Following an investigation by law firm WilmerHale into the circumstances surrounding the November dismissal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the world's leading artificial intelligence company announced on Friday that Altman would be returning to the board.

The probe concluded, leading to the establishment of new governance rules and an enhanced conflict of interest policy. The board unanimously expressed support for Altman's leadership.

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In addition to Altman, the new directors appointed include Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Nicole Seligman, former president of Sony Entertainment, and Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart. Altman welcomed the new board members, emphasising the significant work ahead for the company.

The investigation by WilmerHale revealed that Altman's dismissal was not linked to concerns about OpenAI's finances or product safety but rather stemmed from a breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust between the prior board and Altman.

The law firm found that the prior board believed its actions would address internal management challenges, not anticipating that they would destabilise the company.

While WilmerHale acknowledged that the prior board had the discretion to terminate Altman, it also stated that Altman's conduct did not necessitate removal.

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OpenAI announced the adoption of new corporate governance guidelines, the establishment of a whistleblower hotline, and the reinforcement of its conflict-of-interest policy. However, specific details about these improvements were not provided in the statement.

Altman's return as CEO, just days after his firing, followed strong expressions of shock from employees, investors, and Microsoft, OpenAI's major financial backer.

The subsequent reconstitution of the board, excluding Altman and led by Chairman Bret Taylor, was announced after discussions about OpenAI's governance. 
 
(With inputs from agencies)

Following an investigation by law firm WilmerHale into the circumstances surrounding the November dismissal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the world's leading artificial intelligence company announced on Friday that Altman would be returning to the board.

Following an investigation by law firm WilmerHale into the circumstances surrounding the November dismissal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the world's leading artificial intelligence company announced on Friday that Altman would be returning to the board. The probe concluded, leading to the establishment of new governance rules and an enhanced conflict of interest policy. The board unanimously expressed support for Altman's leadership. Also read: OpenAI's board which sacked Sam Altman replaced In addition to Altman, the new directors appointed include Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Nicole Seligman, former president of Sony Entertainment, and Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart. Altman welcomed the new board members, emphasising the significant work ahead for the company. The investigation by WilmerHale revealed that Altman's dismissal was not linked to concerns about OpenAI's finances or product safety but rather stemmed from a breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust between the prior board and Altman. The law firm found that the prior board believed its actions would address internal management challenges, not anticipating that they would destabilise the company. While WilmerHale acknowledged that the prior board had the discretion to terminate Altman, it also stated that Altman's conduct did not necessitate removal. Also read: An AI marketplace? OpenAI launches GPT Store OpenAI announced the adoption of new corporate governance guidelines, the establishment of a whistleblower hotline, and the reinforcement of its conflict-of-interest policy. However, specific details about these improvements were not provided in the statement. Altman's return as CEO, just days after his firing, followed strong expressions of shock from employees, investors, and Microsoft, OpenAI's major financial backer. The subsequent reconstitution of the board, excluding Altman and led by Chairman Bret Taylor, was announced after discussions about OpenAI's governance. (With inputs from agencies)

Sam Altman returns to OpenAI’s board with three new directors

Asserting that an International Atomic Energy Agency equivalent would be required to safeguard humanity from the risks posed by fast-developing Artificial Intelligence, the makers of ChatGPT —&nbsp;OpenAI, have called for the regulation of 'superintelligent' AIs.

Co-founders Greg Brockman,&nbsp;Ilya Sutskever and the chief executive, Sam Altman, in a note published on the company's website, asked for an international regulator to begin working on ways to “inspect systems, require audits, test for compliance with safety standards, and&nbsp;place restrictions on degrees of deployment and levels of security” in order to reduce the “existential risk” such systems could pose.

“It’s conceivable that within the next 10 years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains, and carry out as much productive activity as one of today’s largest corporations,” the note read.&nbsp;

“In terms of both potential upsides and downsides, superintelligence will be more powerful than other technologies humanity has had to contend with in the past. We can have a dramatically more prosperous future, but we have to manage risk to get there. Given the possibility of existential risk, we can’t just be reactive.”&nbsp;

OpenAI leaders called for 'some degree of coordination' among the organisations working on artificial intelligence research in order to&nbsp;make sure that the development of AI models commixes steadily with society while also prioritising safety.

The US-based Center for AI Safety (CAIS), which works to 'reduce societal-scale risks from artificial intelligence', describes eight categories of 'catastrophic' and 'existential' risks that AI development could pose.

As per the creators of viral chatbot ChatGPT, those risks mean "people around the world should democratically decide on the bounds and defaults for AI systems”, but admit that “we don’t yet know how to design such a mechanism”.

“We believe it’s going to lead to a much better world than what we can imagine today (we are already seeing early examples of this in areas like education, creative work, and personal productivity),” the note read.&nbsp;

“Because the upsides are so tremendous, the cost to build it decreases each year, the number of actors building it is rapidly increasing, and it’s inherently part of the technological path we are on. Stopping it would require something like a global surveillance regime, and even that isn’t guaranteed to work. So we have to get it right.”

