OpenAI chairman says students should still get computer science degrees — even if they won't be typing code

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Bret Taylor said that computer science majors teach "systems thinking," a necessary trait even in the age of AI coding.

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OpenAI's chairman says AI is in a bubble — but one that could be wildly lucrative

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OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor delivering a keynote at Facebook's f8 Developer Conference.
"I think the AI bubble will rhyme with the dot-com bubble and I believe with the benefit of hindsight, most of the excess of the dot-com bubble might have been justified," OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor told venture capitalist Harry Stebbings on the latter's podcast.

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Sam Altman really, really doesn't want to talk about why he was fired

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Sam Altman is the CEO at OpenAI again after a week of emotions and confusion at the company.

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Sam Altman suddenly looks less powerful. The panic caused by OpenAI's near-death experience is to blame.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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Ex-Google researcher says there's more chance she'd go back to Google than join OpenAI's board

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Former Google researcher Timnit Gebru, who was fired from the company in 2020 over a research paper that argued AI could contribute to racial bias.
Former Google researcher Timnit Gebru says she has no interest in joining the new OpenAI board.

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OpenAI board's plan to get rid of Sam Altman really didn't go so well

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Helen Toner, Ilya Sutskever and Tasha McCauley are all off the OpenAI board.

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Larry Summers and Bret Taylor are joining OpenAI's board as Sam Altman returns

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OpenAI's new board will consist of Larry Summers, Bret Taylor, and Adam D'Angelo.
OpenAI's new board will consist of Larry Summers, Bret Taylor, and Adam D'Angelo.

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OpenAI employees wanted Bret Taylor to join a new board. He's no longer expected to do so, insiders say.

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