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OpenAI unveiled a marketplace on Monday that enables users to access personalized artificial intelligence “apps” for tasks like teaching math or designing stickers, signaling an ambition to expand its consumer business. AI 

OpenAI Launches AI-Powered ChatGPT Apps – Ready to Take Consumer Business to the Next Level!

Febin Mathew,

OpenAI on Monday announced a marketplace that will allow users to use personal artificial intelligence “apps” to teach math or design stickers, signaling an effort to expand its consumer business. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared the updates at the AI lab’s first developer conference, which attracted 900 developers from around the world and marked the company’s latest attempt to capitalize on ChatGPT’s popularity by offering incentives to build the ecosystem. ChatGPT, which launched in November 2022, now has 100 million weekly active users, Altman said. OpenAI calls the custom AI…

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The one-day event, in a desolate area of San Francisco near City Hall, is attracting hundreds of developers from around the world AI 

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Maker to Increase Model Performance and Reduce Costs: Report

Febin Mathew,

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is expected to announce product improvements that will make its AI models cheaper and more functional at its first developer conference on Monday. The conference will mark OpenAI’s push to expand beyond consumer sensation into a successful developer platform provider, and CEO Sam Altman has teased attendees with the promise of “some cool new stuff.” The one-day event in a deserted area of San Francisco near City Hall attracts hundreds of developers from around the world. The growing AI sector has been a bright spot for San…

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Leading AI developers agreed to work with governments to test new frontier models before they are released to manage the risks of AI in the world. AI 

Government and AI Developers Collaborate to Test New AI Models Prior to Release

Febin Mathew

BLETCHLEY PARK, England: Leading artificial intelligence developers agreed to work with governments to test cutting-edge new designs before they are released to manage the risks of the fast-moving technology, in what could be a major achievement at the UK AI Summit. Some technology and political leaders have warned that AI poses enormous risks if left unchecked, from undermining consumer privacy to endangering people and causing global catastrophe, and these concerns have sparked a race among governments and institutions to design safeguards and regulation. At the first artificial intelligence security summit…

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Alphabet's Google has agreed to invest up to $2 billion in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, a spokesperson for the startup said. Space 

Google To Compete With ChatGPT Maker In Artificial Intelligence Space

Adriana Marais,

(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google has agreed to invest up to $2 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic, a spokesperson for the startup said on Friday. The company has invested $500 million up front in the OpenAI competitor and has agreed to add an additional $1.5 billion over time, the spokesperson said. Google is already an investor in Anthropic, and the new investment would highlight its efforts to better compete with Microsoft, a major backer of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, as Big Tech companies race to add artificial intelligence to their applications.…

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Sam Altman has dismissed rumors claiming that OpenAI was working with former Apple design chief Jony Ive on an AI-powered device. Here's what he said. News 

Sam Altman Refutes Claims of Developing ‘AI-Powered Smartphone’, Expresses Disinterest

Adriana Marais

During the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live event, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified that the company does not plan to create an AI-powered device with former Apple design chief Jony Ive. For the uninitiated, The Information reported last month that former Apple design chief Jony Ive was working with OpenAI to create an “iPhone of AI” and that the initiative had already attracted high-profile investors, including SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Microsoft, which already backs OpenAI in its generative AI endeavors. Now, as discovered by The Verge, Altman has disputed…

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OpenAI plans to introduce major updates for developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based on its artificial intelligence models, as the ChatGPT maker tries to court more companies to use its technology, sources briefed on the plans told Reuters. News 

OpenAI Aims to Attract Developers With Reduced Expenses Through Upcoming Changes: Report

Nitin Misra

OpenAI plans to introduce major updates to developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based on its artificial intelligence models, as the ChatGPT maker tries to get more companies to use its technology, sources briefed on the plans told Reuters. Updates include adding in-memory storage to its developer tools for running AI models. This could theoretically cut costs for app makers by up to 20x, addressing a major concern among partners that the costs of running OpenAI’s powerful models can quickly add up as…

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OpenAI, the creator of hugely popular ChatGPT, could be looking at creating its own chipsets to power its AI-driven infrastructure. Here's what we know so far. News 

