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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, November 20th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Teenage boys are being targeted by online scammers, soliciting nude photos from them

and then threatening to release those photos unless they pay up.

Our family and tech columnist Julie Jargan will join us later in the show to discuss the rise of this extortion scam and what steps parents can take to protect their sons.

But first, Sam Altman is out at Open AI.

The startup unexpectedly pushed out the co-founder as CEO saying,

quote, the board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading

open AI.

The ousting comes following a series of clashes between Altman and some board members, including Open AI's chief scientist and fellow co-founder

Ilia Suitskova.

According to people familiar with the matter, a source of tension was around whether

Open AI was fully considering the safety implications of its products as it continues to expand its commercial offerings.

Mira Marotti, the company's chief technology officer, will serve as Interim CEO.

The change came as a surprise to Microsoft which has invested $13 billion into Open AI for

a 49% stake.

In a statement, Microsoft said the relationship between the two companies would be

unaffected by Altman's departure. Several major companies have pulled their ads from X,

formerly Twitter,

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