May 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the startup at the center of today's artificial intelligence boom. OpenAI would not be what it is without him, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a message to the company, which OpenAI posted on its blog. Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed OpenAI makes the popular ChatGPT chatbot, which...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 (Reuters) - Tesla plans to lay off an additional 601 employees in California, it said in a notice to the state government, as the automaker undertakes a series of job cuts globally that began a month ago amid falling sales and intensifying price competition. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on April 15 that the company would...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a jointly owned tie-up, must pay in damages for a 2015 deadly tailings dam failure, according to a legal document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. In January, a Brazilian federal judge ruled that Vale...

SAO PAULO, May 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian digital lender Nubank's adjusted net profit more than doubled in the fist quarter when compared to the year-earlier period, surpassing analysts estimates, as growth in its credit loan portfolio boosted revenues. Nubank's adjusted net profit surged 143% to $442.7 million from the year earlier, while analysts polled by LSEG expected a $404.8 million...