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Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.

Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.

FromScience with Sabine


Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.

FromScience with Sabine

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about the leading theories for why Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI, cosmic rays with HUGE energies, evidence of a an overdue supervolcano eruption near Italy, an exoplanet on which it rains sand, Microsoft’s first AI-chip, why spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are so rare, how climate engineering could save the Antarctic, cannibalistic stars, and of course the telephone will ring.

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Released:
Nov 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Science news and updates from Sabine Hossenfelder. As simple as possible, but not any simpler.