This week, we look back at the drama at OpenAI and look forward to the growing A.I. Arms Race. Plus, we talk about calendaring — again!

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Runner-up Titles

• A.I. Arms Race
• Table 4 needs pork chops
• Run with that
• Thanks for not saving us from the AI
• The King of Cameos
• Rebels going to rebel
• Ivory Tower Scruples
• The sign of something

Rundown

• OpenAI
  • Sam Altman Out At OpenAI
  • A statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella
  • OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too
  • Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI — Hard Fork
  • Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of Sam Altman | TechCrunch
  • Breaking: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
  • OpenAI Investors Plot Last-Minute Push With Microsoft To Reinstate Sam Altman As CEO
  • Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
  • OpenAI board names a new interim CEO — and it's not Sam Altman
  • Who Controls OpenAI?
  • Inside the OpenAI Meltdown — Plain English with Derek Thompson
  • The AI industry turns against its favorite philosophy | Semafor
  • Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
  • Read Microsoft’s internal memos about the chaos at OpenAI
  • Thrive-Led OpenAI Tender to Continue After Altman Returns
  • Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn
• A.I. Arms Race
  • Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever
  • Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model
  • Google unveils Gemini
  • Thomas Kurian On Google Cloud’s AI Differentiators Vs. Rivals AWS, Microsoft
  • Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn
  • Confident about safety of AI: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
  • OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman

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