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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Published by skeptic

OpenAI is losing two of the architects of its most ambitious moonshots. Kevin Weil, who led the company’s science research initiative, and Bill Peebles, the researcher behind AI video tool Sora, both announced their departures on Friday. The exits come as OpenAI consolidates around enterprise AI and its forthcoming “superapp.” The departures follow OpenAI’s decision to cut back on “side quests,” including customer-facing bets like Sora and OpenAI for Science. Sora, which was losing an estimated $1 million per day in compute costs, was shut down last month. OpenAI for Science was the internal research group behind Prism, an AI-powered platform that promised to accelerate scientific discovery. It’s being absorbed into “other research teams,” according to Weil’s social media post announcing the news. “It’s been a mind-expanding two years, from Chief Product Officer to joining the research team and starting OpenAI for Science,” Weil wrote. “Accelerating science will be one of the most stunningly positive outcomes of our push to AGI.” The team had a short and bumpy road after its formal announcement in October …

13 fun desert side quests for when you’re not at Coachella or Stagecoach

13 fun desert side quests for when you’re not at Coachella or Stagecoach

Published by Sam Flores

Shields Date Garden, a 17-acre farm founded in 1924, is a monument to the versatility of the date palm, a case study in midcentury marketing savvy, a repository of Christian statuary and a fine site for roadside signage. Look for the tall blue knight with the bright yellow shield. This combination keeps the place remarkably busy, including its old-fashioned shake counter ($9.15 for 21 ounces of cool desert sweetness); its retail shop; its sprawling outdoor café; and the 105-seat theater which screens a slide show daily on “The Romance and Sex Life of the Date.” The slide show (which explains the subtle points of date palm cultivation) goes back to the early 1950s, when co-founder Floyd Shields was looking for a new way to lure more visitors. These days, the slide show vies for visitors with the Walk, a path through the palms to statuary illustrating 14 scenes from the life of Christ. The statuary arrived about 10 years ago, having been relocated from a biblical garden in Vancouver, Canada. The fee for strolling the …

After Cutting Down on ‘Side Quests,’ OpenAI Bought a Talk Show

After Cutting Down on ‘Side Quests,’ OpenAI Bought a Talk Show

Published by skeptic

OpenAI has spent the last few weeks seemingly trying to refocus on using AI for business instead of what execs dubbed “side quests,” dumping its AI video generator and its plans for an adult-themed chatbot. So this week, of course, the company announced it’s jumping into the media business. OpenAI said it was acquiring Technology Business Programming Network, better known as TBPN, which runs a 3-hour show streamed on weekdays that delves into the biggest topics — and brings in the biggest names — in tech business. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) OpenAI said it added TBPN to “help create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes AI creates,” Fidji Simo, CEO of AGI deployment at OpenAI, wrote in a message to employees shared by OpenAI. Simo said the company also wanted to take advantage of TBPN’s marketing prowess. “They have a strong pulse on where the industry is going, their …

Crimson Desert chapters: Full list of main quests and missions

Crimson Desert chapters: Full list of main quests and missions

Published by Daniella Wilson

One of the biggest games of the year, Crimson Desert is a gargantuan game, with plenty of chapters to complete along the way. Of course, you may just want to spend your time exploring the vast continent of Pywel, but if you’re beelining the story, you may want to know how far through you are. So, for a full list of chapters and the main missions in Crimson Desert, read on! Full list of Crimson Desert chapters and main quests There are nine total chapters in Crimson Desert, including a prologue at the start of the game. Each chapter is made up of several sub-chapters, which themselves contain multiple quests. Here is the full list of chapters, sub-chapters and main quests in Crimson Desert we know about so far: Prologue: Dead of Night Ambush Unfamiliar Lands In Ashes Unknown Space Realm of Uncertainty New Journey Want to see this content? This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other …

Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade missions – Full list of chapters and side quests

Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade missions – Full list of chapters and side quests

Published by Daniella Wilson

Bringing players back to a modern Midgar, Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade is, in many ways, a remake in name only. It spins a whole new tale of Cloud and the Avalanche Gang, with a host of new chapters and side quests to take on. If you’re wondering how many missions there are in FF7: Remake Intergrade and how long it is, here’s the full list. Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade missions – Full list of chapters and side quests Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade has a total of 44 missions to complete, split between main chapters and side quests, known in the game as Odd Jobs. We’ve split things up to make it easier to read, but here is the full list of missions in FF7: Remake Intergrade: All Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade main story chapters There are 18 main story chapters to complete in total in FF7: Remake Intergrade. These are: Chapter 1: The Destruction of Mako Reactor 1 Chapter 2: Fateful Encounters Chapter 3: Home Sweet Slum Chapter 4: Mad Dash …