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Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 💼 OpenAI is Shuffling its Execs Into New Roles
Here’s all the moves: Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s COO, has a new job leading “special projects,” which will involve “complex deals and investments across the company” and report directly to CEO Sam Altman. Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser will take over some of Lightcap’s COO duties in the interim. Fidji Simo, CEO of AGI development, is taking several weeks of medical leave (co-founder and president Greg Brockman will fill in), and CMO Kate Rouch is stepping down to focus on her cancer recovery. (TechCrunch)
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Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal. The deal comes as Anthropic continues its push into healthcare and life sciences, following its October announcement of Claude for Life Sciences, a tool that aims to help scientific researchers make discoveries. (TechCrunch)
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5. 🏦 Banks Working on SpaceX’s IPO Must Buy Grok Subscriptions
Well, that’s one way to drum up business. Elon Musk is reportedly “requiring banks, law firms, auditors and other advisers working on [SpaceX’s] IPO to buy subscriptions to Grok, his artificial intelligence chatbot that is part of SpaceX.” Some banks have already “agreed to spend tens of millions on the chatbot.” (ArsTechnica)
6. 🛩️ The Cost to Fly Private is Up As Much as 20%
PJs aren’t getting any cheaper. As the Iran war pushes jet fuel prices higher, flying private is getting some hefty surcharges, even on some flights booked months prior. Vimana Private Jets noted that it recently booked a client’s $520,000 flight from Dubai to London on a Boeing business jet… that same trip cost $400,000 in 2023. (CNBC)
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7. 🤔 Americans’ AI Use Has Increased But Opinions On It Have Soured
AI adoption may be on the rise but trust in the technology still remains fairly low. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, the vast majority of Americans (76%) trust AI-generated information only some of the time, or hardly ever. Yet 51% of those same people are using AI for research, up from 37% last year. (Quinnipiac University)
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