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… The 36-page agreement defines artificial general intelligence as “a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work.” Link: OpenAI and Microsoft Joint Devleopment and Collaboration Agreement | https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28096455-0202/ | DocumentCloud
… Link: The vibes are off at OpenAI | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/908513/the-vibes-are-off-at-openai | The Verge
He said Musk was concerned about Google DeepMind and CEO Demis Hassabis and “expressed a lot of concerns about what would happen if DeepMind got to AGI first.” Achiam said he shared his concern that trying to “race” towards the technology was a “fairly unsafe proposition … He was proposing to do so…
… Link: Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/814876/ilya-sutskever-deposition-openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-lawsuit | The Verge
OpenAI and Microsoft’s partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been dropped. …
… Jony Ive Confirms Involvement in AI Hardware Project With OpenAI Former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive has officially confirmed his involvement in an artificial intelligence hardware project with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. …
… A new, bipartisan bill introduced by Democratic Senator of California Adam Schiff and endorsed by the biggest AI developers in the world—including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft—would change the K-12 curriculum to shoehorn in “AI literacy,” something that young people and teachers alike already hate… …
… Maxwell Zeff: a senior writer at WIRED covering the business of artificial intelligence. …
OpenAI debuts a Codex plugin for Chrome By Anna Washenko May 7, 2026 5:57 pm EST We're seeing coding be one of the leading applications of artificial intelligence tools, and OpenAI is continuing to expand on its offerings in that space. …
… Earlier this morning, OpenAI’s official newsroom account published a post on X calling Musk’s lawsuit an “attempt to undermine our work to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” Meanwhile, demonstrators were outside the court protesting the AI race altogether and cal… …