<h2>OpenAI CEO testifies before US Congress, calls regulation of artificial intelligence ‘critical’</h2>

Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, the startup which created ChatGPT, addressed a panel of United States lawmakers, on Tuesday (May 16), and said that regulation of the “increasingly powerful models” of artificial intelligence is “critical” to mitigate the risks the technology poses. Altman also spoke about how the use of AI to interfere with election integrity is a “significant area of concern”.&nbsp;

“OpenAI was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives, but also that it creates serious risks,” said Altman while addressing a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing.&nbsp;

This comes as many companies across the board from companies large and small have raced to bring increasingly sophisticated models of AI to market, which has raised concerns among critics and industry experts who have warned about how the technology can exacerbate societal harms including factors like misinformation and prejudice.

While expressing concerns Altman also spoke about how AI is also beneficial to society and said that in time, generative AI developed by OpenAI will “address some of humanity’s biggest challenges, like climate change and curing cancer.”&nbsp;

“However, given the risks of the technology, we think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful models,” said the CEO of OpenAI.

(With inputs from agencies)

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Asserting that an International Atomic Energy Agency equivalent would be required to safeguard humanity from the risks posed by fast-developing Artificial Intelligence, the makers of ChatGPT — OpenAI, have called for the regulation of 'superintelligent' AIs.

Asserting that an International Atomic Energy Agency equivalent would be required to safeguard humanity from the risks posed by fast-developing Artificial Intelligence, the makers of ChatGPT — OpenAI, have called for the regulation of 'superintelligent' AIs. Co-founders Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever and the chief executive, Sam Altman, in a note published on the company's website, asked for an international regulator to begin working on ways to “inspect systems, require audits, test for compliance with safety standards, and place restrictions on degrees of deployment and levels of security” in order to reduce the “existential risk” such systems could pose. “It’s conceivable that within the next 10 years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains, and carry out as much productive activity as one of today’s largest corporations,” the note read. “In terms of both potential upsides and downsides, superintelligence will be more powerful than other technologies humanity has had to contend with in the past. We can have a dramatically more prosperous future, but we have to manage risk to get there. Given the possibility of existential risk, we can’t just be reactive.” OpenAI leaders called for 'some degree of coordination' among the organisations working on artificial intelligence research in order to make sure that the development of AI models commixes steadily with society while also prioritising safety. The US-based Center for AI Safety (CAIS), which works to 'reduce societal-scale risks from artificial intelligence', describes eight categories of 'catastrophic' and 'existential' risks that AI development could pose. As per the creators of viral chatbot ChatGPT, those risks mean "people around the world should democratically decide on the bounds and defaults for AI systems”, but admit that “we don’t yet know how to design such a mechanism”. “We believe it’s going to lead to a much better world than what we can imagine today (we are already seeing early examples of this in areas like education, creative work, and personal productivity),” the note read. “Because the upsides are so tremendous, the cost to build it decreases each year, the number of actors building it is rapidly increasing, and it’s inherently part of the technological path we are on. Stopping it would require something like a global surveillance regime, and even that isn’t guaranteed to work. So we have to get it right.” OpenAI CEO testifies before US Congress, calls regulation of artificial intelligence ‘critical’ Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, the startup which created ChatGPT, addressed a panel of United States lawmakers, on Tuesday (May 16), and said that regulation of the “increasingly powerful models” of artificial intelligence is “critical” to mitigate the risks the technology poses. Altman also spoke about how the use of AI to interfere with election integrity is a “significant area of concern”. “OpenAI was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives, but also that it creates serious risks,” said Altman while addressing a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing. This comes as many companies across the board from companies large and small have raced to bring increasingly sophisticated models of AI to market, which has raised concerns among critics and industry experts who have warned about how the technology can exacerbate societal harms including factors like misinformation and prejudice. While expressing concerns Altman also spoke about how AI is also beneficial to society and said that in time, generative AI developed by OpenAI will “address some of humanity’s biggest challenges, like climate change and curing cancer.” “However, given the risks of the technology, we think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful models,” said the CEO of OpenAI. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI cites ‘existential threat’ in call for AI regulation

Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co., Ltd., also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, accusing the tech giant of&nbsp;infringing on its patents, according to Reuters.

The company&nbsp;has sought 10 billion yuan ($1.43 billion)in damages and demands that Apple cease "manufacturing, using, promising to sell, selling, and importing" products that infringe on the patent, it said in a social media post.

Xiao-i argued that Apple's voice-recognition technology Siri infringes on a patent that it applied for in 2004 and was granted in 2009.

The lawsuit marks the continuation of a row that has been ongoing for nearly a decade.

Shanghai Zhizhen first sued Apple for patent infringement in 2012 regarding its voice recognition technology. In July, China's Supreme People's court ruled that the patent was valid. 
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Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co., Ltd., also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, accusing the tech giant of infringing on its patents, according to Reuters.

Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co., Ltd., also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, accusing the tech giant of infringing on its patents, according to Reuters. The company has sought 10 billion yuan ($1.43 billion)in damages and demands that Apple cease "manufacturing, using, promising to sell, selling, and importing" products that infringe on the patent, it said in a social media post. Xiao-i argued that Apple's voice-recognition technology Siri infringes on a patent that it applied for in 2004 and was granted in 2009. The lawsuit marks the continuation of a row that has been ongoing for nearly a decade. Shanghai Zhizhen first sued Apple for patent infringement in 2012 regarding its voice recognition technology. In July, China's Supreme People's court ruled that the patent was valid.

Chinese artificial intelligence company files $1.4 billion lawsuit against Apple