OpenAI: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn’t “consistently candid in his communications with the board”  —  The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati becomes the company’s interim CEO, and co-founder Greg Brockman steps down as the board’s chairman but will remain OpenAI’s president  —  “Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: Mira Murati told staff in a companywide meeting that Satya Nadella expressed “utmost confidence” in OpenAI following the firing of Sam Altman  —  OpenAI Interim CEO Mira Murati on Friday told staff in a companywide meeting that its relationship with Microsoft … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Microsoft blocks the term “Disney” from Bing Image Creator over copyright concerns raised by a viral trend where users created Disney film posters of their pets  —  Film company’s logo was visible in mock-ups of movie illustrations featuring users’ pets Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic X post and reports that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content  —  – The left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters for America published a report Thursday that highlighted Apple, IBM … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Giulia Petroni / Wall Street Journal: Italy’s competition watchdog opens an investigation into whether Meta has failed to provide adequate information on how to mark branded content on Instagram  —  Italy’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into whether Meta Platforms has failed to provide adequate information … Lees verder op Tech Meme