Sam Altman’s quirky writing style

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Tech Across the Globe

Apple’s future CEO?: The iPhone maker expanded the job of hardware chief John Ternus to include design work, solidifying his status as a leading contender to eventually succeed Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook.

Alibaba’s chip plans: The company is preparing to publicly list its chipmaking arm, T-Head, tapping strong investor interest in the small circle of companies aspiring to compete with Nvidia in the hot AI accelerator business.

China’s AI power: The idea that China lags behind the West in artificial intelligence technology is “a fairy tale,” said Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI, one of Europe’s leading AI companies.

Revalued

LiveKit, a startup that provides software underpinning voice, video and physical AI models including OpenAI’s, raised $100 million in a funding round that values the company at $1 billion. In addition to OpenAI, the firm’s customers include Elon Musk’s xAI and Tesla, Salesforce, Spotify and 911 emergency services providers.

Must Read

One of the quirkier things to come out of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI trying to block the AI firm from becoming a public company is the way Sam Altman writes, Ellen Huet reports in today’s Tech In Depth. The OpenAI CEO has a penchant for lowercase letters that bears a bit of examination, she writes.

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This Week in Q&AI

Artificial intelligence again was a hot topic at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mark Bergen reports in this week’s Q&AI. While a key focus at last year’s gathering was the need for massive private and public investments to support AI, this year’s event was more about proving the payoff, he writes.

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