OpenAI’s licensing agreements leaked

Through the “Preferred Publisher Program”, OpenAI offers media companies licensing agreements to provide ChatGPT with up-to-date content and give users access to high-quality information sources. In return, participating providers receive both fixed licensing fees and performance-based payments. This is shown in a leaked presentation by OpenAI.

OpenAI releases Model Spec

OpenAI has released “Model Spec,” a set of rules that control the behavior of its AI models, such as ChatGPT, for which OpenAI is seeking public feedback. The goal is to develop AI models that are useful and safe for all users by establishing ethical guidelines and practical rules for their use. Source: VentureBeat

OpenAI Media Manager comes before 2025

OpenAI is developing a new tool called “Media Manager” that will allow authors and rights holders to determine if and how their work can be used to train AI models. The tool is expected to be available by 2025. Source: TechCrunch

Is ChatGPT getting a search feature?

Rumor has it that OpenAI is working on a new feature for ChatGPT to search the web and provide sources in the answers. This could make ChatGPT a direct competitor to Google and other AI-powered search engines such as Perplexity.

OpenAI releases GPT-4o and more

One day before Google’s I/O, OpenAI tried to steal the show from its big competitor. And their demos definitely caused quite a stir. The focus was on their latest AI model GPT-4o, where the “o” stands for “omnimodel”. This is to indicate that this version does not only process text, but also e.g. image and …

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Mysterious chatbot appears and disappears again

A mysterious chatbot called “gpt2-chatbot” caused a stir among experts this week. Its capabilities appeared to be on a par with GPT-4, but its origin remained unknown. After a short time, the bot disappeared from the scene again, presumably due to the high level of interest. Speculation about the developer, including OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, …

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ChatGPT update brings “memory” feature and temporary chats

ChatGPT has received several updates. One of the most interesting is the “memory” feature, which allows ChatGPT to remember information that users communicate to it. For example, you can store details about yourself or your company that the chatbot can access when needed. Other new features include the ability to have temporary chats that are …

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Claude takes crown from ChatGPT in Chatbot Arena

For the first time since the launch of the “Chatbot Arena”, it is not OpenAI’s GPT-4 at the top, but Claude 3 Opus. In the Chatbot Arena, users rate the responses of anonymized AI models. It is therefore considered a realistic benchmark that cannot be manipulated.

OpenAI shows examples of videos created with Sora

OpenAI presents the first examples of selected filmmakers, artists and agencies who have created videos with the new Sora AI model. This is meant to show the potential of the technology, but continues to face criticism regarding the training data: It appears to have been used without the creators’ permission or payment.