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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nearly all OpenAI employees want Altman back — demand entire board step down

    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...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sam Altman appointed to lead new Microsoft AI division

    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...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Former Twitch CEO hired as new OpenAI boss

    Former Twitch CEO hired as new OpenAI boss OpenAI’s board hired former Twitch chief Emmett Shear as chief executive officer, defying calls from investors to reinstate the ousted Sam Altman, according to people familiar with the matter. Shear stepped down as CEO of Amazon.com Inc.’s...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    ChatGPT Plus sign-ups paused due to high demand

    ChatGPT Plus sign-ups paused due to high demand OpenAI will pause accepting new users for its paid ChatGPT Plus service due to overwhelming demand, chief executive officer Sam Altman said in a post on Tuesday. Altman’s company introduced new features and upgrades at its first-ever developer...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Russia-linked hackers claim responsibility for DDoSing ChatGPT

    Russia-linked hackers claim responsibility for DDoSing ChatGPT A hacking group linked to Russia claimed responsibility for attacks that periodically forced OpenAI’s ChatGPT offline this week, saying it targeted the company due to its support of Israel. The group, which calls itself Anonymous...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI says DDoS attack on ChatGPT possible cause of outages

    OpenAI says DDoS attack on ChatGPT possible cause of outages OpenAI is grappling with “abnormal traffic” that suggests hackers are trying to swamp its services, revealing for the first time the potential cause of outages that’ve plagued ChatGPT this week. The Microsoft Corp.-backed startup...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI selling employees' shares for $86 billion

    OpenAI selling employees' shares for $86 billion OpenAI is in talks to sell existing employees’ shares at an $86-billion (R1.64 trillion) valuation, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The artificial intelligence startup behind ChatGPT is negotiating the transaction, known as a...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI building AI image detector with 99% accuracy

    OpenAI building AI image detector with 99% accuracy OpenAI is building a tool to detect images created by artificial intelligence with a high degree of accuracy. Mira Murati, chief technology officer of the maker of popular chatbot ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E, said on Tuesday that...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    PwC will use OpenAI to offer AI-generated advice

    PwC will use OpenAI to offer AI-generated advice PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has teamed up with ChatGPT owner OpenAI to offer clients advice generated by artificial intelligence as the Big Four audit firms look to cut costs and boost productivity. The accounting firm will use AI to consult on...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Baidu says Ernie chatbot is on par with ChatGPT

    Baidu says Ernie chatbot is on par with ChatGPT Baidu Inc.’s founder Robin Li declared his company’s large language model has finally caught up with OpenAI’s advanced GPT-4, claiming the lead in his country’s race to develop AI that can rival the US. The billionaire took the stage in Beijing...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI aims for $80-$90 billion in share sale — Report

    OpenAI aims for $80-$90 billion in share sale — Report OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is talking to investors about a potential share sale that would value the startup at $80 billion to $90 billion (R1.53 trillion to R1.72 trillion), the Wall Street Journal reported. Such a valuation would be...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    ChatGPT getting speaking and listening capabilities

    ChatGPT getting speaking and listening capabilities Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI is rolling out a feature for its ChatGPT app that lets the chatbot respond to spoken questions and commands with speech of its own. Starting over the next two weeks, users will be able to choose a voice...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Dall-E 3 launching in October

    Dall-E 3 launching in October OpenAI will release a new version of it popular image creation tool, Dall-E, the startup said in a blog post on Wednesday. The new tool “represents a leap forward in our ability to generate images” the company wrote. [Bloomberg]
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI announces its first dev conference

    OpenAI announces its first dev conference OpenAI will host its first developer conference this fall, as the ChatGPT-maker looks to bolster interest in its products while facing growing competition from other artificial intelligence companies. In a blog post on Wednesday, the AI startup said it...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI closing in on $1-billion yearly revenue

    OpenAI closing in on $1-billion yearly revenue OpenAI is on track for $1 billion of annual revenue as businesses adopt the technology behind ChatGPT, the generative AI bot that ignited a wave of artificial intelligence investment. The startup backed by Microsoft Corp. is earning about $80...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    ChatGPT Enterprise launched

    ChatGPT Enterprise launched OpenAI launched a corporate version of ChatGPT with added features and privacy safeguards, the startup’s most significant effort yet to attract a broad mix of business customers and boost revenue from its best-known product. As with consumer versions of the...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sam Altman's crypto token launching on Monday — report

    Sam Altman's crypto token launching on Monday — report The cryptocurrency of OpenAI Inc. chief executive officer Sam Altman is set to launch Monday, Semafor reported. OpenAI is the company behind the highly-popular artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT. [Bloomberg]
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google will pledge to implement AI safeguards

    OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google will pledge to implement AI safeguards Leading US artificial intelligence companies are set to publicly commit Friday to safeguards for the technology at the White House’s request, according to people familiar with the plans. Companies including Microsoft Corp...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    FTC probing OpenAI over personal data usage

    FTC probing OpenAI over personal data usage The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI Inc., questioning whether its popular ChatGPT conversational AI bot puts consumers’ reputations and data at risk, according to a person familiar with the matter. The probe into...
  20. Jan

    OpenAI announces general availability of GPT-4 API

    OpenAI makes GPT-4 API generally available OpenAI has announced the general availability of its latest text-generating large language model — GPT-4 — through its API. The company has made the GPT-4 API available to more developers following millions of requests since it first introduced the...
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