OpenAI

21 Nov 2023

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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