Jasjeet Sekhon joins Google DeepMind as Chief Strategy Officer; gets a welcome note from CEO Demis Hassabis; says I feel a moral obligation to … – The Times of India

Jasjeet Sekhon joins Google DeepMind as Chief Strategy Officer; gets a welcome note from CEO Demis Hassabis; says I feel a moral obligation to … – The Times of India

As Google takes on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic in the artificial intelligence market, company’s AI unit, DeepMind, has hired Jasjeet Sekhon as its new chief strategy officer. Sekhon will work directly with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis to drive the company’s AI innovation and R&D efforts. He has previously held professorships at some of the…

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Who are the innovators saying no to Elon Musk’s offer to redefine artificial intelligence? – The Times of India

Who are the innovators saying no to Elon Musk’s offer to redefine artificial intelligence? – The Times of India

In a lab at Tsinghua University in Beijing, two young engineers stared at a decision that could have defined their careers. Elon Musk had just offered them a multimillion-dollar recruitment package through his then-new venture, xAI. Most would have accepted without hesitation. William Chen and Guan Wang did not.The reason was simple: They were not…

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Sam Altman ‘excited’ for what Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has warned researchers about – The Times of India

Sam Altman ‘excited’ for what Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has warned researchers about – The Times of India

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has openly welcomed the idea of Artificial General Intelligence, also called Superintelligence. As the head of the company behind ChatGPT, he has shown a strong focus on creating this kind of advanced technology. Even though experts like Microsoft’s AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, have issued multiple warnings about the serious risks and…

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Luma AI secures 0 million to speed up multimodal AGI push – The Times of India

Luma AI secures $900 million to speed up multimodal AGI push – The Times of India

BENGALURU: Luma AI has raised $900 million in Series C funding led by HUMAIN, the Public Investment Fund-backed AI company developing one of the world’s largest compute clusters, as the Palo Alto startup accelerates its effort to build multimodal artificial general intelligence capable of understanding and simulating the physical world.The round, also backed by AMD…

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Sam Altman on leaving California: I made it clear to Attorney General Bonta that we are not … – The Times of India

Sam Altman on leaving California: I made it clear to Attorney General Bonta that we are not … – The Times of India

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has once again publicly reaffirmed the company’s commitment to staying in California, after the speculation about a potential relocation due to regulatory tensions. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Altman stated, “made it clear to Attorney General Bonta that we are not leaving California.”…

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