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aaron holmes

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aaron holmes

@aaronpholmes

tech reporter @theinformation email: [email protected]

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Joined January 2012

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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Apr 29
Elon Musk just testified in court that this @theinformation story was how he learned about OpenAI's plans to raise more money from Microsoft. Soon after this story went up, Elon texted Sam Altman a link to it and asked, "What the hell is going on?"
aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Oct 20, 2022
SCOOP: OpenAI is in talks with Microsoft to raise more money. The startup was valued at nearly $20 billion in a secondary sale last year. w/ @KateClarkTweets @erinkwoo @amir theinformation.com/articles/opena…
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Jun 15, 2024
New: Sam Altman has told shareholders that OpenAI is considering becoming a for-profit company that would no longer be controlled by a nonprofit board
OpenAI CEO Says Company Could Become Benefit Corporation Akin to Rivals Anthropic, xAI
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
May 25, 2023
Exclusive: In a December meeting w/ top execs, Satya Nadella laid into his head of research. "OpenAI built this with with 250 people," he said. "Why do we have Microsoft Research at all?" My deep dive on how $MSFT swallowed its pride to back OpenAI:
How Microsoft Swallowed Its Pride to Make a Massive Bet on OpenAI
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Jun 27, 2024
New: OpenAI is now making more from sales of its API than Microsoft makes from reselling it on Azure
In a Surprise, OpenAI Is Selling More of Its AI Models Than Microsoft Is
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Jul 24, 2024
New: OpenAI is on track to lose $5 billion this year, we estimate based on internal financial data and sources. OpenAI expects to spend around $4b on Azure bills for running ChatGPT and other inferencing, while training costs could exceed $3b. Details:
Why OpenAI Could Lose $5 Billion This Year
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Apr 12, 2022
Some personal news: This was my last month with @BusinessInsider. Next month I’ll be joining @theinformation, still reporting on the world of enterprise tech. I’m so grateful for the years I’ve spent at Insider and excited for what’s next. Pls keep sending me tech tips!
aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Jun 9, 2020
NEW: 59 former Change dot org employees are calling on the company to disclose how much money it made from its record-breaking 'Justice for George Floyd' petition & commit to donating that money
businessinsider.com
59 former Change.org employees are calling on the company to donate the money it made from its...
Some people who gave money to Change.org told Business Insider they felt duped after realizing the money didn't go to Floyd's family or any charity.
aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
May 6, 2024
Scoop: Microsoft is training its own large language model, internally labaled MAI-1, with Mustafa Suleyman leading the effort. The model is around 500B parameters and could compete directly with LLMs from Google, OpenAI, etc. Details:
Meet MAI-1: Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete With Google, OpenAI
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Apr 3, 2021
NEW: The phone numbers and personal data of 533 million Facebook users have been leaked in an online hacking forum, as first discovered by @UnderTheBreach
533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online
From businessinsider.com
aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
May 25, 2023
Replying to @aaronpholmes
Plus, previously unreported details on the cost of the supercomputer that Azure built for OpenAI — over $1.2 billion — which dwarfed the server clusters Microsoft had built for its own internal services:
How Microsoft Swallowed Its Pride to Make a Massive Bet on OpenAI
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
May 25, 2023
Replying to @aaronpholmes
Meanwhile, Microsoft has warned investors to expect big increases in capex on AI hardware in the coming year. That was a tough pill to swallow for some Microsoft employees after Nadella told staff this month that full-time staff won’t receive pay raises.
How Microsoft Swallowed Its Pride to Make a Massive Bet on OpenAI
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Feb 5, 2020
personal news: I'm officially joining Business Insider as a full time tech reporter starting next month!! very grateful and excited to keep working with the rad tech team here 🤗 send me tips about e-shenanigans: [email protected]
aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Nov 4, 2020
CA voters just passed Prop. 24, a new privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track people and gather data. Compliance experts say it could make huge parts of their businesses obsolete
California just passed a major privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to...
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aaron holmes
@aaronpholmes
Sep 3, 2020
The NSA phone-spying program exposed by Edward Snowden didn't stop a single terrorist attack, federal judge finds
The NSA phone-spying program exposed by Edward Snowden didn't stop a single terrorist attack,...
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