OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has now raised $6.6 billion in a new funding round that values the company at $157 billion, nearly doubling its previous valuation of $86 billion, according to a report from…
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI unveils easy voice assistant creation at 2024 developer event
Benj Edwards On Monday, OpenAI kicked off its annual DevDay event in San Francisco, unveiling four major API updates for developers that integrate the company’s AI models into their products. Unlike last year’s single-location event…
Google and Meta update their AI models amid the rise of “AlphaChip”
Enlarge / There’s been a lot of AI news this week, and covering it sometimes feels like running through a hall full of danging CRTs, just like this Getty Images illustration. It’s been a wildly…
Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”
Enlarge / A screen capture of AJ Smith doing his Eleanor Rigby duet with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode through the ChatGPT app. OpenAI’s new Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) of its ChatGPT AI assistant rolled out…
Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face
On Thursday, AI hosting platform Hugging Face surpassed 1 million AI model listings for the first time, marking a milestone in the rapidly expanding field of machine learning. An AI model is a computer program…
As OpenAI CTO and two others depart, Altman denies link to restructuring plans
In a subsequent statement at the Italian Tech Week conference in Turin, as reported by Reuters, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied any connection between the executive departures and the company’s restructuring plans. “That’s totally not…
OpenAI plans tectonic shift from nonprofit to for-profit, giving Altman equity
Benj Edwards / OpenAI On Wednesday, Reuters reported that OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation, moving away from control by its nonprofit board. The shift…
OpenAI’s Murati shocks with sudden departure announcement
Enlarge / Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 17, 2023. On Wednesday, OpenAI Chief Technical Officer Mira Murati…
Terminator’s Cameron joins AI company behind controversial image generator
Enlarge / Filmmaker James Cameron. On Tuesday, Stability AI announced that renowned filmmaker James Cameron—of Terminator and Skynet fame—has joined its board of directors. Stability is best known for its pioneering but highly controversial Stable…
OpenAI CEO: We may have AI superintelligence in “a few thousand days”
On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined his vision for an AI-driven future of tech progress and global prosperity in a new personal blog post titled “The Intelligence Age.” The essay paints a picture of…