ChainCatcher message, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X: "Over the past year, World (i.e., Worldcoin) has made incredible progress, and I am immensely proud of the team, especially under the leadership of Alex Blania, which combines vision and execution. Overall, I am very optimistic about the bright future of cryptocurrency."

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, on the eve of the two-year anniversary of ChatGPT's launch, there are reports that OpenAI plans to release its next-generation flagship model Orion.Unlike the two models 4o and o1 released by OpenAI this year, Orion will not be widely released through ChatGPT; instead, access will be granted first to companies with close partnerships, allowing them to build their own products and features.Subsequently, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly refuted the claim, calling it an out-of-control rumor.

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman announced on social media that there are significant personnel changes happening at the company. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, Chief Scientist Bob, and another executive, Barret, will be leaving. Altman stated that these decisions are independent and amicable. Mark will take over as Senior Vice President of the research department, leading the research team alongside Chief Scientist Jakub. Josh Achiam will serve as the Director of Mission Alignment, while Kevin and Srinivas will continue to lead the application team, and Matt Knight will become the Chief Information Security Officer.Altman emphasized that although this change is sudden, the leadership transition is a natural result of the company's rapid growth. He plans to refocus his energy on the company's technology and product aspects and will discuss these changes further in an all-hands meeting.

ChainCatcher news, according to Financial界, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has invested in over 400 companies, with a stake valued at least $2.8 billion. Reports indicate that Altman's net worth recently surpassed the $2 billion mark. He does not hold shares in OpenAI, with an annual salary of about $65,000, but Altman is one of Silicon Valley's most prolific individual investors. Companies Altman has invested in include payment company Stripe, short-term rental platform Airbnb, social news forum Reddit, and Musk's brain-computer interface company Neuralink, among others.Regulatory documents show that Altman's traceable net worth mainly consists of three parts: venture capital fund projects, listed projects of invested companies, and estimated investment return projects. Most of this comes from investments in a series of venture capital funds, totaling as much as $1.2 billion.

ChainCatcher news, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner harshly criticized Altman in an interview for his lack of transparency in decision-making, which left the board unaware of key decisions at OpenAI. This was the reason why the board members ultimately decided to dismiss him. She revealed that Altman had repeatedly concealed information from the board and distorted the ongoing business of the company, and in some cases, outright lied to the board.It is reported that last fall, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was first removed by the board and then regained his position, which led to a major reshuffle of the company's board members.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Information, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will rejoin the company's board of directors.In addition, former head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former Sony Entertainment executive Nicole Seligman, and Instacart CEO Fidji Simo will also join the board.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg citing informed sources, there were many disagreements between Sam Altman and his board before his dismissal, particularly severe disagreements with OpenAI co-founder and company chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The points of contention include opinions on AI safety, the pace of technological development, and the commercialization of the company.

ChainCatcher news, the life insurance provider Meanwhile, announced the completion of $19 million in funding across two rounds of seed financing. The first round was co-led by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Stripe issuing head Lachy Groom, while the second round was led by Gradient Ventures.Meanwhile stated that this funding enables it to obtain licensing and regulation from the Bermuda Monetary Authority, and to hire an initial team to launch its first product—lifetime life insurance priced in Bitcoin (BTC). (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to The New York Times, 350 executives, researchers, and engineers in the AI industry recently signed an open letter expressing concerns that AI technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The letter was issued by the nonprofit organization Center for AI Safety, which contains only one sentence: "Reducing the extinction risk posed by artificial intelligence should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, along with 2018 Turing Award winners Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, have signed the letter. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on Twitter that the dialogue in Europe about how to better regulate AI has been productive, and we are pleased to continue operating here, with no plans to leave, of course. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by the Financial Times citing informed sources, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's cryptocurrency company Worldcoin is in deep negotiations to raise $100 million in new funding, preparing to launch in the coming weeks and start trading within six weeks. Investors include Khosla Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund.Worldcoin was founded by Alex Blania and Altman in 2019, with plans to create a global identification system using iris scanning technology, which can be used to access its own global currency Worldcoin for free. According to The Information, a $100 million token sale early last year valued the company's total token supply at $3 billion. (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, the identity-centric crypto project Worldcoin co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has launched the decentralized identity protocol "World ID." Through PoP credentials, the World ID protocol enables everyone to prove their humanity online without the need for a third party. The protocol utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to maximize privacy, ultimately being managed by individuals through World ID itself.Currently, the initial versions of hardware devices, mobile clients, and deployment mechanisms have been implemented, all of which will gradually become decentralized. Applications can interact with this proof on the protocol through the recently launched SDK. The protocol itself is permissionless and is designed to ultimately support a variety of credentials that anyone can prove.World ID will be compatible with verified credential standards, allowing for the representation of the diversity of personal social interactions (soulbound tokens, cross-social data, etc.). As of now, over 1.4 million people have participated. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to ABC News, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated in an interview that artificial intelligence (AI) technology will reshape society. He believes that AI poses dangers but is also "the greatest technology developed by humanity so far." He emphasized that regulators and all sectors of society should participate as much as possible in the release and testing of ChatGPT, as external feedback helps mitigate the potential threats this technology poses to humanity. He added that he maintains "regular contact" with government officials. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Worldcoin, the crypto project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, plans to launch its mainnet in the first half of this year.According to two insiders, Worldcoin is partnering with Florida-based global manufacturing giant Jabil to outsource the production of its portable iris scanning devices, which debuted in 2021, in order to increase the output of its iris scanning orbs. (The Block)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the cryptocurrency company Worldcoin, founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has launched the World ID protocol and software development kit. World ID is described as the "underlying identity protocol" of Worldcoin, supported by zero-knowledge cryptography, allowing people to prove they are real without sacrificing anonymity.Regarding the SDK, Worldcoin has invited developers to sign up for the waitlist, and the product will be available to all users, including web widgets, developer portals, development simulators, examples, and guides. (source link)

According to ChainCatcher, citing informed sources from The Block, Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency company founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is in discussions with investors, including sovereign wealth funds, for a new round of financing. Informed sources say that Worldcoin aims to raise up to $120 million at a valuation of $3 billion, and this round of financing will include both equity and token financing.Previously reported, on March 23, 2022, Worldcoin was seeking to complete a $100 million financing at a $3 billion valuation, which would be conducted through the sale of tokens, with existing investors a16z and Khosla Ventures participating in this round.According to cryptocurrency data platform RootData, Worldcoin announced in June 2021 that it had completed a $25 million financing round, which was participated in by Coinbase Ventures, a16z, Day One Ventures, among others, with angel investors including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on Twitter: "The chatbot ChatGPT was launched last Wednesday, and today it has surpassed 1 million users." Regarding whether ChatGPT will always be free, Sam Altman responded, "We will have to monetize it in some way at some point, the costs are too high."In addition, Sam Altman mentioned in a reply to Twitter CEO Elon Musk, "The average cost per conversation may only be a few cents," while trying to find a more precise measurement method and reduce costs.It has been noted that Sam Altman is following Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Twitter. It is reported that Musk was involved in the founding of OpenAI but left the company in 2018 due to disagreements. (source link)