OpenAI delays much hyped “advanced voice mode”
The much-hyped new “advanced voice mode” for ChatGPT has been delayed by at least a month. It should now be available in late July or early August, initially for a small group of users only.
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OpenAI’s revenue is growing rapidly
According to a report by The Information, OpenAI is experiencing rapid growth in revenue. Annual revenue is said to have doubled in the last six months to $3.4 billion. Most of the revenue comes from subscriptions to ChatGPT and from fees paid by developers. Microsoft also pays OpenAI a portion of the revenue from the …
OpenAI acquires start-ups Rockset and Multi
ChatGPT company OpenAI acquires two startups: Rockset and Multi. Rockset, known for its real-time analytics database, will strengthen OpenAI’s infrastructure. The five-person team at Multi, specialists in screen sharing and collaboration, will strengthen the development of the ChatGPT desktop application. Industry experts are speculating about possible new features such as AI computer control or enhanced …
OpenAI co-founder launches Safe Superintelligence Inc.
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, has launched a new startup called Safe Superintelligence Inc. He is joined by Daniel Levy and Daniel Gross. The founders see “superintelligence” as the most important technical problem of our time. Such systems would go far beyond the capabilities of the human brain. Sutskever was previously part of the superalignment …
Music labels sue music AI start-ups Suno and Udio
The major music labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Records have sued the AI companies Suno and Udio. They accuse them of having used copyrighted works on a massive scale for their AI music generators without permission. The lawsuits were filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in Boston and …
AI search engine Perplexity under fire
AI startup Perplexity is under fire. Several media outlets have accused the company of copying content from websites without permission. Especially controversial: Perplexity is said to have bypassed blocks meant to prevent this. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas denies the accusations. He speaks of misunderstandings and refers vaguely to the use of third-party providers. At the …
California plans strict safety rules for AI
California wants to implement strict safety rules for artificial intelligence, including a “kill switch” and reporting requirements for developers. Critics warn of barriers to innovation, excessive bureaucracy, and negative impacts on open source models that could weaken the state’s technology sector.
Tribeca Festival features films created with OpenAI’s Sora
This year’s Tribeca Festival will be the first to feature short films created entirely with OpenAI’s upcoming video AI, Sora. Five filmmakers will present their Sora-generated works and discuss the new technology at the festival.
Mistral raises $640 million
French startup Mistral AI raises $640 million in a funding round, valuing the company at nearly $6 billion. Mistral intends to use the fresh capital to expand its resources for developing open source AI models and to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic in the global competition.
Meta eyes user content for AI training
Meta apparently wants to use content from Instagram and Facebook to train its AI models. European users will be able to opt out of having their data used for AI training, but they will have to actively request it. Meta’s wording in the email is also vague, suggesting that users must provide a reason for …