Dane Stuckey, exCISO of Palantir, has joined OpenAI as CISO.   Stuckey will work alongside OpenAI's head of security, Matt Knight.   Stuckey's role will focus on ensuring compliance, trust, and sec...

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- Dane Stuckey, ex-CISO of Palantir, has joined OpenAI as CISO. 
- Stuckey will work alongside OpenAI's head of security, Matt Knight. 
- Stuckey's role will focus on ensuring compliance, trust, and security for OpenAI's users and products. 
- His experience at Palantir could help OpenAI's ambitions in government contracts. 
- OpenAI has been strengthening its security operations recently.

Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/15/former-palantir-ciso-dane-stuckey-joins-openai-to-lead-security/)

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- John Schulman, co-founder of OpenAI, has left the company to join rival AI startup Anthropic.
- OpenAI president Greg Brockman is taking an extended leave until the end of the year to relax and recharge.
- Peter Deng, a product manager at OpenAI, also exited the company recently.
- Schulman aims to focus on AI alignment research at Anthropic, believing he can gain new perspectives there.
- With Schulman's departure, only three of OpenAI's original 11 founders remain: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Wojciech Zaremba. 

 Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/openai-co-founder-leaves-for-anthropic/

OpenAI Co-founder Schulman Leaves for Anthropic, Brockman Takes Extended Leave

- Microsoft's VP of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving to join OpenAI. 
- The role Bubeck will assume at the Microsoft-backed AI startup is unclear. 
- Bubeck's coauthors on a research paper on Microsoft's Phi LLMs remain at Microsoft and plan to continue developing the models. 
- This follows a series of departures from OpenAI, including CTO Mira Murati in September. 
- CEO Sam Altman denies any link between the departures and a planned restructuring of the company.

Source: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsofts-vp-genai-research-join-openai-2024-10-14/)

Microsoft's GenAI VP Joins OpenAI

- OpenAI plans to transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit company, sparking debate.
- Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati resigns, following other top executives' departures.
- The restructuring aims to attract investors, with a funding round of up to $6.5 billion.
- CEO Sam Altman and the nonprofit arm will hold stakes in the new for-profit entity.
- Murati cites a desire for personal exploration as her reason for leaving. 

 Source: [WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-chief-technology-officer-resigns-7a8b4639)

OpenAI's Controversial Shift to For-Profit Amid Leadership Exodus

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- Microsoft and Apple have decided not to take board roles at OpenAI, highlighting growing regulatory concerns over Big Tech's influence on AI.
- Microsoft, which invested $13 billion in OpenAI, will withdraw from the board, citing confidence in the company's direction and deeming their observer role unnecessary.
- European and US regulators have expressed concerns about Microsoft's influence over OpenAI, prompting investigations into potential dominance and antitrust issues.
- The UK is also scrutinizing Amazon's $4 billion collaboration with AI company Anthropic, while the US probes Nvidia's dominance in AI chips.
- OpenAI will continue to engage with stakeholders through regular meetings to ensure collaboration on safety and security, following its transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity.

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- OpenAI's official press account on X was hacked by crypto scammers, similar to previous incidents involving company leadership.
- The compromised account posted about a fake OpenAI-branded blockchain token, $OPENAI, linking to a phishing site.
- The phishing site encouraged users to connect their crypto wallets, likely to steal login credentials.
- Comments on the malicious post were disabled, making the hack less obvious.
- Previous hacks targeted OpenAI CTO Mira Murati and other high-profile tech accounts, promoting similar crypto scams. 

 Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/23/crypto-scammers-hack-openais-press-account-on-x/)

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