Davuluri’s promotion comes a week after Microsoft announced that former DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleiman will be the head of a new organization called Microsoft AI.
Mikhail Parakhin, CEO of the advertising and web services division, and his unit, whose main focus is Bing and Edge, will also be part of Microsoft AI, the company said.
Microsoft recently introduced its first Surface PCs with a Copilot button for quick access to chatbots in Windows.
“I’m incredibly proud of the team for the work they’ve done to bring these devices and experiences to life for our customers,” Davuluri wrote in a post on X.
Today, we announced our first ever #Surface AI PCs built exclusively for business: Surface Pro 10 for Business and Surface Laptop 6 for Business! I'm incredibly proud of the team for the work they did to bring these devices and experiences to life for our customers #Copilot… pic.twitter.com/NxTxp7p69V
— Pavan Davuluri (@pavandavuluri) March 22, 2024
Who is Pavan Davuluri?
Pawan Davuluri graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and then went on to earn his MBA from the University of Maryland in the US in 1999. He has been a part of Microsoft since the beginning of his career, starting as a reliability component manager in 2001. During his career path, Davuluri has held various positions at Microsoft. His most recent role prior to this promotion was as Corporate Vice President overseeing Windows Silicon and Systems Integration. In his new position, Davuluri will lead a team focused on silicon systems development.
]]>Huang’s opinion doesn’t seem to have changed much. He is still of the opinion that you don’t have to be a programmer with excellent C++ knowledge to be successful. What engineers need to succeed is to be fast.
“You just have to be a fast engineer. And who can’t be a fast engineer? When my wife talks to me, she’s a fast engineer,” he replies.
“We all have to learn how to cue artificial intelligence, but it’s no different than learning how to cue the people on your team,” he adds.
He says these skills can be vital for young people entering the job market at an opportune time.
“Artificial intelligence is a new industry – that’s why we say there’s a new industrial revolution. In the future, almost all of our computing will be generated,” he said.
Some time ago, Jensen Huang was harshly criticized for statements in which he argued that it should not and does not make sense for young people today to devote time and attention to coding because artificial intelligence will do it for them.
He said this time should be invested in developing expertise in industries such as agriculture, biology, manufacturing and education. He stresses that upskilling can be key to making progress by helping people better understand how and when to use AI programming.
]]>One of the first technologies unveiled is the latest artificial intelligence chip, which can allegedly perform some tasks 30 times faster than the previous one.
In addition to the B200 “Blackwell” chip, Jensen Huang detailed a new set of software tools.
The CEO also introduced the Blackwell platform. It is a GPU architecture for working with generative artificial intelligence. According to the company, the platform can perform “real-time generative AI on large language models with trillions of parameters at up to 25 times lower cost and power consumption compared to its predecessor Hopper.”
“Generative AI is the defining technology of our time. Blackwell is the engine that will drive this new industrial revolution. Working with the world’s most dynamic companies, we will realize the promise of AI for every industry,” commented Jensen Huang.
Blackwell consists of six technologies: a 208 billion transistor chip, a second-generation transformer, a fifth-generation NLink, a RAS engine, a decompression engine, and support for new encryption protocols on local interfaces.
According to NVIDIA, Blackwell will enable breakthroughs in areas such as data processing, engineering simulation, electronic design automation, computer-aided drug design, quantum computing and generative AI.
A number of companies are expected to adopt Blackwell, including AWS, Dell, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, Tesla and xAI.
NVIDIA also introduced a new supercomputer, the DGX SuperPOD, which is powered by Blackwell chips. According to the company, each of these Superchips provides a 30x performance increase for LLM inputs compared to NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs.
“The new DGX SuperPOD combines NVIDIA’s latest advancements in accelerated computing, networking and software to enable every company, industry and country to refine and generate their own AI,” says the CEO.
Also, SuperPOD offers predictive management capabilities that help in reducing downtime and inefficiencies while identifying problem areas. This allows it to suggest maintenance steps, adjust computing resource usage, and optimize and resume tasks.
