OpenAI is exploring the possibility of introducing advertising to its AI products while pursuing new revenue streams. According to a Financial Times article by Madhumita Murgia, Cristina Criddle, and George Hammond, the company has been hiring advertising experts from Meta and Google, including former Google search advertising leader Shivakumar Venkataraman. While Chief Financial Officer Sarah …
Elon Musk has filed a preliminary injunction against OpenAI and Microsoft in California’s Northern District Court to prevent OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit entity. According to tech journalist Kyle Wiggers reporting for TechCrunch, the filing accuses OpenAI’s leadership, including CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft, of anticompetitive behavior and self-dealing. The motion claims the defendants are …
A coalition of Canada’s major news organizations has launched a lawsuit against OpenAI over the alleged unauthorized use of their articles to train ChatGPT. As reported by Josh Rubin for the Toronto Star, the lawsuit includes prominent media outlets such as the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and …
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 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group published authentication tokens that allowed users to generate 10-second videos at 1080p resolution before access was revoked.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 …
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 …
Newly revealed emails from a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against OpenAI expose the internal conflicts that shaped the artificial intelligence company’s early years. The correspondence, dating from 2015 to 2019, details discussions between co-founders Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and other key figures about the organization’s structure and leadership. The documents show that OpenAI initially …
OpenAI has enhanced its ChatGPT desktop applications with significant new features, including third-party app integration for Mac users. According to product lead Alexander Embiricos, as reported by Emilia David for VentureBeat, Plus and Teams subscribers can now directly access VS Code, Xcode, Terminal, and iTerm2 from within ChatGPT. The update responds to observed user behavior …
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new AI agent called “Operator” that can perform automated tasks like coding and travel booking on behalf of users, according to reporting by Shirin Ghaffary and Rachel Metz for Bloomberg. The company plans to release the tool in January 2024 as both a research preview and through their developer …