OpenAI Could Develop AI-Powered Chipsets of Its Own in the Future: Report

Adarsh V.K,

OpenAI, the company behind Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, is reportedly considering making its own AI chipsets and has even set a potential acquisition target. According to Reuters, the company is still in the planning phase – and currently has not decided to proceed with the change. But the company has been hampered by the expensive chipsets it needs for its AI-based ambitions, and has sought to address the shortcomings of said chips. To facilitate this, Reuters notes that OpenAI is considering collaborations with giants such as NVIDIA and may even diversify in…

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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is exploring making its own artificial intelligence chips and has gone as far as evaluating a potential acquisition target, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. AI 

OpenAI Investigating Possibility of Developing Its Own AI Processors: Report

Febin Mathew,

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is looking into making its own artificial intelligence chips and has even gone so far as to evaluate a potential acquisition target, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The company has not yet decided to move forward, according to recent internal discussions described to Reuters. Since at least last year, however, it has been discussing various options to solve the shortage of expensive AI chips that OpenAI relies on, according to people familiar with the matter. These options have included building its own…

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Former Apple design chief Jony Ive is reportedly in talks with OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman to create AI-powered hardware, as per a new report. News 

Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Reportedly Discussing Development of AI-Driven Device

Adarsh V.K

According to a report by The Information, Apple’s former director of product design Jony Ive is in talks to develop the hardware in collaboration with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. According to the report, two people familiar with the matter have announced that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jony Ive have been in talks to create hardware powered by artificial intelligence. At this stage, however, it is unclear what the device in question could be intended for. Sources suggest that it could be designed for the “AI” era. For those…

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ChatGPT is being powered by different models to train in voice and images to help you get answers in different ways. News 

ChatGPT Can Now Understand and Speak Multiple Languages and Listen to You

Febin Mathew,

ChatGPT is entering the next phase of its development, as OpenAI has announced this week that the popular AI chatbot is getting new features, including speech and hearing prompts. These features provide a new, more intuitive user interface by enabling voice chat or showing ChatGPT what you’re talking about, the company said in a statement. Altman even shared his excitement about the new updates via this post: voice mode and vision for chatgpt! really worth a try. https://t.co/g8uA4QxXMb— Sam Altman (@sama) September 25, 2023 OpenAI will offer voice and images…

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OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled DallE 3, the latest version of its text-to-image tool that uses its wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT to help fill in prompts. News 

OpenAI Introduces Dall-E 3D Image Creation Tool

Sanjay Patil,

(Reuters) – OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled Dall-E 3, the latest version of a text-to-image tool that uses the wildly popular AI chatGPT to populate prompts. Dall-E 3 will be available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers in October via API, the company said. Users can enter an image request and edit the prompt in conversations with ChatGPT. “DALL-E 3 can transform nuanced requests into highly detailed and accurate images,” the company said in a statement. OpenAI said the latest version of the tool has more safeguards, such as limiting its…

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Amazon introduced its new Alexa with more than a sprinkle of generative AI and LLM models improving the speech patterns of the voice assistant. AI 

Can Generative AI Help Alexa Compete With ChatGPT and Google?

Adriana Marais, ,

Alexa, what’s the weather like? This has generally been the way to use Amazon’s voice assistant for years, but the company has now relied on creative AI to help polish Alexa and make it more human than ever before. Amazon hosted its annual device event on Wednesday, and as expected, the company had a lot of AI stuff to share that will deliver a new look for Alexa. Amazon has confirmed that chat Alexa will be rolled out to all Echo devices launched in 2014. Generative AI is a hot…

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17 authors, including George RR Martin, have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for allegedly copying their work to train AI models. Here's what we know. News 

George RR Martin Takes Legal Action Against OpenAI For Utilizing His Writing To Train ChatGPT

Febin Mathew, ,

George RR Martin, the author of the hugely successful Game of Thrones series, along with other authors, has sued the generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI. They claim that OpenAI has used their books to train ChatGPT and other AI models. As The Verge reports, 17 popular authors — including David Baldacci, Jonathan Franzen, John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and Jodi Picoult – have filed suit in the Southern District of New York. According to the complaint filed by the authors, OpenAI was accused of “wholesale copying of the authors’ works…

