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Tech’s New Normal: Microcuts Over Growth at All Costs
5Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Tech’s New Normal: Microcuts Over Growth at All Costs

The tech industry has largely recovered from the downturn, but Silicon Valley learned a long-lasting lesson: how to do more with less. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms have been cutting dozens or a few hundred employees at a time as executives keep tight controls on costs, even as their businesses and stock prices have rebounded sharply. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Adam D’Angelo Bridges the Past, Future for OpenAI Board
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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Adam D’Angelo Bridges the Past, Future for OpenAI Board

In the surprise ouster and restoration of Sam Altman as chief executive officer at OpenAI, only one person, Adam D’Angelo, managed to play a role on each side of the drama. D’Angelo, a former Facebook executive and founder of the question-and-answer platform Quora, was one of four members of the board who fired Altman, and the sole surviving director named to a new board of the artificial-intelligence company that took over on Wednesday. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Sam Altman Not Returning as CEO of OpenAI; Emmett Shear to Be Interim CEO
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Sam Altman Not Returning as CEO of OpenAI; Emmett Shear to Be Interim CEO

Updated Nov. 20, 2023 12:42 am ETSAN FRANCISCO— Sam Altman’s bid to return to OpenAI after being ousted Friday faltered late Sunday, as the board that fired him opted not to agree to proposed terms of his reinstatement.Emmett Shear, former CEO of Twitch, was named interim CEO, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Sam Altman’s Counter-Rebellion Leaves OpenAI Leadership Hanging in the Balance
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Sam Altman’s Counter-Rebellion Leaves OpenAI Leadership Hanging in the Balance

Updated Nov. 19, 2023 10:53 pm ETSAN FRANCISCO—Two days after Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI, he was back at the company’s office, trying to negotiate his return.The former chief executive officer entered with a guest badge on Sunday and posted on X: “first and last time i ever wear one of these.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Sam Altman’s Counter-Rebellion Leaves OpenAI Leadership Hanging in the Balance
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Sam Altman’s Counter-Rebellion Leaves OpenAI Leadership Hanging in the Balance

Updated Nov. 19, 2023 6:53 pm ETSAN FRANCISCO—Two days after Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI, he was back at the company’s office, trying to negotiate his return.The former chief executive officer entered with a guest badge on Sunday and posted on X: “first and last time i ever wear one of these.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Wall Street Eyes Nikki Haley as Trump Spoiler
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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Wall Street Eyes Nikki Haley as Trump Spoiler

Big hitters on Wall Street are lining up to support Nikki Haley’s long-shot bid to snatch the 2024 Republican presidential nomination from Donald Trump.“There’s a desperate, desperate hunt for anybody but Trump,” said one of the roughly 30 senior executives The Wall Street Journal spoke with to gauge the mood of the finance set roughly a year ahead of the election. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Meta Allows Ads Claiming Rigged 2020 Election on Facebook, Instagram
15Nov By adminNo Comments
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Meta Allows Ads Claiming Rigged 2020 Election on Facebook, Instagram

Meta Platforms will let political ads on Facebook and Instagram question the legitimacy of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, one of several changes the social-media company and other platforms have made to loosen constraints on campaign advertising for 2024.Meta made the change last year, but it hasn’t gained wide attention. The company decided to allow political advertisers to say past elections were “rigged” or “stolen” but prevented them from questioning the legitimacy of ongoing and coming elections. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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U.S. Shift on Global Tech Rules Jeopardizes Effort to Counter China
13Nov By adminNo Comments
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U.S. Shift on Global Tech Rules Jeopardizes Effort to Counter China

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration’s abrupt shift on global technology rules has weakened a critical Asia trade agreement that was intended to help counter China’s growing clout in the region.Rules facilitating digital trade, including the cross-border transfer of data on customers and supply chains, were expected to be a centerpiece of what is called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, or IPEF, a U.S.-led group of 14 nations. But the U.S. recently withdrew its support for those provisions, a decision that cut against the desires of some Asian allies who see common rules governing business data as a cornerstone building block for economic cooperation.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Meta to Require Campaigns to Disclose AI-Altered Political Ads
13Nov By adminNo Comments
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Meta to Require Campaigns to Disclose AI-Altered Political Ads

Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced that it will require advertisers to disclose when they run political ads with media that has been digitally altered by artificial intelligence or other software ahead of the U.S. presidential election in 2024.The Facebook parent company said the new policy will go into effect at the start of the new year. Political advertisers will have to disclose when an ad contains an image, video or audio that was digitally created or altered significantly.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Meta Strikes Deal to Return to China After 14 Years
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Meta Strikes Deal to Return to China After 14 Years

SINGAPORE—Meta Platforms has struck a preliminary deal to sell a new, lower-priced version of its virtual-reality headset in China, regaining a foothold among consumers in the country 14 years after Facebook was shut out. The agreement with Tencent Holdings will make the world’s largest videogame company the exclusive seller of Meta’s headsets in China, people familiar with the matter said, offering the U.S. technology giant a major new market as it looks to boost tepid global demand for its niche gear. Tencent will start selling the headset beginning late 2024, with the two companies reaching a deal after about a year of negotiations.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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