💬 Quoted: “We remain focused on building AI that benefits everyone and we’re working with our board to ensure that we’re best positioned to succeed in our mission.”

• The winds of change aren’t just blowing at Monsters Inc. OpenAI is also in the process of undergoing a change, according to multiple reports, which indicate the ChatGPT-maker plans to shake up its nonprofit structure sometime next year. 

🌊 Stat of the Day: Last September, scientists across the globe detected a mysterious seismic vibration that shook the planet for nine straight days (too long to be an earthquake). Researchers immediately began investigating the phenomenon – and now, following a year-long international collaboration, they’ve identified the culprit: a naturally created wave pool of mind-boggling proportions. In a report published Thursday, scientists detailed how a melting glacier caused a massive landslide at a fjord in Greenland on that September day, resulting in a 650-foot tsunami wave – one of the largest on record – that sloshed back and forth for the next nine days.

🤔 Did You Know? The stamp-collecting ranks are growing. Nearly half of all Americans (48%) had a passport last year, up from ~5% in 1990, according to the US State Department.

📰 Worth a Read: Hollywood’s secret weapon is an independent animation studio called Titmouse → (CNBC)