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OpenAI plans to dramatically expand its user base through new AI products, data center investments, and an Apple partnership. According to reporting by Madhumita Murgia, George Hammond, and Cristina Criddle in the Financial Times, the company aims to reach one billion users in the coming year, up from its current 250 million weekly active users. …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT automatically blocks conversations containing certain individuals’ names, according to reporting by Benj Edwards for Ars Technica. The blocking mechanism appears to be a response to defamation concerns and legal threats, with confirmed blocks on names including Brian Hood, Jonathan Turley, and Jonathan Zittrain. The article explains that Hood’s case, involving false claims about …
A new publishing startup called Spines has drawn criticism from writers and publishers over its plans to publish 8,000 books in 2025 using artificial intelligence. As reported by Ella Creamer for The Guardian, the company will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 for AI-assisted publishing services including proofreading, formatting, and distribution. Industry professionals, including independent …
A group calling itself “Sora PR Puppets” temporarily leaked access to OpenAI’s unreleased Sora video generation tool through a Hugging Face platform interface. The group published authentication tokens that allowed users to generate 10-second videos at 1080p resolution before access was revoked. The protesters claim OpenAI is pressuring early testers to present positive narratives while …
PlayAI, a company developing AI-powered voice cloning and text-to-speech technology, has secured $21 million in seed funding led by 500 Startups and Kindred Ventures. As reported by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, the Y Combinator-backed startup offers tools for creating synthetic voices, including a voice cloning feature and automated customer service agents. While the technology allows …
OpenAI, Meta, and Orange are partnering to develop artificial intelligence models for African languages, starting with Wolof and Pulaar in West Africa. According to reporting by Loni Prinsloo and Jillian Deutsch for Bloomberg, the initiative will launch in the first half of 2025 and aims to address the lack of AI language models for Africa’s …
The US Justice Department has proposed forcing Google to unwind its $2 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as part of an antitrust case resolution. According to reporting by Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen for Bloomberg, the proposal aims to prevent Google from acquiring, investing in, or collaborating with companies that control consumer search …
Amazon has announced an additional $4 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Anthropic, bringing its total investment to $8 billion while maintaining a minority stake. The investment marks Amazon’s largest outside investment in its three-decade history. As part of the agreement, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will become Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner. Anthropic will …
A local Hawaiian newspaper, The Garden Island, discontinued its AI-generated news broadcast program after a two-month trial period, reports Guthrie Scrimgeour. The program, which featured AI presenters James and Rose created by Israeli firm Caledo, was the first of its kind in the United States. The virtual anchors struggled with pronunciation, displayed unnatural behavior, and …
Business investment in generative AI reached $13.8 billion in 2024, marking a 500% increase from $2.3 billion in 2023, according to a new report from Menlo Ventures. Hayden Field reports for CNBC that OpenAI’s enterprise market share dropped from 50% to 34%, while Anthropic doubled its share to 24%. The findings, based on a survey …