xAI has secured $500 million in funding so far — Report
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has secured $500 million in commitments from investors toward a $1 billion goal, according to people with knowledge of the talks.
The company is discussing a valuation of $15 billion to...
Elon wants more control over Tesla
Elon Musk leaned on Tesla Inc.’s board to arrange another massive stock award for him years after he sold a significant chunk of his shares in the company to acquire Twitter.
In one of several posts on the topic, Musk wrote that unless he has roughly 25%...
Microsoft 365 Copilot now available to all users
Microsoft Corp. is opening up its artificial intelligence assistant to consumers and making the corporate version available to smaller companies as it tries to increase the number of paying customers for the new services.
Microsoft is selling a...
Get your custom GPTs on OpenAI's store now
OpenAI has launched an online store where people can share customised versions of the company’s popular ChatGPT chatbot, after initially delaying the rollout because of leadership upheaval last year.
The new store, which rolled out Wednesday to paid...
OpenAI discussing content licencing with CNN, Fox, and Time
OpenAI is in talks with CNN, Fox Corp. and Time to license their work, according to people familiar with the matter, in a growing effort to secure access to news content to build out its artificial intelligence products while facing...
Nvidia launching RTX 40 series Super cards — and they're all about AI
Nvidia Corp., whose chip technology dominates in data centers used to create artificial intelligence software, announced new products to help the personal computer industry lure consumers with “AI PCs.”
Nvidia unveiled three...
Here's what's coming from AI in 2024
We’ve assembled a panel of AI scholars to look ahead to 2024 and describe the issues AI developers, regulators and everyday people are likely to face, and to give their hopes and recommendations.
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OpenAI's GPT store launching next week
OpenAI is planning to launch an online store next week that will let people share custom versions of the company’s popular ChatGPT chatbot after previously delaying the effort, according to an email sent to some users on Thursday.
San Francisco-based...
Midjourney keeps list of artists it deliberately copies
AI image generator Midjourney has been singled out in a class action lawsuit for maintaining a list of artists whose styles it was specifically trained to copy.
The lawsuit was originally brought by artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly Mckernan...
What R1,000 in biggest tech shares bought at start of 2023 would be worth now
This year has been great for tech stock investors, with the share prices of companies like Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Tesla, and AMD all increasing by more than 100% between 3 January and 26 December 2023.
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Snapchat+ has amassed 7 million users
Snap Inc. said it now has 7 million subscribers for its Snapchat+ offering, which gives users early or exclusive access to features on its social media app, including artificial intelligence tools.
That’s up from 5 million users in September for the...
McDonald's workers getting Google-powered AI chatbot for assistance with daily tasks
McDonald’s Corp. is turning to Alphabet Inc.’s Google to build out a chatbot that will help its army of restaurant workers get quick answers on questions like how to clean an ice cream machine.
Called “Ask...
AMD launches MI300 AI chip to take on Nvidia's dominance
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., taking aim at a burgeoning market dominated by Nvidia Corp., unveiled new so-called accelerator chips that it said will be able to run artificial intelligence software faster than rival products.
The company...
Nvidia says Huawei and Intel are formidable AI chip rivals
Huawei Technologies Co. is among a field of “very formidable” competitors to Nvidia Corp. in the race to produce the best AI chips, according to the American company’s chief.
Huawei, Intel Corp. and an expanding group of semiconductor...
xAI wants to raise $1 billion
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is seeking to raise $1 billion (R18.95 billion) in funding from equity investors, according to a new filing.
Musk has already raised nearly $135 million (R2.56 billion), according to a document filed Tuesday with the...
Amazon launching Titan Image Generator
Amazon.com Inc., playing catch-up in the hotly contested market for generative artificial intelligence, has developed a tool to help businesses create images.
This week, Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud services arm, has been rolling out a range...
OpenAI reappoints Sam Altman as CEO — board to be overhauled
OpenAI will bring back Sam Altman and overhaul its board to bring on new directors including Larry Summers, a stunning reversal in a drama that’s transfixed Silicon Valley and the global AI industry.
Altman is returning as chief...
Nearly all OpenAI employees want Altman back — demand entire board step down
Nearly all of OpenAI’s employees have threatened to quit and follow ousted leader Sam Altman to work at the company’s biggest investor, Microsoft Corp., unless the current board resigns, leaving the future of the...
Sam Altman appointed to lead new Microsoft AI division
Microsoft Corp. said that Sam Altman will lead the software developer’s new in-house artificial intelligence team after the OpenAI co-founder was ousted from his startup last week, a bid to shore up Microsoft’s AI plans and reassure...
Nvidia shares skyrocket to record-high close after chip upgrade announcement
Nvidia Corp. shares rose 2.1% Tuesday to close at a record high and notch its 10th consecutive session of gains, matching its longest-ever streak of advances.
An update to its artificial intelligence (AI) processors...