Perplexity AI on Tuesday debuted a revenue-sharing model for publishers, after more than a month of plagiarism accusations. Media outlets and content platforms like Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel and WordPress.com are the first to join the company’s “Publishers Program.” The announcement follows an onslaught of controversy in June, when Forbes said … Read more
Thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, new data centers are springing up as quickly as companies can build them. This has translated into huge demand for power to run and cool the servers inside. Now concerns are mounting about whether the U.S. can generate enough electricity for the widespread adoption of AI, and whether our … Read more
OpenAI on Thursday announced a prototype of its own search engine, called SearchGPT, which aims to give users “fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” The company said it eventually plans to integrate the tool, which is currently being alpha-tested with a small group of users, into its viral chatbot, ChatGPT. Since the … Read more
OpenAI last week removed Aleksander Madry, one of OpenAI’s top safety executives, from his role and reassigned him to a job focused on AI reasoning, sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CNBC. Madry was OpenAI’s head of preparedness, a team that was “tasked with tracking, evaluating, forecasting, and helping protect against catastrophic risks related … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Microsoft has given up its observer seat on OpenAI’s board. Apple, which was reportedly expected to take a similar observer position, will no longer … Read more
AI-powered robots are popping up across Silicon Valley. If some industry experts are right, they could help solve a global labor shortage. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia have plowed billions of dollars into what are known as “humanoid” robots. These machines typically stand on two legs, and are designed to perform tasks meant … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he leaned heavily on advice from his friend Brian Chesky — CEO and co-founder of Airbnb — after ChatGPT became a global phenomenon. “A lot of people” offered to help Altman once ChatGPT launched and quickly surged in popularity in late 2022, but ultimately didn’t pitch in, he said in … Read more
The news industry just gained a powerful ally in its effort to take on OpenAI. The Center for Investigative Reporting, the country’s oldest nonprofit newsroom, sued OpenAI and lead backer Microsoft in federal court on Thursday for alleged copyright infringement, following similar suits from publications including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and the New … Read more
Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images OpenAI and Time magazine on Thursday announced a “multi-year content deal” that will allow OpenAI to access current and archived articles from more than 100 years of Time’s history. The Microsoft-backed startup will be able to display Time’s content within its ChatGPT chatbot in response to user questions, according … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI has reversed its policies towards secondary share sales, and will now allow current and former employees to participate equally in annual tender offers, CNBC has learned. The … Read more
