I’m at Fortune’s MPW dinner in San Francisco, where OpenAI CTO Mira Murati had a quick, wide-ranging conversation about the state of the company.
What I found most interesting was her comments on the weird board structure: The previous non-profit board structure didn’t have accountability to anyone but themselves, she said. That is the old board that ousted CEO Sam Altman.
Musk, who founded xAI, said that “if Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies,” and called that integration “an unacceptable security violation.”
Apple and OpenAI have implemented precautions, with OpenAI saying that “requests are not stored by OpenAI.” Still, Musk might make visitors check their Apple devices. Will Windows devices need to be checked, too?
Siri meets generative AI, genmoji, image generation, and some big upgrades for Apple Photos. If you just want the Cliff’s Notes on Apple’s artificial intelligence plans, we’ve got you covered.
Kevin Weil, a Facebook product veteran, is joining in the newly-created role of chief product officer. Ex-Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar is also joining as chief financial officer.
“Sarah and Kevin bring a depth of experience that will enable OpenAI to scale our operations, set a strategy for the next phase of growth, and ensure that our teams have the resources they need to continue to thrive,” CEO Sam Altman says.
Apple is widely expected to announce a partnership with OpenAI at WWDC today. CEO Sam Altman has already been spotted on the ground at Apple HQ as people arrive for the keynote. More to come very soon.
Take comfort in your shared misery because ChatGPT has been up and down since about 3AM ET, according to our own testing and OpenAI’s dashboard. A fix has been implemented as of 7:19AM ET and marked resolved shortly thereafter.
The 39-year-old has no stake in OpenAI and earns a yearly salary of $65,000. But Altman was already rich as a result of his early investments in startups, and now he’s super rich after backing more companies that do business with the ChatGPT maker.
His holdings are now worth at least $2.8 billion.
