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Q&A with Jerry Tworek, OpenAI’s recently departed vice president of research, who says OpenAI’s shift to more conservative methods has made pioneering, high-risk work more difficult.—Are all AI superpowers playing it too safe? — ∙ Paid — On January 5, famous AI researcher Jerry Tworek stunned world+dog…
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- As wealth managers grapple with AI calculations, the technology is, for now, easing their workload by taking over routine tasks, freeing up more time to advise clients (Bloomberg)
- only 26% of companies have a complete view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing (Wall Street Journal)

