AI pioneer Mira Murati leaves OpenAI amid high-stakes leadership shifts
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AI pioneer Mira Murati leaves OpenAI amid high-stakes leadership shifts

Technology tamfitronics AI pioneer Mira Murati leaves OpenAI amid high-stakes leadership shifts Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 7 hours ago · 3 min read Sam Altman acknowledges Mira Murati's immense impact as OpenAI undergoes major leadership transitions. 3 min readUpdated: Sep. 26, 2024 at 9:11 am UTC Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate. Image includes combined content which may include AI-generated content.Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, has announced her departure from the company after six and a half years. In a message to colleagues, Murati expressed gratitude for the opportunity to lead the technical organization and highlighted recent achievements, including the releases of speech-to-speech technology and OpenAI o1.“While I’ll express my gratitude to many individuals in the coming days, I want to...
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Province tells U.S. firms Alberta wants data centres — but bring your own power
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Province tells U.S. firms Alberta wants data centres — but bring your own power

Technology tamfitronics EdmontonMinister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish made a pitch to Silicon Valley on a trip last week. But the cost of power in Alberta may hinder these ambitious plans, one data centre CEO argues.Natural gas the best energy source for data centres, minister saysEmily Williams · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours agoArtificial intelligence may seem invisible to most people, but the computers that run AI are housed in data warehouses like this one, and require a lot of electricity. (Oleksiy Mark/Shutterstock)The provincial government is trying to sell Alberta as a prime location for data centres — buildings that store and process digital information.Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish made his pitch on a trip to Silicon Valley...
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Trump to rally in North Carolina
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Trump to rally in North Carolina

Top Stories Tamfitronics Two years after the end of Roe, abortion is still tripping up Republicans in key races+2Republicans are still struggling to navigate the issue of abortion as they face a barrage of Democratic attacks, with Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno’s latest comments — suggesting it is not an issue, “especially for women that are, like, past 50” — underscoring the party’s continuing challenges.The GOP is confident about taking control of the Senate this year, thanks to a path to the majority that runs through red states. But some Republican strategists warn that comments like Moreno’s aren’t helpful as he tries to defeat a well-known senator in Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown.Read the full story here.Harris to visit the southern border for first time as Democratic presidential nominee Reporting from Washington, D.C.Harris is set to make her...
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Turkey will not ‘be rushed’ on Ukraine NATO membership, ErdoÄŸan tells NBC News
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Turkey will not ‘be rushed’ on Ukraine NATO membership, ErdoÄŸan tells NBC News

Top Stories Tamfitronics Ukraine’s proposal for NATO membership is not a question “to be rushed,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told NBC News in an exclusive interview Tuesday, adding that relations between his country and Russia were “expanding.”Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Erdoğan said that the U.S. and other members of the Western alliance “don’t want Ukraine to be a member state.”“These are not questions to be rushed,” he said. “And when making our minds, when we are taking our decisions, we always take into consideration the stance of other NATO member states, we discuss those possible questions around the table and make the final decision accordingly.”His comments will likely prove disappointing for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is set to present his victory plan to...
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