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The latest news and information about the tech sector's CEOs and former CEOs.

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US District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence after rejecting Bankman-Fried’s claim that FTX customers did not actually lose money and accusing him of lying during his trial testimony.

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The sentence is necessary for the ‘historic’ fraud involving more than 1 million victims and losses of more than US$10 billion, they said in a court filing.

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In its first legal response to Musk’s lawsuit, OpenAI said the tech billionaire’s allegations against it are ‘contrived’ and based on ‘the terms of his fictitious contract’ with the start-up.

OpenAI’s response hits at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Musk, who accused the start-up of breaching their founding agreement to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.

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Burn Book calls Elon Musk a malevolent narcissist and Mark Zuckerberg ‘the most damaging man in tech’, as its author, veteran Silicon Valley journalist Kara Swisher, warns about the rising dangers of AI.

The surprise move marks the end of the multibillion-dollar Project Titan, one of the most ambitious efforts in the tech giant’s history.

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The collective fortune of the top 50 wealthiest families and individuals in Malaysia is estimated to be US$81.6 billion according to Forbes – but who’s the richest in 2024?

The former tech exec joined Bill Gates at Microsoft after dropping out of his Stanford MBA, and continues to make a billion a year from his stake in the company

Social media firms have been accused of not doing enough to protect young people facing issues ranging from sexual predators to bullying to eating disorders.

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Haidilao founder Zhang Yong and fan of Tesla’s Elon Musk, Leo Koguan, all make the list – but which famous tech founder is the richest in the Lion City?

Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel was once one of the youngest billionaires in the world, but his net worth tanked in the past few years – so how did he get here?

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is seeking to raise US$1 billion in funding from equity investors, with nearly US$135 million already raised, according to a new filing.

Artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI, which took the world by storm a year ago with its ChatGPT app, is applying for trademarks in China under the names ‘GPT-6’ and ‘GPT-7’.

The tech entrepreneur dropped US$300 million to buy 98 per cent of Hawaii’s Lanai island, which features 2 Four Seasons resorts … so where else has he invested his billions?

A one-time aspiring fashion designer who attends Celine shows at Paris Fashion Week and only eats a meal a day: welcome to the weird world of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

They’ve been dating on and off for about 5 years and their kids from previous marriages have all met – so will Jennifer Garner and John Miller be getting married any time soon?

Do Kwon, wanted by both Seoul and Washington, is the former CEO of Terraform Labs, the company behind TerraUSD. It collapsed in 2022, roiling cryptocurrency markets.

A child prodigy whose life was changed by a Macintosh computer, Altman dropped out of Stanford University to found tech start-up Loopt, and now his net worth sits at an estimated US$500 million

The ChatGPT maker had made progress on Q*, which some researchers believe could be a breakthrough in artificial general intelligence, one of the sources say.

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