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We have all encountered them: the coworker who constantly moves the goalposts, the friend who thrives on chaos, or the date who makes you feel like you are losing your mind. Dr. Leanne ten Brinke, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, calls these “Poisonous People.” Her new book, released this March, dives into…
OpenAI’s top researcher Zoe Hitzig has quit. Announcing her resignation on X, formerly Twitter, Hitzig said, “I resigned from OpenAI on Monday. The same day, they started testing ads in ChatGPT. OpenAI has the most detailed record of private human thought ever assembled. Can we trust them to resist the tidal forces pushing them to…
OpenAI’s veteran researcher Jerry Tworek is leaving after seven years, having spearheaded the development of the o1 reasoning model and contributed significantly to GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT’s coding prowess. Tworek cited a desire to explore research avenues difficult to pursue at OpenAI, expressing gratitude for his time and the company’s historical impact. Jerry Tworek, a…
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun is departing at year-end, urging computer science students to prioritize foundational math and modeling skills with long-term relevance. He emphasized that a strong mathematical background is crucial for adapting to significant technological shifts, particularly in the evolving AI landscape. Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, who is leaving the…
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI issued ‘Code Red’ after Google launched the Gemini 3.0 AI model. Company CEO Sam Altman told employees that they must prioritise improving ChatGPT though the full extent of the alarm was initially unclear. Now, a former OpenAI researcher has described the situation as serious, warning that Google now possesses the capability to ‘kill’…
In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing AI talent wars, Soumith Chintala, one of Meta’s most influential AI leaders and co-creator of the widely used PyTorch framework, has joined Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. This moves comes just months after Murati made headlines for refusing…
The technology behind ChatGPT, Google‘s Gemini, and virtually every AI chatbot flooding the market is fundamentally broken and will never achieve true intelligence, according to Yann LeCun—the pioneering researcher who helped invent the neural networks that made them possible. In a scathing rebuke of his own employer and the entire AI industry, LeCun says the…
Indian-origin researcher Dr Abhijeet Danve at Yale School of Medicine has developed a simple online screening questionnaire called the A-tool to help detect axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a chronic inflammatory condition that causes persistent back pain. Published in Rheumatology Advances in Practice, the pilot study shows that the A-tool can substantially improve the identification of potential…
NEW DELHI: London-based academician and researcher Francesca Orsini was on Monday denied entry into India upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, as she “was blacklisted in March this year for having violated the conditions of her tourist visa by undertaking research during her previous visits”, according to govt sources.Orsini, Professor Emerita of…
