November 04, 2025
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Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever just revealed that the board contacted Anthropic about a merger within 24 hours of removing Sam Altman, starting discussions that could have unified two competing AI research approaches under one roof.
What technical breakthroughs were lost when 700 employees threatened to quit and forced the plan's collapse?
In today's recap:
OpenAI board considered merging with Anthropic after Altman firing
OpenAI secures seven-year AWS infrastructure worth $38 billion
Adobe opens Creative Cloud to multiple AI model providers
New AI tools & prompts
OPENAI
OpenAI board eyed Anthropic merger deal
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Recaply: Just hours after OpenAI fired Sam Altman in November 2023, the board started serious talks about merging with rival AI company Anthropic. Former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever revealed these discussions in recent legal testimony, showing how close the AI world came to a major shakeup.
Key details:
The merger talks began on Saturday, November 18, 2023, just one day after Altman's removal from OpenAI.
Board member Helen Toner contacted Anthropic's leadership team, including founders Dario and Daniela Amodei, about combining the two companies.
Sutskever opposed the merger strongly, but other board members showed support for the plan, with Toner being most enthusiastic.
Anthropic expressed interest but raised practical obstacles that prevented the deal from moving forward.
The discussions ended quickly as over 700 OpenAI employees threatened to quit unless Altman returned, forcing the board to reinstate him within five days.
Why it matters: This revelation shows how unstable things were at OpenAI during the leadership crisis. The board considered handing control to a competitor founded by former OpenAI employees, which would have completely changed the AI industry landscape. The fact that employee loyalty ultimately won out demonstrates the power dynamics in tech companies today.
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AWS & OPENAI
AWS and OpenAI partner in $38B deal
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Recaply: OpenAI just announced a multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services worth $38 billion over seven years. This gives OpenAI immediate access to hundreds of thousands of powerful NVIDIA chips to run its AI workloads, with the ability to scale even further as demand grows.
Key details:
OpenAI gains access to AWS compute infrastructure featuring hundreds of thousands of state-of-the-art NVIDIA GPUs starting immediately.
The $38 billion agreement runs for seven years with all capacity targeted for deployment before the end of 2026.
OpenAI will use Amazon EC2 UltraServers that cluster GPUs on the same network for faster performance.
AWS brings experience running AI infrastructure at massive scale with clusters topping 500,000 chips.
The infrastructure supports everything from serving ChatGPT to training next generation AI models.
Why it matters: This partnership shows how rapidly AI companies need computing power to keep pushing boundaries. By teaming up with AWS, OpenAI secures the infrastructure backbone it needs to develop more advanced models while millions of users continue getting value from ChatGPT and other tools.
ADOBE
Adobe brings top AI models to Creators
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Recaply: Adobe announced it will offer creative professionals access to leading AI models from multiple companies directly inside Creative Cloud apps. The update includes new Firefly Custom Models that let users train personalized AI on their own visual style, plus batch editing tools for processing thousands of images.
Key details:
Creative professionals can now use AI models from Adobe, Google, Black Forest Labs, OpenAI, Runway, and others without leaving their workflow.
Firefly Custom Models allows creators to train private AI models on their own images to generate assets with consistent visual style.
New Firefly Creative Production tool enables bulk editing of thousands of images at once through a no-code interface.
Photoshop gains Generative Upscale powered by Topaz AI, turning low-resolution images into 4K with realistic detail.
Premiere Pro gets AI Object Mask in beta, eliminating manual rotoscoping for video editors.
Why it matters: The move positions Adobe as an AI platform rather than just an AI provider. Creative professionals can experiment with cutting-edge models from different companies while keeping their existing workflows, avoiding the hassle of managing multiple subscriptions and learning curves.
NEWS
📰 What matters in AI right now?
Former xAI researcher Eric Zelikman is raising $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation for Humans&, a startup building AI models to better collaborate with humans.
Google pulled its Gemma model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accused it of defamation for generating false sexual misconduct claims against her.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman stated AI models are not conscious and said researchers should stop pursuing projects suggesting otherwise.
Universal Music Group settled its copyright lawsuit with Udio and will launch a licensed AI music creation platform in 2026 powered by authorized music.
Character AI announced it will prohibit users under 18 from open-ended chatbot conversations starting November 25 while building age-appropriate features.
OpenAI released gpt-oss-safeguard models (120b and 20b) that let developers set custom moderation rules and review AI's reasoning for content classification decisions.
TikTok launched Smart Split and AI Outline, new AI tools that automatically convert longer videos into short clips and generate structured outlines based on trending content.
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