Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

ChatGPT got an extra special first birthday gift — the official return of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to OpenAI.

With a new board and the vibes seemingly back, is the drama over at the AI leader for now? Or is there more of the story still to unfold? Let’s dig in…

In today’s AI TECH INQUIRY NEWSLETTER

• Altman officially reinstated as ChatGPT turns 1

• Microsoft invests $3.2B in UK AI infrastructure

• 9 new AI tools to try

• How to learn the basics of AI for beginners

• Musk predicts AGI within next three years

• Mastercard releases AI shopping buddy
  
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LATEST UPDATE

OPENAI

🎂 Altman officially reinstated as CHATGPT turns 1

The AI TECH INQUIRY STUDIO: OpenAI just published a letter announcing that Sam Altman is officially back as CEO of OpenAI alongside a new board and leadership team — coinciding with the one-year anniversary of ChatGPT’s launch

The details:

• Mira Murati returns as CTO, with Greg Brockman coming back as President.

• The initial board consists of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo, with Microsoft adding a non-voting ‘observer seat’.

• Noticeably absent from the board is Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever — with Altman saying they are ‘discussing how he can continue his work.’

• Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley also vacated their board seats, with Toner tweeting that the board’s actions were ‘not motivated by a desire to slow down OpenAI’s work’.

• Altman also seemed to confirm the Q* rumors in some capacity, calling it an '“unfortunate leak” in an interview with The Verge.

The relevance: While Altman, Brockman, and co. return to their positions without losing a single employee, questions still remain surrounding the board’s reasoning for the initial coup. Will we ever learn what Ilya saw?

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MICROSOFT

🇬🇧 Microsoft invests $3.2B in UK AI infrastructure

The AI TECH STUDIO : Microsoft just announced a massive $3.2 billion investment into U.K. cloud infrastructure and skills development — with the goal of helping establish the country as an AI powerhouse.

The details:

• Microsoft pledges $3.2B over three years to upgrade U.K. data centers with 20,000 state-of-the-art GPUs to meet AI demand.

• The company will train 1M workers on technical skills like machine learning and responsible generative AI.

• Microsoft also plans to collaborate with the government on AI safety, adopting its responsible AI principles across 25,000 U.K. partners.

Why it matters: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been pushing hard to become a leader in the space — and this Microsoft partnership is a significant step forward in his quest to transform the country into an AI superpower.

TRENDING TOOLS

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🔔 Pagerly- Manage rotations, oncalls, incidents & ops over Slack (link)

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AI TRAINING

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• Genetic Algorithms & so much more (link)

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THAT’S A WRAP

Conclusion

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