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Jason Collins. Image via: David Dow/ NBAE via Getty Jason Collins leaves behind far more than a basketball résumé. The former NBA center, remembered as the league’s first openly gay active player, died Tuesday at 47 following a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. His family confirmed the news alongside the NBA,…
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technology officer (CTO) who also briefly served as the company’s CEO in 2023 , testified in court that Sam Altman created distrust and confusion among senior leaders at the company. Her testimony came during the ongoing lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against OpenAI, where Musk has accused the company of…
Apple CEO Tim Cook this week announced his decision to step down as Apple CEO and that John Ternus will be taking over. The announcement is a huge shift for Apple as Tim Cook has been CEO of Apple since taking over for Steve Jobs in 2011. During Cook’s tenure as CEO, Apple has grown…
Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, took direct aim at Anthropic in an internal memo sent to employees over the weekend—calling out its rival’s revenue accounting, compute strategy, and company philosophy in unusually blunt terms. The memo reads less like a strategic briefing and more like a case built against a courtroom opponent, dedicating significant…
In a rare moment of candour among tech leaders, Jack Dorsey, CEO of fintech giant Block, openly admitted that artificial intelligence was the driving force behind the company’s decision to lay off 40% of its workforce which account to more than 4,000 employees. According to a report by Fortune, Dorsey said that the decision crystallised…
Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, a prominent lawyer in the Section 377 decriminalization case, has taken oath as a Trinamool Congress MP from West Bengal. KOLKATA: Senior Supreme Court advocate Menaka Guruswamy took oath as a Trinamool Congress MP from West Bengal, becoming India’s first openly queer member in Parliament. She is widely known for being…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) while addressing a mega rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground, accusing the state government of “protecting rapists”, undermining constitutional institutions and insulting President Droupadi Murmu.Bringing up Sandeshkhali and the brutality faced by a woman at…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has long been vocal about his skepticism towards remote work, openly stating that he does not agree with the ‘work from home’ culture. He has consistently argued that in-person collaboration drives productivity and innovation. In a recent interview with Bloomberg TV, Dimon has struck a…
When Menaka Guruswamy walks into Parliament building for the Rajya Sabha election in mid-March, she will possibly be the first openly queer person on the ballot. From the Sept 2018 Supreme Court verdict decriminalising Article 377 to a possible seat in the Upper House has been a long journey. The Trinamool Congress has nominated her…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei subtly criticized social media entrepreneurs’ approach to AI development, contrasting it with scientists’ sense of responsibility. This comes as Meta’s AI pioneer Yann LeCun departed following disagreements with Mark Zuckerberg over research direction, particularly concerning world models versus large language models. LeCun’s exit and subsequent venture highlight a growing divergence in…
