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Microsoft and OpenAI are haggling over the tech giant’s stake in the startup

The two companies each hired a major investment bank to negotiate how big Microsoft’s share in OpenAI will be after its $14 billion investment.

Fortune

Elon Musk is campaigning for Donald Trump but these are the billionaires and business titans supporting Kamala Harris

Musk is making headlines but these other business leaders are pushing for a Harris victory in November.

Fortune

Rumors point to massive ChatGPT update soon — here's what we know

OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to unveil new versions of their flagship models 'soon'. Here is what we can expect when that happens.

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Tech bosses think nuclear fusion is the solution to AI’s energy demands – here’s what they’re missing

The artificial intelligence boom has already changed how we understand technology and the world. But developing and updating AI programs requires a lot of computing power. This relies heavily on servers in data centres, at a great cost in terms of carbon emissions and resource use.

The Conversation

Cloud mind uploading? Anthropic CEO envisions AGI-driven utopian world — but it'll vastly demand trillions in computing power and data centers as earlier predicted by OpenAI's Sam Altman

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently shared that AGI could alleviate poverty and expedite medical breakthroughs from 100 years to a mere decade, but it demands trillions of dollars in computing power and data centers.

Windows Central

Wednesday briefing: What does Google’s move into nuclear power mean for AI – and the world?

In today’s newsletter: Google will soon use nuclear reactors to run its AI datacentres. What are the economic, ethical and environmental implications?

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OpenAI gains veteran support from a former Microsoft AI researcher — potentially expediting the ChatGPT maker's trajectory toward Sam Altman's coveted AGI benchmark

Sebastian Bubeck, one of Microsoft's top AI researchers, recently left the company to join OpenAI. He spearheaded operations on small language models like the lightweight Phi AI models.

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Apple agrees with Sam Altman: AI is incredibly dumb

Research from Apple’s AI team shows that today’s big AI models aren’t as smart as we think. Despite that, AI is being misused more and more every day.

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New ChatGPT prompt goes viral with Sam Altman’s approval

Sam Altman of OpenAI gives his blessing to a new viral prompt for ChatGPT

TechRadar

As OpenAI attracts billions in new investment, its goal of balancing profit with purpose is getting more challenging to pull off

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company that developed the popular ChatGPT chatbot and the text-to-art program Dall-E, is at a crossroads. On Oct. 2, 2024, it announced that it had obtained US$6.6 billion in new funding from investors and that the business was worth an estimated $157 billion – making it…

The Conversation

Nobel Prize winner claims Sam Altman was fired for prioritizing profits over safety as Steam faces the heat for its crude sales strategy

As OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in investment from Microsoft and NVIDIA, an AI artist argued that people are stealing from him by using AI. We also saw a major update to Windows 11 roll out and Microsoft ship the latest version of Office.

Windows Central

Musk’s chances against OpenAI look grim as ChatGPT creator moves to dismiss second lawsuit

Accusing OpenAI of everything from fraud and racketeering to false advertising and unjust enrichment may look like the legal equivalent of throwing spaghetti at a wall.

Fortune

Changing OpenAI's nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future

The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion

The Independent UK

Documents show OpenAI's long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

Back in 2016, the artificial intelligence maker OpenAI had just incorporated as a nonprofit and applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status

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OpenAI may endure massive $44 Billion losses before seeing profit in 2029 partly due to Microsoft tie-up: "The partnership with Microsoft might mean OpenAI earns less from each dollar of revenue"

A new report suggests OpenAI could make $44 billion in losses before potentially becoming profitable in 2029. It further estimates the company's revenue generation to have scaled $100 billion.

The Independent UK

AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate

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Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction

Nobel Prize winner and physicist gives former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever a hat tip for his contributions to developing safe AI and firing Sam Altman for his missteps, including focusing on generating focus and abandoning the firm's founding mission.

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Former Google CEO says AI firms should build data centers because 'we're not organized' to hit ambitious climate goals anyway: "I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem"

Despite the negative implications AI data centers have on the climate, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says companies should proceed to build them as we're not organized enough o hit our climate goals anyway.

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An analyst predicts OpenAI could be part of Microsoft's acquisition portfolio by 2027: "Investors' focus might shift away from AI, and the startups will just find it difficult to keep funding for the innovation they want to do"

Microsoft might acquire the ChatGPT maker within the next three years. An analyst predicts the AI hype is quickly fading, and startups like OpenAI will be forced into unceremonious acquisitions by investors with vast resources like Microsoft.

Fortune

New Nobel Prize winner, AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, says he’s proud his student fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman

The 76-year-old argued it’s “unfortunate” that Altman has put profits over AI safety.

International Business Times

OpenAI Accuses Elon Musk Of Harassment Following New Lawsuit

OpenAI accused Elon Musk for harassing the company following the lawsuit filed by Tesla's owner.

Windows Central

Sam Altman admits ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode tricked him into thinking AI was a real person: "I kind of still say 'please' to ChatGPT, but in Voice Mode, I couldn't use the normal niceties. I was so convinced, like, Argh, it might be a real person"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits that ChatGPT's Voice Mode was the first time he was tricked into thinking AI was a real person.

International Business Times

What Next For OpenAI After $157 Billion Bonanza?

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has become an AI powerhouse after securing Silicon Valley's largest-ever funding round.

Windows Central

OpenAI ‘pleads’ for exclusive funding, raises $6.6 billion, leaving Elon Musk’s xAI and other AI firms to fend for themselves

OpenAI received $6.6 billion in investment recently and is now valued at $157 billion. Interestingly, OpenAI does not want it its investors to fund competition and has reportedly shared a list of companies to stay away from.

Latin Times

OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billlion 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.

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