OpenAI Announces New 'Deep Research' Tool For ChatGPT
The company made the announcement in Tokyo, where OpenAI chief Sam Altman also trumpeted a new joint venture with tech investor SoftBank Group to offer advanced artificial intelligence services to businesses.
OpenAI Targets $340B Valuation In New Funding Round
Global tech investor SoftBank Group is in discussions to lead the round, with plans to contribute between $15 billion and $25 billion.
OpenAI Accuses China's DeepSeek of Secretly Using GPT to Train Rival Chatbot
OpenAI allegedly has evidence that China trained its industry-shaking DeepSeek with OpenAI's data, forcing the company to confront how it will prevent this moving forward.
Trump Staff 'Furious' at Elon Musk for Panning President's $500 Billion AI Deal: 'Elon Gives Zero F–s'
Elon Musk's criticism of President Trump's $500 billion Stargate AI initiative has sparked outrage among White House aides.
Trump Says He 'Doesn't Know' If AI Companies Can Fund Massive Plan 1 Day After Announcing It
President Trump admitted he is unsure whether the coalition of AI giants leading the $500 billion Stargate Project has the resources to fully realize it.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Flip Flops on Trump After Massive AI Investment Deal: 'I Think He Will Be Incredible'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly changed his stance on Donald Trump, praising him after partnering with the president's $500 billion Stargate AI initiative.
Elon Musk Mocks Trump's $500B AI Infrastructure Plan Hours After Announcement: 'They Don't Actually Have the Money'
Elon Musk criticized the newly announced $500 billion Stargate Project, claiming the AI infrastructure initiative lacks sufficient funding.
Cybertruck Attack on Trump Hotel Was Planned Using ChatGPT in Disturbing 'Game Changer': Police
The Tesla Cybertruck attack on the Trump International Hotel was planned using ChatGPT, which police have called a disturbing "game changer."
Parents of OpenAI Whistleblower Say They Saw 'Signs of Fight' Despite Examiner Ruling No Signs of Foul Play
The death of an OpenAI researcher turned whistleblower last month was ruled a suicide by the medical examiner, but his parents are not convinced.
OpenAI Researcher-Turned-Whisteblower Who Accused Company of Violating Copyright Law Found Dead in His Apartment By Apparent Suicide: Police
An OpenAI whistleblower was found dead as a result of an apparent suicide in his California home last month, officials say.
OpenAI To Partner With Military Defense Tech Company
The partnership comes nearly a year after OpenAI did away with wording in its policies that banned use of its technology for military or warfare purposes.
Artists Get Revenge on OpenAI, Leak Private AI Video Tool to Public
A group of artists leaked OpenAI's new generative AI video tool, protesting its exploitation of their unpaid labor during the tool's development.
OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation
OpenAI did not name the investors, but reports said that the funding round was led by New York-based venture capital firm Thrive Capital, including the company's biggest backer Microsoft and new participants, chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank, among others.
Apple In Talks To Invest In OpenAI: Report
According to the Wall Street Journal, the company founded by Steve Jobs is at the funding table as OpenAI raises more money to help meet the heavy costs of building new technology.
OpenAI To Challenge Google With New Search Functionality
SearchGPT is being made available to a small group of users and publishers to get feedback, OpenAI said in a blog post.
OpenAI Says AI Is 'Safe Enough' As Scandals Raise Concerns
The CEO, who rose to global prominence after OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022, is also grappling with questions about the safety of the company's AI following the departure of the team responsible for mitigating long-term AI risks.
Reddit Gives OpenAI Access To Its Wealth Of Posts
Reddit, which debuted on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year, has been seeking to capitalize on the value of exchanges in its varied discussion groups as it seeks to improve revenues.
OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever Announces Departure
Sutskever said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was leaving after almost a decade at OpenAI, whose "trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous."
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT New Powers To See, Hear
The new model GPT-4o -- the "O" stands for omni -- will be rolled out in OpenAI's products over the next few weeks, the company said, with paid customers having unlimited access to the tool.
Cash-strapped Argentines Queue For Eyeball Scans
Some three million people worldwide have so far provided their iris data to Worldcoin, an initiative of OpenAI chief Sam Altman, but few have embraced the project more fervently than Argentines.
Musk Says Will 'Open Source' Grok Chatbot
The multi-billionaire unveiled Grok late last year as he attempts to catch up with OpenAI which he helped create in 2015 along with its CEO Sam Altman, providing key financing in its early days.
AI Tools Generate Sexist Content, Warns UN
UNESCO experts tested Meta's Llama 2 algorithm and OpenAI's GPT-2 and GPT-3.5, the program that powers the free version of popular chatbot ChatGPT.
OpenAI Rejects Musk's Accusations Of 'Betrayal'
The boss of Tesla, SpaceX and X was one of the co-founders of OpenAI in 2015 along with Sam Altman but left the organization in 2018 and is now one of its most vocal critics.
ChatGPT's OpenAI Reveals Text-to-video Tool
The Microsoft-backed company said the new platform was currently being tested but released a few videos of what it said was already possible, with the accompanying input made to generate the video.
OpenAI Chief Looking To Raise Trillions To Reshape Semiconductor Sector: WSJ
The global chip industry is currently dominated by just a few firms, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and US-based NVIDIA.
Meta Joins Rivals In Pursuit Of Human-level AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said his company is joining the pursuit of creating super artificial intelligence, putting it in a race with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google.
OpenAI To Launch Anti-disinformation Tools For 2024 Elections
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has said it will introduce tools to combat disinformation ahead of the dozens of elections this year in countries that are home to half the world's population.
New York Times Sues OpenAI, Microsoft In Copyright Clash
The New York Times sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft in a US court on Wednesday, alleging that the companies' powerful AI models used millions of articles for training without permission.
Sam Altman's Return Ushers In New Era At OpenAI
Sam Altman's shock return as chief executive of OpenAI late Tuesday -- days after being sacked -- caps a chaotic period that highlighted deep tensions at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence community.
AI Doomsayers Blamed In OpenAI's Undoing
OpenAI has gone from ruling the world of artificial intelligence with ChatGPT to chaos, its chief executive ousted seemingly for advancing too fast and too far with the risky technology.