OpenAI

November 21, 2023

GS Paper III Science and Technology

Context:

Recently, the Open AI board fired CEO, co-founder Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman.

OpenAI’s Inception and Mission

Establishment: Founded in December 2015 as a non-profit AI research organization.
Mission: Develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits humanity and prevent tech monopolies.

Founding Members and Funding

Founding members include Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Amazon Web Services, Infosys, and others.
Collective pledge of $1 billion to advance AGI research.

Evolution and Challenges

Transition to For-Profit Model: In 2019, Open AI transitions into two entities: a capped-profit organization (Open AI Global LLC) and a non-profit sole controlling shareholder (OpenAI Inc).
- Altman secures $1 billion in funding from Microsoft, facilitating the commercialization of OpenAI’s technology.
Breakout with ChatGPT: OpenAI gains prominence with the release of ChatGPT, based on the GPT-3.5 architecture.
- Over a million people sign up for the free preview within the first five days.
- A GPT is a neural network, or a machine learning model, which functions like a human brain and is trained on input, such as large data sets, to produce outputs, meaning answers to users’ questions.

News Source: Indian Express

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