Bill Gates abruptly pulled out of India’s flagship AI Impact Summit on Thursday, hours before his scheduled keynote, as scrutiny over his past ties to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein intensified following the release of U.S. Justice Department emails. A Blow to India’s AI Showcase The withdrawal…
OpenAI has announced the hiring of Austrian researcher Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence tool designed to execute real-world tasks. CEO Sam Altman confirmed the move on Sunday, describing Steinberger as “a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and OpenAI have announced a groundbreaking Ksh.6.4 billion ($50 million) partnership aimed at helping African countries harness artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen health systems and mitigate the impact of international aid cuts. The initiative, called Horizon1000, will begin its rollout in Rwanda before expanding…
Harvard University professor Larry Summers has stepped back from his teaching and administrative duties while the institution investigates his and others’ connections to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a university spokesperson confirmed. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Harvard president, will also pause his role as director of…
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has officially launched ChatGPT Atlas, an artificial intelligence-driven web browser designed to redefine how users search and interact online and to directly challenge dominant players such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Unveiled on Tuesday, the browser is currently available on Apple’s macOS platform and…