Jensen Huang also shared a new series of chips to create humanoid robots, inviting several of the robots to join him on stage.
The company has an 80% market share and hopes to consolidate its dominant position. It is the third largest company in the US, behind Microsoft and Apple. Its shares have risen 240% in the past year and its market value reached $2 billion last month.
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Sam Altman
Today we will introduce you to the path and story of Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI and also a venture capitalist. You will find out who he really is and how it all begins.
Who is Sam Altman?
Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor. From a young age, he was fascinated by computers and programming. A curious fact is that at the age of 8, he already knows how to write code and disassemble computers, reported The New Yorker.
Career path
Sam Altman started his career as an app developer. Enrolled to study Computer Science at Stanford University. Drops out of university just before receiving his degree. The reason for this is his goal to create his company together with his colleagues. A little later, he managed to realize this venture of his.
First steps in entrepreneurship and the technological world
The first startup he created was Loopt. This application skyrockets his career. Loopt was created in 2005 and allowed smartphone owners to share their location with other users of their choice. However, in 2012, the founders sold the company to Green Dot Corporation for $43.4 million.
For a period of time, Sam Altman gave up running technology companies and ventured into the management of a venture capital company that finances startups.
It is interesting that the famous programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded Y Combinator, Paul Graham, chose Sam Altman as his successor in 2014. The move puts Altman on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list. Y Combinator invests in companies like Airbnb, (which is valued at $105.82 billion) and Dropbox, (which is valued at $8.31 billion).
Creation of OpenAI, purpose and goals of the company
The young entrepreneur stepped down as a president of Y Combinator to focus his efforts entirely on OpenAI. An interesting fact is that the company, established in 2015, was originally a non-profit research center. It was later transformed into a “capped profit company”.
It is curious that Microsoft invested more than $10 billion dollars in the company led by Altman.
OpenAI aims to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) that is either equal to human intelligence or smarter than humans. However, this decision is sparking wide-ranging discussions among experts, tech industry leaders, politicians, investors, and citizens alike, as it raises the question of how AI might be regulated.
AI regulation
The American entrepreneur calls for a worldwide systemic regulation of AI, saying that the regulation of this field is still in the initial stage of discussions, and it is time to move on to actions.
“We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models”, Sam Altman told the Senate Oversight Committee.
According to the CEO, AI will affect all of us, so world leaders need to come together and start taking steps towards regulating this area.
“A misaligned superintelligent AGI could cause grievous harm to the world”, added the founder of Open AI.
In conclusion, Sam Altman considers that education is one of the key areas where AI can be useful. He believes strongly in the idea that everyone will be able to improve the quality of their lives thanks to the limitless possibilities that AI provides.
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Melanie Perkins
Have you ever wondered what is the history of the very popular platform in our country that we often use in our daily life to create designs, namely – Canva? Today we will tell you where the idea for creating this tool came from.
Melanie Perkins is a 36-year-old tech entrepreneur from Australia and one of the CEOs of the free-to-use platform.
The Idea
Perkins founded the company in 2013 with the goal of making design as accessible and easy to the audience as possible. With a few clicks, anyone can quickly create a presentation, logo, resume, business card or social media post.
“Our goal was to integrate the entire design ecosystem into one page and then make it available to the whole world,” commented the founder.
How does it all begin?
Interestingly, even at the age of 19, she understood that platforms like Microsoft and Adobe offer design tools that are extremely difficult to work with. It takes months for trainees to get used to working with these tools.
Melanie realized she could make an income teaching design to students, doing everything she could to make the process as easy as possible.
Together with his partner, Cliff Obrecht, they decided to start a small business creating yearbooks for schools. They call it Fusion Books.
“My mom’s living room became my office, and my friend became my business partner, and we started enabling schools to create their yearbooks quickly and easily,” explains Perkins.
