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Paris (AFP) - Silicon Valley star Sam Altman was suddenly ousted from the top spot at OpenAI as it led the race to artificial intelligence, only for the ambitious tech guru to be scooped up by Microsoft. Here's a look at the bizarre and dramatic sequence of events in the still-unfolding saga that has put the future of OpenAI in doubt, even as the technology it champions is poised to flourish. What is Microsoft's interest? Microsoft has been an OpenAI partner for seven years, pouring billions of dollars into the startup and weaving its innovations into Microsoft products. Computing power hosted...
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New York (AFP) - The so-called "poison pill" Twitter has proposed to use against Elon Musk's potential hostile takeover is a mechanism with a proven track record that could force the outspoken entrepreneur into negotiations. To halt a takeover, the board plans to activate the pill if the Tesla CEO comes to own more than 15 percent of Twitter. He already holds 9.2 percent of the company, and said Thursday he has ready the $46.5 billion necessary to make an offer for the rest. Such a "pill" would allow other Twitter shareholders to purchase shares at half price, increasing the amount of share...
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Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk's rejection of a Twitter board seat frees him to boost his ownership stake in the social media platform and dodge obligations to promote its best interests, experts warned Monday. News last week that the controversy-courting Tesla boss had become Twitter's largest shareholder sparked a roller-coaster of developments that ended with the platform's CEO saying Musk had walked away. Close watchers of the firm speculated about what could come next, but saw potentially ominous signs in the world's richest person's intentions regarding Twitter. "This now goes from a Cinde...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Twitter's newest board member and largest stakeholder Elon Musk tweeted Saturday to ask if the social media network was "dying" and to call out users such as singer Justin Bieber, who are highly followed but rarely post. "Most of these 'top' accounts tweet rarely and post very little content," the Tesla boss wrote, captioning a list of the 10 profiles with the most followers -- a list which includes himself at number eight, with 81 million followers. "Is Twitter dying?" he wrote. Former US President Barack Obama appears at the top with 131 million followers, followed by ...
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New York (AFP) - US Boeing shareholders have reached a $225 million out-of-court settlement with the aircraft manufacturer's current and former directors in a 737 MAX aircraft safety negligence case, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Shareholders had accused Boeing board members and several executives as well as current CEO David Calhoun of failing to ensure that control and information instruments on the 737 MAX were functioning effectively. According to the Wall Street Journal, the compensation will be paid out by insurers, not the board members and executives. Boeing has also agree...
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HONG KONG, Aug 19, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD), together with The Institute of Directors South Africa, Institute of Directors New Zealand, Mauritius Institute of Directors, GCC Board Directors Institute and Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute, have jointly organised and concluded a global online conference series that addressed key themes of women in director positions. The "Women in Governance" series, running through July and August and attracting 500 directors, both men and women registered from around the world, discussed the crucial roles wome...
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