OpenAI plans new Tokyo office, Tesla lays offs thousands
Today on Equity, Tesla cuts staff, and OpenAI has plans for an office in Tokyo along with a new GPT-4 model for the Japanese language. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights…
Better features, newer data set
OpenAI has recently made ChatGPT available to users without requiring an account. It’s a big upgrade, making the chatbot even more accessible. However, I explained that the ChatGPT experience can…
OpenAI makes ChatGPT ‘more direct, less verbose’
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, just got a big upgrade. OpenAI announced today that premium ChatGPT users — customers paying for ChatGPT Plus, Team or Enterprise — can now leveraged…
Internal pre-Starlink SpaceX financials show big spending on moonshot bets
Confidential financial statements from SpaceX for 2018 and 2019 capture an early glimpse at the degree to which the company is likely dependent on its Starlink business unit, and bringing…
DuckDuckGo launches a new subscription to bundle VPN and identity theft protection
Privacy-focused consumer tech company DuckDuckGo launched a new Privacy Pro subscription on Thursday that bundles a VPN service, personal information removal, and identity theft restoration. The plan, which costs $9.99…
OpenAI is having issues on April 10th
If you planned to use ChatGPT today to help you write code, come up with an exercise routine, or conduct some research, you might be out of luck. On Wednesday…
Don’t use our videos to train Sora
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati didn’t have a good answer when The Wall Street Journal‘s ace technology reporter Joanna Stern asked her on camera in March to identify what data was…
ChatGPT prompts make edits easy
The road to GPT-5 will be paved with other AI announcements, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said recently. Indeed, OpenAI a few days ago announced its brand-new AI voice cloning…
OpenAI expands its custom model training program
OpenAI is expanding a program, Custom Model, to help enterprise customers develop tailored generative AI models using its technology for specific use cases, domains and applications. Custom Model launched last…
6 reasons to use AI with an account
OpenAI announced this week that you can use ChatGPT without registering an account. Normally, I’d applaud functionality that promotes user privacy. The ability to use a generative AI service, or…
Sam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund, resolving unusual corporate venture structure
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has transferred formal control of the eponymously firm’s named corporate venture fund to Ian Cathaway, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The Open AI Startup Fund, launched in…
How to use the generative AI chatbot without an account
Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Copilot are all of the rage now, but using most of them requires you to create an account or log in with whomever owns…
ChatGPT no longer requires an account — but there’s a catch
OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven’t bothered making an account. It won’t be quite the same experience, however — and of course…
Watch: Amazon bets $4B on Anthropic’s success
The current AI wave is a never-ending barrage of news items. To understand what I mean, ask yourself how long you spent considering the fact that Amazon put another $2.75…
How to make spoken text sound more realistic
One of the great things about ChatGPT is that it supports voice commands. You can dictate your prompts to the chatbot out loud. The feature is especially useful when you’re…
OpenAI built a voice cloning tool, but you can’t use it… yet
As deepfakes proliferate, OpenAI is refining the tech used to clone voices — but the company insists it’s doing so responsibly. Today marks the preview debut of OpenAI’s Voice Engine,…
Understanding humanoid robots | TechCrunch
Robots made their stage debut the day after New Year’s 1921. More than half-a-century before the world caught its first glimpse of George Lucas’ droids, a small army of silvery…
Free site can improve your questions
One of the best things about ChatGPT, or your generative AI chatbot of choice, is that it gets better the more you learn about how to use it. ChatGPT results…
No date for ChatGPT upgrade from Sam Altman
Anthropic just unveiled Claude 3.0 and Google launched its Gemini 1.5 upgrade, though only the former is available to fans of generative AI tools. Meanwhile, OpenAI has been relatively quiet…
OpenAI’s deals with publishers could spell trouble for rivals
OpenAI’s legal battle with The New York Times over data to train its AI models might still be brewing. But OpenAI’s forging ahead on deals with other publishers, including some…
