Meet Emmett Shear, the new interim CEO of OpenAI, who sold his first startup on eBay for $250,000

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Emmett Shear has been tapped to be the new CEO of OpenAI, The Information first reported.
Emmett Shear has been tapped to be the new CEO of OpenAI, The Information first reported.

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Emmett Shear, OpenAI's new interim CEO, shares Sam Altman's worry that AI could destroy all life

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Emmett Shear has been tapped to be the new CEO of OpenAI, The Information first reported.
Emmett Shear has been tapped to be the new CEO of OpenAI, The Information first reported.

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David Attenborough finds the AI version of himself 'personally distressing'

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Sir David Attenborough, 97, at the premiere of his BBC documentary,
Sir David Attenborough, 97, at the premiere of his BBC documentary, "Planet Earth III," in October.

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OpenAI chaos is good for Google, Amazon, and others trying to catch the AI leader

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was forced out of the company by the board on Friday.

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The tech world reacts in shock to Sam Altman's departure from OpenAI

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Sam Altman, wearing a blue jacket and holding a beer bottle, chats with audience members at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) after a panel discussion
Ex-CEO Sam Altman has left OpenAI — and the tech community is freaking out.

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Sam Altman out as OpenAI CEO after board loses confidence in him

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OpenAI's Sam Altman steps down as CEO of the company.

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A stressed out rookie lawyer says he got fired after he used ChatGPT to do his job

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A 29-year-old lawyer claims he got fired after he used ChatGPT to write a motion filled with errors.

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AI investment is growing, and so are the career opportunities

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I quit my product manager job to start an AI company, and it felt like jumping off a cliff. Here's how I pivoted into tech's hottest field.

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Justin Fineberg, the cofounder of Cassidy.AI
Justin Fineberg quit his job as a product manager at Blade to start Cassidy.ai, a startup that helps businesses create their own AI assistants.

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CHART OF THE DAY: AI hype in the stock market is starting to cool

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