One-Minute Daily AI News 11/20/2023

1. Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft.[1]
2. MIT Researchers Introduce MechGPT: A Language-Based Pioneer Bridging Scales, Disciplines, and Modalities in Mechanics and Materials Modeling.[2]
3. Amazon aims to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people by 2025 with its new ‘AI Ready’ commitment.[3]
4. OpenAI’s board of directors approached Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of rival large-language model developer Anthropic, about a potential merger of the two companies, said a person with direct knowledge.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/ousted-openai-head-sam-altman-to-lead-microsofts-new-ai-team-ceo-nadella-says.html

[2] https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/11/19/mit-researchers-introduce-mechgpt-a-language-based-pioneer-bridging-scales-disciplines-and-modalities-in-mechanics-and-materials-modeling/

[3] https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-free-ai-skills-training-courses

[4] https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-approached-anthropic-about-merger