J Rice

Before, a few weeks ago, OpenAI was the undisputed king of AI and with that came the perceived luxury of controlling its future. OpenAI believed they dominated AI. And this luxury drove the mistaken belief of being able to slam shut Pandora's Box and likely triggered the Great

I promised a comparison between OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek to show how they are incredibly similar. But, before that I wanted to give some background on my testing method. Given my deep background in security, I am always less interested in when something functions properly. I always hunt for its

I have been playing with DeepSeek for a few weeks, but over the weekend it became all the rage and caused NVDA stock drop by 18% as of this writing. It caused other companies that are part of the supply chain for AI hardware to drop substantial amounts as well.

As a follow up to last weeks post about the hostility of Adobe to all things privacy related. I wanted to highlight a company who is attempting to do it correctly. On Monday’s (June 10th ‘24) WWDC keynote Apple announced their “Apple Intelligence.” First, I am not an Apple

You are paying to have your privacy invaded, your work pilfered, and pictures of your family and children used to train AI. This is not just the future. This is happening now! Consumers and privacy conscious companies need to be aware of this epidemic. It is highly likely you are

According to the source Reuter’s has obtained what triggered Altman’s firing. It was a report of a breakthrough in an AI within OpenAI. This AI can solve mathematical problems, which have been determined to be a signifier of significant intelligence. The design of OpenAI with the non-profit structure

Altman and Brockman are back, the stars are aligned, Santa is real, and everything is wonderful. (holding sarcasm sign) So, they are back, but an immense amount of damage has been done. Damaged/Losers: * Reputational damage: Everyone that was public in this debacle is damaged, including the reputation of OpenAI.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That is the best summary at the moment. Because this is just nuts! Stay tuned for other character combinations that convey my befuddlement. Few links about the craziness: MS preparing offices in hopes of pilfering OpenAI talent: (All Satya wants for Christmas is AI domination) https://www.cnbc.com/

(or how the disruptors got disrupted) This weekend’s events will be a movie in a few years directed by the AI version of Aaron Sorkin aka SorkinGPT. Altman and Brockman are going to Microsoft after the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella found their number. Alluding to my post yesterday about

The kind of turmoil that has occurred at OpenAI in the last few days is surprisingly common, but rarely plays out in public. OpenAI is unprecedented in its impact in the last year, which makes this even more interesting. Maybe the not really that Traitorous Eight is the closest example