OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open-source artificial intelligence program OpenClaw, to help develop its product offerings, according to a post by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X. Steinberger will join OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents, Altman said. This move comes as the tech industry sees rapid advancements in AI, with companies and individuals alike racing to stay ahead.
Steinberger announced on his website that he was joining OpenAI to be part of the frontier of AI research and development. He added that it was important to him that OpenClaw remain open source. OpenAI will continue to support OpenClaw as an open-source project, Altman wrote.
The fast pace of change in the tech world is putting pressure on workers to constantly reskill, according to Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. He stated that successful people in tech understand the technology, have high emotional intelligence, and care about the team's mission. Robbins believes collaboration, not individual heroics, is what separates standout employees.
Meanwhile, Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of Blackstone, is reportedly planning to build a top-10 philanthropic foundation focused on AI and education, according to The Wall Street Journal. Schwarzman's foundation had $65 million in total assets as of 2024. The foundation recently hired an executive director to oversee Schwarzman's vision for philanthropic growth, the WSJ reported.
The race to develop advanced AI is also evident in the competition among companies like Nvidia and Groq, as highlighted in VentureBeat. The article compared the development to the construction of the Great Pyramid, noting that the illusion of smoothness vanishes upon closer inspection, revealing the massive, jagged blocks of limestone.
In a separate development, an individual tasked Claude, Codex, and Gemini to build a SQLite-like engine in Rust, resulting in 19,000 lines of code, according to Hacker News. The project included a parser, planner, executor, pager, btrees, and more, with 282 passing unit tests. The project was built using distributed systems principles, emphasizing coordination through git, lock files, tests, and merge discipline.
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