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tech reporter @theinformation email: aaron@theinformation.com
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    Apr 29
    Elon Musk just testified in court that this @theinformation story was how he learned about OpenAI's plans to raise more money from Microsoft. Soon after this story went up, Elon texted Sam Altman a link to it and asked, "What the hell is going on?"
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    aaron holmes
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    Oct 20, 2022
    SCOOP: OpenAI is in talks with Microsoft to raise more money. The startup was valued at nearly $20 billion in a secondary sale last year. w/ @KateClarkTweets @erinkwoo @amir theinformation.com/articles/opena…
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    aaron holmes
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    Jun 15, 2024
    New: Sam Altman has told shareholders that OpenAI is considering becoming a for-profit company that would no longer be controlled by a nonprofit board
    OpenAI CEO Says Company Could Become Benefit Corporation Akin to Rivals Anthropic, xAI
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    May 25, 2023
    Exclusive: In a December meeting w/ top execs, Satya Nadella laid into his head of research. "OpenAI built this with with 250 people," he said. "Why do we have Microsoft Research at all?" My deep dive on how $MSFT swallowed its pride to back OpenAI:
    How Microsoft Swallowed Its Pride to Make a Massive Bet on OpenAI
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    aaron holmes
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    Jun 27, 2024
    New: OpenAI is now making more from sales of its API than Microsoft makes from reselling it on Azure
    In a Surprise, OpenAI Is Selling More of Its AI Models Than Microsoft Is
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    aaron holmes
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    Jul 24, 2024
    New: OpenAI is on track to lose $5 billion this year, we estimate based on internal financial data and sources. OpenAI expects to spend around $4b on Azure bills for running ChatGPT and other inferencing, while training costs could exceed $3b. Details:
    Why OpenAI Could Lose $5 Billion This Year
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    aaron holmes
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    Apr 12, 2022
    Some personal news: This was my last month with @BusinessInsider. Next month I’ll be joining @theinformation, still reporting on the world of enterprise tech. I’m so grateful for the years I’ve spent at Insider and excited for what’s next. Pls keep sending me tech tips!
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    aaron holmes
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    Jun 9, 2020
    NEW: 59 former Change dot org employees are calling on the company to disclose how much money it made from its record-breaking 'Justice for George Floyd' petition & commit to donating that money
    59 former Change.org employees are calling on the company to donate the money it made from its...
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    aaron holmes
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    May 6, 2024
    Scoop: Microsoft is training its own large language model, internally labaled MAI-1, with Mustafa Suleyman leading the effort. The model is around 500B parameters and could compete directly with LLMs from Google, OpenAI, etc. Details:
    Meet MAI-1: Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete With Google, OpenAI
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    aaron holmes
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    Apr 3, 2021
    NEW: The phone numbers and personal data of 533 million Facebook users have been leaked in an online hacking forum, as first discovered by @UnderTheBreach
    533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online
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    aaron holmes
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    May 25, 2023
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    Plus, previously unreported details on the cost of the supercomputer that Azure built for OpenAI — over $1.2 billion — which dwarfed the server clusters Microsoft had built for its own internal services:
    How Microsoft Swallowed Its Pride to Make a Massive Bet on OpenAI
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    May 25, 2023
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    Meanwhile, Microsoft has warned investors to expect big increases in capex on AI hardware in the coming year. That was a tough pill to swallow for some Microsoft employees after Nadella told staff this month that full-time staff won’t receive pay raises.
    How Microsoft Swallowed Its Pride to Make a Massive Bet on OpenAI
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    aaron holmes
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    Feb 5, 2020
    personal news: I'm officially joining Business Insider as a full time tech reporter starting next month!! very grateful and excited to keep working with the rad tech team here 🤗 send me tips about e-shenanigans: aholmes@businessinsider.com
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    aaron holmes
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    Nov 4, 2020
    CA voters just passed Prop. 24, a new privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track people and gather data. Compliance experts say it could make huge parts of their businesses obsolete
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    California just passed a major privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to...
    While Prop 24 will be active only in California, it will effectively apply to all of the US because of the state's huge influence on the tech industry.
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    aaron holmes
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    Sep 3, 2020
    The NSA phone-spying program exposed by Edward Snowden didn't stop a single terrorist attack, federal judge finds
    The NSA phone-spying program exposed by Edward Snowden didn't stop a single terrorist attack,...
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