This business remains active to this day. This turns out to be the first successful step of the young girl. Then she embarks on the bigger challenge of searching for investors.
Fate meets the young lady with Bill Tye, an investor from Silicon Valley, who invites Perkins to present his idea in San Francisco. The meeting was a success because he was impressed with her idea and began connecting her with other potential investors.
A curious fact is that making contacts does not seem so easy for the young founder. Bill Tye happens to be an avid kitesurfer and wants to introduce Perkins and Obrecht to his place for investors and kitesurfing enthusiasts.
Therefore, the young couple has to start practicing this sport in order to have the chance to create some business contacts.
The new adventure with kitesurfing, however, reflected favorably, because Perkins and Obrecht found investors and managed to build the design platform “Canva”.
A year later, the site allows users to create their own designs online for free.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a noble heart
In 2021, the value of the entire company is estimated at 40 billion dollars, Forbes writes.
Perkins and Obrecht each own 18% of the company. They make a noble decision, sharing that they are transferring 80% of their shares to the foundation for charitable causes they founded “CANVA FOUNDATION LIMITED”.
In addition, the platform attracts 60 million users per month. 500,000 of those are from companies like Intel and Zoom, which pay to use the freemium software the platform offers. Also “Canva” is used in 190 countries around the world in over 100 languages.
Melanie Perkins’ Plan for Success
“If it was all about building wealth, that would be the most uninspiring thing I can imagine,” says Melanie Perkins.
The strategy for success that the young lady shares with everyone consists of two points. First, build one of the most valuable companies in the world, and second: Do as much good as possible for the world.
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3. Mark Zuckerberg Met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
“We had a good, productive conversation about AI and the future of technology,” Zuckerberg said in brief comments to reporters at the prime minister’s residence in Tokyo.
The meeting between Zuckerberg and Kishida confirmed rumors that the Meta CEO will visit South Korea at the end of this month to discuss the topic of artificial intelligence with Samsung Electronics and possibly meet with the South Korean president.
Last week, Meta confirmed that Zuckerberg plans to visit South Korea.
Japan’s government and corporate sector are in a race to get back into rhythm along the development of artificial intelligence.
Last year Kishida met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to discuss AI regulation and infrastructure.
]]>“At Tumba Solutions, we believe in the power of technology and the potential of our people. Our philosophy is rooted in the pursuit of excellence, innovation, and the personal development of our team members. This webinar represents an extension of our ethos, offering our team and the wider developer community valuable insights into making informed investment choices that align with their career aspirations and personal goals”, stated Emo Abadjiev, CEO of Tumba Solutions.
The support of the event is a testament to the company’s dedication to the well-being and success of Tumba team. The company understands that the growth of the company is intrinsically linked to the growth of people. By providing them with opportunities to expand their knowledge and financial acumen, the company is investing in a future where they can achieve their dreams, both professionally and personally.
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“I have no plans to adjust the Prime team,” Jamil Ghani said during a visit to the Netherlands for an internal conference.
Amazon cut hundreds of jobs at Prime Video last month, explaining that it was taking those measures to cut costs. At Twitch, 35% of jobs were cut, which is about 500 employees.
Maintaining a streaming platform is expensive, and Twitch still doesn’t make enough.
Last year, the company suffered increasingly large job cuts – 18,000 in January and another 9,000 in March.
“There has been generous support from all team members around the world and many people on the Prime team have returned to Amazon in other roles. The team has been very supportive, including myself,” Jamil Ghani said.
He adds that the company finds it difficult to lay off employees and it is the last thing it wants to resort to, but sometimes circumstances do not allow any other choice.
In the last quarter of last year, the company employed more than 1.5 million people. That’s 1% fewer employees than in the final three months of 2022.
In the Netherlands, Amazon officials said the tech company had about 1,250 employees in August, including at its Dutch headquarters in Amsterdam. Amazon says no jobs have been lost at Prime in the Netherlands.