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Multiple US-based authors, including Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon, have sued OpenAI for allegedly using their work to train its chatbot - ChatGPT News 

Lawsuit Filed Against OpenAI For Allegedly Using Writers’ Work To Train ChatGPT: Read More

Febin Mathew,

A group of US authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, have sued OpenAI in federal court in San Francisco, accusing the Microsoft-backed program of misusing their writings to train the popular AI-powered ChatGPT. Chabon, playwright David Henry Hwang and authors Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder and Ayelet Waldman said in the lawsuit Friday that OpenAI copied their works without permission to teach ChatGPT to respond to human text prompts. Chabon’s representatives referred questions about the lawsuit to the authors’ lawyers. Those attorneys and OpenAI representatives did not immediately respond…

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OpenAI's ChatGPT, the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot launched in November, saw monthly website visits decline for the third month in a row in August, though there are signs the decline is coming to an end, according to analytics firm Similarweb. News 

ChatGPT Traffic Continues to Decline For Third Consecutive Month

Febin Mathew,

OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a wildly popular AI chatbot that launched in November, saw its monthly website visits decline in August for the third month in a row, though there are signs the decline is coming to an end, according to analytics firm Likeweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile visits to the ChatGPT website fell 3.2% to 1.43 billion in August, after falling about 10% in each of the previous two months. The time visitors spend on the site has also decreased each month since March, from an average of 8.7 minutes on…

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The day-long OpenAI DevDay event will feature a keynote address and breakout sessions led by members of OpenAI’s technical staff. News 

OpenAI to Hold First-Ever Developer Conference on November 6 with ChatGPT-Maker

Febin Mathew,

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has announced that it will host its first developer conference on November 6 here. The day-long OpenAI DevDay event includes a keynote and breakout sessions led by members of OpenAI’s technical staff. The event brings together hundreds of developers from around the world with the OpenAI team to preview new tools and exchange ideas. “Since launching our API in 2020, we’ve continuously updated it to include our most advanced models, making it easier than ever for developers to integrate cutting-edge AI into their projects with a simple…

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An open letter states we are in a ‘race against time to protect the children of our country.’ News 

50 State Attorneys General Ask Congress to Assist in Combatting AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

Jim Hendler, , ,

According to AP, the attorneys general of all 50 states have united to issue an open letter to Congress, urging them to implement stronger safeguards against AI-assisted child sexual abuse imagery. The letter specifically requests lawmakers to form a specialized commission that will thoroughly examine the various ways AI can be utilized to exploit children. The letter, sent to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate, also urges politicians to expand existing restrictions on child sexual abuse material to specifically include images and videos created by artificial…

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OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has launched a new guideline for teachers using generative AI to assist and teach their students. AI 

Educators Get Guide For Utilizing Generative AI To Instruct Learners From ChatGPT Creator

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Microsoft-owned OpenAI has released a new guide for educators using its AI chatbot ChatGPT to help educators effectively incorporate the generative AI tool into their students’ learning. The recently released guide suggested prompts, explained how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the effectiveness of AI sensors, and a discussion of biases. “We are releasing a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom – including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the effectiveness and bias of AI sensors,” OpenAI said in a blog post. In its…

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It addresses questions like the required degree of human authorship and training AI models on existing IP. AI 

Public Invited to Provide Input on AI and Content Ownership to US Copyright Office

Febin Mathew, , ,

The US Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public input on generative AI and the ownership of its outputs. This technology has become a focal point in the legal system, prompting the office to solicit public comments on various complex issues. These include concerns about companies using copyrighted material to train AI models, determining copyright eligibility for AI-generated content, addressing liability for copyright infringement, and managing machine-generated outputs that imitate the work of human artists. “The adoption and use of generative AI systems by millions of Americans — and the resulting…

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OpenAI is on track to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months. News 

OpenAI Generating Over $1 Billion in Revenue Over 12 Months

Adriana Marais,

OpenAI plans to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software and the computing capacity that uses it, it announced on Tuesday. Previously, the ChatGPT maker predicted $200 million in revenue this year. The Microsoft-backed company generates more than $80 million in monthly revenue, compared with just $28 million in all of last year, the report added. OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. In addition to ChatGPT, it makes money by selling API access to…

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