Text-to-video AI tool to launch this year
After Dall-E and ChatGPT, OpenAI stunned the world once again with its new Sora AI about a month ago. Sora is a text-to-video generative AI app that can make incredible…
Should artists be paid for training data? OpenAI VP wouldn’t say
Should artists whose work was used to train generative AI like ChatGPT be compensated for their contributions? Peter Deng, VP of consumer product at OpenAI — the maker of ChatGPT…
OpenAI announces new board members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has a seat at the table — or board, rather — once again. OpenAI today announced that Altman will be rejoining the company’s board…
OpenAI says Musk only ever contributed $45 million, wanted to merge with Tesla or take control
OpenAI, the most valuable AI startup, said Wednesday it intends to dismiss all claims made by Elon Musk in a recent lawsuit and suggested that the billionaire entrepreneur, who was…
How to make ChatGPT read responses aloud on iPhone, Android, and PC
Back in September, OpenAI launched support for voice and picture ChatGPT prompts on iPhone and Android. The feature became available for ChatGPT users on the free plan a couple of…
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ‘betrayal’ of non-profit AI mission
Elon Musk sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and affiliated entities on Thursday, alleging the ChatGPT makers have breached their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead…
Don’t ignore Asia tech | TechCrunch
A lot can change in 12 years. When I first joined TechCrunch in 2012, I was the only writer it had based out of Asia. For several years, it often…
Diffusion transformers are the key behind OpenAI’s Sora — and they’re set to upend GenAI
OpenAI’s Sora, which can generate videos and interactive 3D environments on the fly, is a remarkable demonstration of the cutting edge in GenAI — a bonafide milestone. But curiously, one…
Humane pushes Ai Pin ship date to mid-April
Hardware is difficult, to paraphrase a famous adage. First-generation products from new startups are notoriously so, regardless of how much money and excitement you’ve managed to drum up. Given all…
Reddit says it’s made $203M so far licensing its data
Reddit’s prospects as it barrels toward a stock market listing have a lot more to do with relationships with AI vendors such as OpenAI than one might expect. In its…
OpenAI’s Sora video-generating model can render video games, too
OpenAI’s new — and first! — video-generating model, Sora, can pull off some genuinely impressive cinematographic feats. But the model’s even more capable than OpenAI initially made it out to…
OpenAI just introduced its AI text-to-video generator, Sora
The photo at the top of this article is not real. In fact, it’s not a photo at all but a screenshot of a video generated by OpenAI’s new text-to-video…
No ‘GPT’ trademark for OpenAI
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied OpenAI’s attempt to trademark “GPT,” ruling that the term is “merely descriptive” and therefore unable to be registered. It’s a blow to…
Andrej Karpathy is leaving OpenAI again — but he says there was no drama
Researcher Andrej Karpathy confirmed today that he is leaving OpenAI for the second time to work on personal projects. He said in a post on X that the decision is…
OpenAI’s next-gen AI tricks might have leaked
The Rabbit r1 is a smartphone-like AI device that was one of the most exciting things from CES 2024. Rabbit’s keynote was a particular highlight as the startup gave the…
Daedalus, which is building precision-manufacturing factories powered by AI, raises $21M
A fledgling startup founded by one of OpenAI’s first engineering hires is looking to “redefine manufacturing,” with AI-powered factories for creating bespoke precision parts. Daedalus, as the company is called,…
OpenAI forms a new team to study child safety
Under scrutiny from activists — and parents — OpenAI has formed a new team to study ways to prevent its AI tools from being misused or abused by kids. In…
Microsoft CEO Nadella on AI LLM race: ‘We are waiting for competition to arrive’
Microsoft’s prescient bets and aggressive investments in AI have propelled the software giant to become the world’s most valuable company. Yet Satya Nadella, its typically reserved chief executive, couldn’t resist…
ChatGPT users can now invoke GPTs directly in chats
OpenAI is pushing adoption of GPTs, third-party apps powered by its AI models, by enabling ChatGPT users to invoke them in any chat. Starting today, paid users of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s…
OpenAI partners with Common Sense Media to collaborate on AI guidelines
OpenAI hopes to win the trust of parents — and policymakers — by partnering with organizations that work to minimize tech and media harms to kids, preteens and teens. Case…