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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is out, the company’s board said late Friday.Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, will replace Altman as the interim CEO. The 34-year-old mechanical engineer originally from Albania is an alum of tech companies like Tesla and Leap Motion. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app OpenAI’s new CEO is a 34-year-old originally from Albania who’s already a force in artificial intelligence after stints at companies including Tesla and Leap Motion. Mira Murati had been OpenAI’s chief technology officer until the board…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Saudi Arabia is preparing to prolong oil production cuts into next year as Opec+ weighs further reductions in response to falling prices and rising anger over the Israel-Hamas war.After prices hit a four-month low of $77 a barrel this week, four people familiar with the Saudi government’s thinking said it was highly likely to extend its 1mn barrel-a-day cut at least until the spring. The voluntary measure, due to expire at the end of this year, was introduced in the summer as…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A street sign for Wall Street hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – A string of hefty bets on a doubling of Wall Street’s best known volatility index is raising eyebrows in the U.S. equity options markets, though analysts say they are probably not wagers on a market crash. Some 100,000 January call options on the Cboe Volatility Index changed hands on Friday, with a strike price of 27. That is nearly twice the current level of the , which…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gestures during a joint statement with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob (not pictured), at Palazzo Chigi, in Rome, Italy, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo (Reuters) – Moody’s (NYSE:) on Friday left Italy’s sovereign debt rating at Baa3, one notch above junk, but upgraded the outlook to stable from negative, in an unexpected boost for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government. Most analysts had expected the agency to leave both Italy’s rating and outlook unchanged. Moody’s had put the euro zone’s third-largest economy on a negative outlook in August last year following…
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The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election rejected on Friday a request by Mr. Trump’s lawyers to remove language from his indictment describing the role he played in the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.The ruling by the judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, was an initial step toward allowing prosecutors in the case to introduce evidence at trial that members of the mob that stormed the Capitol that day believed they were acting at Mr. Trump’s instruction.Last month, Mr. Trump’s lawyers asked Judge Chutkan to…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has left the company abruptly after losing the confidence of the board, according to a statement on Friday from the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence pioneer.“Mr Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the statement said.Altman said in a post on X: “I…
© Reuters. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly poses for a photograph at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank’s annual Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S. August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo By Ann Saphir and Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – As Federal Reserve officials near the midway point between their last policy meeting and the final one of the year, they appear to be converging on a message of patience, a signal they intend to leave interest rates unchanged as they wait for more evidence inflation is cooling. “We can take our time to…
© Reuters. By Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) -Abris Capital Partners investment fund is mulling a sale of private healthcare provider Scanmed Group, with Polish cardiovascular care company American Heart of Poland being the most likely buyer, sources familiar with the process told Reuters. The Polish private healthcare sector is attracting investors as Poles’ expenditures on health are growing rapidly. In 2022, expenditures on private healthcare grew by over 10% to almost 52 billion zlotys ($12.94 billion). “Abris is preparing to put Scanmed on sale with American Heart of Poland being the most obvious buyer,” one source told Reuters on condition…