Sam Altman’s Return, the Mysterious Q, and More Top AI News of the Week

Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) There’s been a lot of talk about AGI lately—artificial general intelligence—the much-coveted AI development goal that every company in Silicon Valley is currently racing to achieve. AGI refers to a hypothetical point in the future when AI algorithms will be able to do most of the jobs that humans currently … Read more

Russian Spyware Company Uses ChatGPT for Surveillance

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech This week, Forbes reported that a Russian spyware company called Social Links had begun using ChatGPT to conduct sentiment analysis. The creepy field by which … Read more

OpenAI Fires CEO Sam Altman

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) OpenAI announced Sam Altman has departed the company on Friday. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI. The news comes just weeks after OpenAI’s DevDay, where Sam Altman announced some of the company’s biggest advancements yet. I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My … Read more