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Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
Fidji Simo is stepping down from her full-time role leading OpenAI’s work on artificial general intelligence (AGI), moving instead to a position as a “part-time advisor,” she announced on X. The change follows her earlier decision in April to take medical leave shortly after assuming the AGI chief title, and matters because it marks the…
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U.S. World Cup Loss to Belgium Averages 33.1 Million Viewers, the Most-Watched Soccer Telecast in U.S. History
Fox’s broadcast of the United States Men’s National Soccer Team’s World Cup Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday 6 July drew an average of 33,086,000 viewers, making it the most-watched soccer telecast in US history. The figure marks NFL-level ratings for the fixture, and represents the biggest US television audience for any programme…
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OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s chief executive of AGI deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role and moving into a part-time advisory position. The change follows a months-long medical leave prompted by a worsening chronic neuroimmune condition, which Simo said in a post on X had deteriorated more severely than expected and now required her full…
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Days after announcing mass layoffs, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tapped to advise the Federal Reserve on jobs
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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
Lyzr, a three-year-old enterprise AI-agent startup based in Jersey City, New Jersey, has raised a $100 million Series B at a valuation of roughly $500 million — and, according to Bloomberg, it let its own AI agent run the fundraise. The system, named SivaClaw, reportedly fielded questions from more than 130 investors, drafted investment memos…
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Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Elon Musk has publicly praised Anthropic and pledged never to abruptly “cut off” the AI lab from SpaceX’s servers, after users on X suggested he could disable a rival that relies on his infrastructure. Musk went so far as to admit he was “clearly wrong about Anthropic,” reversing his September 2025 claim that “winning was…
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Is Advising the Federal Reserve on the Economic Impact of AI as Part of a ‘Productivity and Jobs’ Taskforce
The US Federal Reserve has appointed Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma to a newly formed “Productivity and Jobs” taskforce charged with assessing the economic impact of new technologies, including artificial intelligence. The appointment is notable both for its high profile — Sharma sits alongside venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Stanford economist Charles I. Jones —…
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Fubo Change-o: Disney Swaps In One Of Its Own As CEO, Replacing Co-Founder David Gandler
Disney has installed a long-serving executive, Alisa Bowen, as chief executive of the streaming pay-TV provider Fubo, replacing co-founder David Gandler, who had run the company since launching it in 2015. The move follows Disney’s acquisition of a 70% controlling stake in Fubo last October, which itself stemmed from a settlement of an antitrust lawsuit…
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US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs
The US Federal Reserve has appointed Asha Sharma, the CEO of Microsoft’s Xbox division, to lead a task force focused on jobs. The move has drawn attention and criticism because Sharma recently oversaw the loss of around 3,200 employees, making her selection to advise on employment a source of controversy given the apparent contradiction between…