OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman today, a stunning move that will reshape the AI wars and open new avenues for its competitors. Sharon Goldman, Senior AI writer at Venturebeat, joins us for an emergency podcast to discuss the news, and what comes next.

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Emergency Podcast: Sam Altman Fired At OpenAI

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Alex Kantrowitz Episodes Around November 18, 2023

The Joy, Misery, and Fame Of An Extremely Online Life — With Taylor Lorenz

The Case Against SBF, Temu vs. Amazon, AI Therapy

Is The Federal Reserve Manufacturing a Financial Crisis? — With Christopher Leonard

Hamas vs. Israel Rewrites Social Media Norms, Live At The SBF Trial, OpenAI's New Values

SBF's Last Stand — With Molly White

Apple's Problem With Jon Stewart, Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimism, Middle East Misinformation

New Release at Big Technology, AI Bubble Looms, Apple's Next Event — With Brian McCullough

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Earnings, Cruise Pauses Operations, Zuck vs. Sam Altman

Why Google Never Shipped Its ChatGPT Predecessor — With Gaurav Nemade

Waymo's Co-CEO on Its New Uber Partnership, Safety, and Driverless Trucking — With Tekedra Mawakana

SBF Convicted, OpenAI Is Vulnerable, Ozempic Effect Gone Overboard

The Secrets Of Ray Dalio and His Dot Collector Transparency Software — With Rob Copeland

OpenAI's Big Week, The Pin Is Here, Cruise's Major Recall

Google's Search VP on Generative AI in Search, User Notes on Search Results, and SEOs — With Cathy Edwards

Xi Visits San Francisco, Microsoft’s Big AI Event, Bin Laden on TikTok

Emergency Podcast: Sam Altman Fired At OpenAI

What We Know About Sam Altman's Ouster, The Morning After

Sam Altman To Microsoft, OpenAI In Flux — With Dan Primack

Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI. Now What? — With Aaron Levie

OpenAI's 'Worrying' Q-Star Breakthrough, Google's Culture Problem, Crypto After CZ & SBF

Silicon Valley's Effective Altruist vs. Accelerationist Religious War

ChatGPT Gets Lazy, Elon Musk Blasts Advertisers and Releases The Cybertruck, Jack Ma Returns

Tech's Big November Rally, Apple's Path Forward, The State of Tesla — With Dan Ives

Google’s Deceptive Gemini Release, More Tech Layoffs, George Santos Saves Cameo

2024's Big Ideas — With Jessi Hempl and Hello Monday

Intel's CEO Shares His Plan To Win The AI Chip War — With Pat Gelsinger

AI Scandals Rock Newsrooms, Uber’s Road to Profitability, NVIDIA’s Underappreciated Weakness

Is Generative AI Killing Creativity Or Enhancing It? — With Scott Belsky

2023 In Review, 2024 Predictions — With Casey Newton

Palantir and Clearview Are Turning Ukraine’s War Into an R&D Lab — With Vera Bergengruen

New York Times Sues OpenAI, Apple Watch Ban's Implications, Snapchat Rising On AI Success

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