However, Amazon is not the only major company to cut many jobs recently to save costs. Tech giant Microsoft, for example, laid off 1,900 people within the company’s video game division.
eBay also eliminated about 9% of its jobs, which is about 1,000 employees.
]]>The company said Altman and the board have reached an agreement for him to return as CEO with a new board to replace the one that removed him on Friday.
Sam Altman’s return is expected to quell tensions within the company, as as we previously informed you over 700 OpenAI employees spoke out against the CEO’s removal and threatened to have theirs stayed if he was not brought back.
The corporate saga of Sam Altman’s firing is one of the most watched and commented upon in tech history.
OpenAI reported in an X post that the new board will be made up of three original members: former Salesforce co-CEO Brett Taylor, former White House counsel and Harvard University president Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo, CEO of the website Quora and a former Facebook employee. “We’re collabbing to iron out the details. Thank you very much for your patience during this process”.
We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.
We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) November 22, 2023
The board members never gave specific details about their decision to remove Altman as CEO, other than their statement Friday saying Sam had not been “consistently candid in communication” with them and as a result they had “lost confidence” in his leadership style.
Altman said in a separate statement on X that he was happy to return as CEO. “i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together”, he wrote.
i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together. when i decided to join msft on sun evening, it was clear that was the best path for me and the team. with the new board and w satya’s support, i’m…
— Sam Altman (@sama) November 22, 2023
Altman expressed his anticipation for his return and emphasized the prospect of strengthening the existing partnership with Microsoft, given the newly constituted board. The collaboration between OpenAI and Microsoft is longstanding, marked by Microsoft’s investment in the startup and OpenAI’s utilization of Microsoft’s cloud computing services.
Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, conveyed his optimism about the changes in the OpenAI board, considering it a crucial first step toward achieving more stable, well-informed, and effective governance.
The decision was met with celebration by other OpenAI executives. Mira Murati, who briefly served as interim CEO following Altman’s departure, shared the OpenAI announcement on
Tuesday, accompanied by a simple blue heart emoji.
]]>Yesterday morning everyone’s attention was drawn to one piece of news. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Altman would be joining the tech giant to lead a new advanced artificial intelligence research team.
And even though Sam Altman’s name has become the most commented on for a few days, few of you actually know who he is and what his contributions to artificial intelligence are.
Let’s get to know the founder of ChatGPT a little better and understand what significance he has in the field of technology. 10 things you need to know about Sam Altman, presented by News Ablive.
- Samuel Harris Altman was born into a Jewish family on April 22, 1985. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He got his first computer when he was only eight years old.
- He chose to go to Stanford University to study computer science, but dropped out after one year. In 2005, he decided to pursue other things.
- At the age of 19, he co-founded the location-based social media app, Loopt. He raised $30 million from venture capital funds, but the company failed to get on its feet. Loopt was eventually purchased by Green Dot Corporation for $43.4 million in 2012.
- In 2011, Loopt joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner. Within 3 years, he became president of Y Combinator.
- In 2015, he joined Combinator. Altman made Forbes’ “30 under 30” list.
- In 2016, he became the president of YC Group which comprised Y Combinator and other units. He then decided to focus on the AI research lab OpenAI in 2019 and hence stepped down from the president of the YC Group to just holding a chair on its board.
- In 2019, he co-founded Tools for Humanity, a company that built a cryptocurrency-based global iris-based biometric system, called Worldcoin. However, the company drew flak after the publication of a 2022 report by MIT Technology Review which revealed that it exploited the indigent workers of low-income countries in order to expand its network.
- He then made the complete transition to OpenAI as a CEO and co-founder in 2020. The company had already received funding from tech giants such as Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and others.
- He was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in 2023 based on his work with OpenAI and his investments in startups such as Airbnb, Stripe, Pinterest, Reddit, etc.
- Fun fact, he was also the the CEO of our beloved Reddit for a short span of eight days in 2014 during the period when Yishan Wong stepped down and Steve Huffman returned as CEO.