Former Twitch Chief Executive Emmett Shear will become interim CEO of OpenAI, according to an internal company message on Sunday. Shear confirmed on X that he had accepted the role, writing “I did not make the decision lightly. Ultimately I felt that I had a duty to help if I could.” The news comes after negotiations aimed at bringing back former CEO Sam Altman, who was fired by the board on Friday, broke down over the composition of a potential new board, people familiar with the matter said. Shear has warned about the dangers AI can pose, aligning him with concerns of some of OpenAI’s...…Former Twitch Chief Executive Emmett Shear will become interim CEO of OpenAI, according to an internal company message on Sunday. Shear confirmed on X that he had accepted the role, writing “I did not make the decision lightly. Ultimately I felt that I had a duty to help if I could.” The news comes after negotiations aimed at bringing back former CEO Sam Altman, who was fired by the board on Friday, broke down over the composition of a potential new board, people familiar with the matter said. Shear has warned about the dangers AI can pose, aligning him with concerns of some of OpenAI’s...WW…

Listen10 minCommentGift ShareFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen left her job at the company earlier this year with thousands of pages of documents referencing a litany of societal harms.Haugen didn’t have to rummage through filing cabinets or secretly make Xerox copies, like the famous whistleblowers of the past. In fact, the way Haugen obtained the documents is similar to the way billions of people around the world use Facebook every day. She simply browsed the company’s internal social network and took photos with her phone, according to her legal team.The documents help illustrate the...…Listen10 minCommentGift ShareFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen left her job at the company earlier this year with thousands of pages of documents referencing a litany of societal harms.Haugen didn’t have to rummage through filing cabinets or secretly make Xerox copies, like the famous whistleblowers of the past. In fact, the way Haugen obtained the documents is similar to the way billions of people around the world use Facebook every day. She simply browsed the company’s internal social network and took photos with her phone, according to her legal team.The documents help illustrate the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis spring, amid a panic over a shortage of ventilators to treat the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases, the Pentagon announced the purchase of $84 million worth of breathing machines from four companies. One of the ventilators, the SAVe II+, made by a small Plano, Tex.-based company called AutoMedx, stood out from the rest.To start, the deal was for an upgraded version of the SAVe II that hadn’t even been designed yet, according to the company’s chairman. In addition, the existing $6,000 SAVe II machine, developed...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis spring, amid a panic over a shortage of ventilators to treat the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases, the Pentagon announced the purchase of $84 million worth of breathing machines from four companies. One of the ventilators, the SAVe II+, made by a small Plano, Tex.-based company called AutoMedx, stood out from the rest.To start, the deal was for an upgraded version of the SAVe II that hadn’t even been designed yet, according to the company’s chairman. In addition, the existing $6,000 SAVe II machine, developed...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSAN FRANCISCO - The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who live in...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSAN FRANCISCO - The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who live in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDuring Apple’s annual developers conference last month, it announced that smaller developers would finally have access to its Find My app, a move that on the surface could appease developers who have asserted that Apple has too much power.It turns out the announcement was not what it seemed, according to a secret Apple document obtained by The Washington Post.The Find My app comes pre-installed on Apple devices and shows the geographic location of family members with iPhones and other Apple products. Apple announced at...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDuring Apple’s annual developers conference last month, it announced that smaller developers would finally have access to its Find My app, a move that on the surface could appease developers who have asserted that Apple has too much power.It turns out the announcement was not what it seemed, according to a secret Apple document obtained by The Washington Post.The Find My app comes pre-installed on Apple devices and shows the geographic location of family members with iPhones and other Apple products. Apple announced at...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Military helicopters delivered testing kits Thursday to a cruise ship being held off the coast of California, as officials in Washington faced angry questions about whether the vessel is set to become the latest breeding ground for the deadly novel coronavirus.The Grand Princess, which was returning to San Francisco after a two-week cruise to Hawaii, remained offshore and in limbo at the request of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). About 100 people were expected to be tested, among them 11 passengers and...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Military helicopters delivered testing kits Thursday to a cruise ship being held off the coast of California, as officials in Washington faced angry questions about whether the vessel is set to become the latest breeding ground for the deadly novel coronavirus.The Grand Princess, which was returning to San Francisco after a two-week cruise to Hawaii, remained offshore and in limbo at the request of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). About 100 people were expected to be tested, among them 11 passengers and...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe iPhone used by a terrorist in the San Bernardino shooting was unlocked by a small Australian hacking firm in 2016, ending a momentous standoff between the U.S. government and the tech titan Apple.Azimuth Security, a publicity-shy company that says it sells its cyber wares only to democratic governments, secretly crafted the solution the FBI used to gain access to the device, according to several people familiar with the matter. The iPhone was used by one of two shooters whose December 2015 attack left more than a dozen...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe iPhone used by a terrorist in the San Bernardino shooting was unlocked by a small Australian hacking firm in 2016, ending a momentous standoff between the U.S. government and the tech titan Apple.Azimuth Security, a publicity-shy company that says it sells its cyber wares only to democratic governments, secretly crafted the solution the FBI used to gain access to the device, according to several people familiar with the matter. The iPhone was used by one of two shooters whose December 2015 attack left more than a dozen...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSemiconductor executive Tom Caulfield knew a crisis was brewing when he started getting frantic calls from big automakers just before Christmas.“Tom, you’re killing me. You need to make more,” Caulfield, the chief executive of chipmaker GlobalFoundries, recalls the auto executives saying. “Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler-Benz, Fiat Chrysler, GM — every one of them became my new best friends.”The Santa Clara, Calif.-headquartered company did its best to ramp up production for car manufacturers at its three big factories in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSemiconductor executive Tom Caulfield knew a crisis was brewing when he started getting frantic calls from big automakers just before Christmas.“Tom, you’re killing me. You need to make more,” Caulfield, the chief executive of chipmaker GlobalFoundries, recalls the auto executives saying. “Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler-Benz, Fiat Chrysler, GM — every one of them became my new best friends.”The Santa Clara, Calif.-headquartered company did its best to ramp up production for car manufacturers at its three big factories in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareA Washington nonprofit group Sunday, demanding that it remove , a chat and social media app, from its app store for failing to crack down on conversation in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the The suit amounts to a pressure tactic to get Apple to act against Telegram as it already has against , a social media site that swelled with calls for ahead of the Capitol siege, according to researchers. both have booted Parler from their app stores because of its lax moderation policies, and withdrew support as well, disabling last...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareA Washington nonprofit group Sunday, demanding that it remove , a chat and social media app, from its app store for failing to crack down on conversation in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the The suit amounts to a pressure tactic to get Apple to act against Telegram as it already has against , a social media site that swelled with calls for ahead of the Capitol siege, according to researchers. both have booted Parler from their app stores because of its lax moderation policies, and withdrew support as well, disabling last...WW…