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Top Tech News: OpenAI Revamps Leadership: AI Safety Leader Takes on New Project

OpenAI’s Safety Leader Takes Up New Research Project

Sumedha Sen

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OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced that the company's AI safety expert, Aleksander Madry, is currently working on an important new research project. This announcement comes as the startup is restructuring its preparedness team.

"Aleksander is working on a new and v(very) important research project," Altman said in a post on X, adding that OpenAI executives Joaquin Quinonero Candela and Lilian Weng will be stepping into the preparedness team's roles temporarily.

These changes are taking place at a time when OpenAI's chatbots, capable of engaging in conversations that mimic humans and generate videos and images from text inputs, have been gaining in power and raising concerns about safety.

Earlier this year, the Microsoft-backed company formed a Safety and Security Committee to be led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman, in the run-up to its training of its next artificial intelligence model.

Cisco is seeking an experienced Commercial Finance Analyst to join their team in Bangalore. This position is a key part of the company's finance department, reporting directly to the Commercial Finance leader. The Commercial Finance Analyst will play a crucial role in the company's sales activities, collaborating closely with the Area VP for Sales, Sales Directors, Finance Controller, and other key internal parties involved in a potential business deal. 

The selected candidate will serve as a reliable business partner and advisor to the Sales teams, ensuring the smooth management of unique deals that adhere to the company's policies and procedures.

The chosen candidate will oversee, assist, and organize the process of structuring, reviewing, and approving deals. Applicants must demonstrate excellent judgment to help the company maximize profits, effectively reduce risks, and stay competitive in the market.

The candidate will gain exposure to various areas of the business and will have the opportunity to manage complex, non-standard business opportunities.

The candidate will build relationships with different departments within the company to facilitate detailed discussions and approvals of deals, including direct involvement with executives.

India is at the edge of steering into the future power of Artificial Intelligence. Due to being one of the global leaders in terms of economic growth, India’s AI contributes a lot to the improvement of various industries. They range from healthcare with better diagnostics and more effective treatments and agricultural yields to better manufacturing through improved efficiencies and also cover socio-economic transformation of the county as a result of application of the AI technology. 

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The defunct crypto company is utilizing the largest crypto exchange in the US to return money that was lost after BlockFi went bankrupt last year.

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