to fast food for better deals.Shake Shack, far and away, had the most loyal fans in the second quarter, InMarket found. This rating was based on the chain’s “fidelity index” of 327, a…
[ad_1] Two sets of players have long ruled the consulting world.There is MBB, which is McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, and Boston Consulting Group. And then there is the Big Four: PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, and Ernst & Young.Now, a new wave of AI-driven startups is challenging that dominance by making consulting services more accessible.Many of the founders of these new firms come from the traditional consulting realm. They told Business Insider their experiences not only give them marketable skills but have also helped them identify new opportunities in the industry.They are boutique firms. They are much smaller than the…
[ad_1] In a new blog post, OpenAI warns against “unauthorized opportunities to gain exposure to OpenAI through a variety of means,” including special purpose vehicles, known as SPVs. “We urge you to be careful if you are contacted by a firm that purports to have access to OpenAI, including through the sale of an SPV interest with exposure to OpenAI equity,” the company writes. The blog post acknowledges that “not every offer of OpenAI equity […] is problematic” but says firms may be “attempting to circumvent our transfer restrictions.” “If so, the sale will not be recognized and carry no…
[ad_1] When Amazon hired the founders of AI startup Adept last year, it was one of the first examples of what became known as a reverse acquihire — a deal where a large company hires key startup team members and licenses its technology, rather than acquiring the startup outright. Adept’s co-founder and former CEO David Luan subsequently became the head of Amazon’s new AGI Lab, and while Luan’s recent interview with The Verge is ostensibly focused on Amazon’s vision for AI agents, reporter Alex Heath also asked him about the reverse acquihire trend. Luan replied that hopes to be “remembered more…
[ad_1] Former Meta executive Nick Clegg has delivered a biting review of Silicon Valley culture and its so-called “tech bros.”Speaking with The Guardian to promote his coming book, “How to Save the Internet,” Clegg, who was Meta’s president of global affairs before announcing his resignation in January, described the California tech hub as “cloyingly conformist.””Everyone wears the same clothes, drives the same cars, listens to the same podcasts, follows the same fads,” he said. “It’s a place born of an immense sort of herd-like behavior.”Before Meta, Clegg was the leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats and the country’s deputy prime…
[ad_1] Would you be interested in a $10,000 monthly check with no strings attached?That’s a reality that former OpenAI researcher Miles Brundage said could be possible in the age of AI.Tech leaders have long called for a universal basic income, or UBI, to offset job loss due to artificial intelligence.A universal basic income is generally considered a monthly government stipend for the entire population. It differs from the guaranteed basic income programs that many cities and states are experimenting with these days. Those typically provide recurring payments to a specific population based on socioeconomic status. So far, most of these…