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Sam Altman ousted as CEO of OpenAI

The artificial intelligence company’s board says it no longer has confidence in Sam Altman’s ability to lead.

Sam Altman, the head of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, has been ousted by the company's board, which said it had lost confidence in his ability to lead the company. We look at what this means for the company going forward and who will be replacing him?

Also is Amazon moving its resources towards AI and away from its Alexa smart speaker? It was announced on Friday that Amazon will lay off hundreds of employees in its Alexa division.

And Canada's capital city Ottawa was once branded 'the city that fun forgot.' But plans are in place to change that. We hear how the city is hoping to hire a 'nightlife tzar'.

(Picture: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before Congress, Washington, USA . Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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  • Fri 17 Nov 2023 22:32GMT