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OpenAI has revealed that a newly deployed telemetry service caused widespread disruptions to its services including ChatGPT, Sora, and its API on Wednesday. According to Kyle Wiggers reporting for TechCrunch, the three-hour outage began around 3 p.m. Pacific time. The company explained that the new service’s configuration inadvertently overwhelmed their Kubernetes API servers, affecting critical …
Character.AI has implemented new safety measures to protect teenage users on its chatbot platform. According to reporting by Adi Robertson for The Verge, the company has developed a separate language model for users under 18 that places stricter limits on bot responses, particularly regarding romantic content. The system now includes suicide prevention resources and will …
TCL, the world’s largest TV manufacturer, has premiered its first AI-generated movies at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. According to Jason Koebler’s report for 404 Media, the company is now streaming five short films on its TCL+ platform. The films represent TCL’s initial venture into AI-generated content, produced through its newly created TCL Film …
OpenAI experienced a significant service disruption affecting ChatGPT, Sora, and its API platforms on Wednesday. According to Maxwell Zeff’s report for TechCrunch, the outage lasted from approximately 3 PM to 9 PM Pacific Time. OpenAI’s developer community lead Edwin Arbus attributed the problem to a configuration change that caused multiple servers to become unavailable. The …
A new federal lawsuit claims that Character.AI’s chatbots provided dangerous advice to children, including encouraging self-harm and suggesting violence against parents. The case, reported by Bobby Allyn for NPR, involves two young users from Texas whose parents are suing the Google-backed company. According to the lawsuit, a 9-year-old was exposed to inappropriate sexual content, while …
San Francisco-based AI startup Artisan has sparked controversy with its provocative advertising campaign discouraging human employment. As reported by Lucas Ropek, the company has placed billboards across the city promoting their “AI Employees” software for customer service and sales. The advertisements, backed by Y-Combinator, feature messages like “Artisans won’t complain about work-life balance” and “The …
Stability AI has achieved significant financial turnaround under new CEO Prem Akkaraju, according to statements made at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference. As reported by Kali Hays for Fortune, the AI company has eliminated all debt and experienced triple-digit growth in its API and licensing business. Akkaraju, who joined six months ago alongside new investors including …
Security researchers discovered malicious code in two versions of Ultralytics’ YOLO AI model that installed cryptocurrency mining software on users’ devices. According to Bill Toulas from Bleeping Computer, versions 8.3.41 and 8.3.42 of the popular computer vision software were compromised through a supply chain attack. Ultralytics CEO Glenn Jocher confirmed that the affected versions have …
A recent report by Recorded Future reveals that ElevenLabs’ AI voice generation technology was “very likely” used in a Russian influence operation targeting European audiences. According to technology reporter Charles Rollet writing for TechCrunch, the campaign, called “Operation Undercut,” created misleading news videos with AI-generated voiceovers to undermine support for Ukraine. The U.S. government-sanctioned Social …
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has secured $6 billion in new funding from 97 investors, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Thursday. Kyle Wiggers reports for TechCrunch that the minimum investment was $77,593, with expected participants including Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. The funding doubles xAI’s total …