Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI from converting to a for-profit

Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI from converting to a for-profit

Elon Musk is asking a federal court to stop OpenAI from converting into a fully for-profit business. Attorneys representing Musk, his AI startup xAI, and former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI on Friday. The injunction would also stop OpenAI from allegedly requiring its investors to refrain from funding … Read more

Business spending on AI surged 500% this year to $13.8 billion, says Menlo Ventures

Business spending on AI surged 500% this year to .8 billion, says Menlo Ventures

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Business spending on generative AI surged 500% this year, from $2.3 billion in 2023 to $13.8 billion, according to data released by Menlo Ventures on Wednesday. The report also found that OpenAI ceded market share in enterprise AI, declining from 50% to 34%. Anthropic doubled its market share … Read more

Elon Musk’s xAI raising up to $6 billion to purchase 100,000 Nvidia chips for Memphis data center

Elon Musk’s xAI raising up to  billion to purchase 100,000 Nvidia chips for Memphis data center

Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Allison Robbert | Getty Images Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is raising up to $6 billion at a $50 billion valuation, according to CNBC’s David … Read more

ChatGPT blocked 250,000 image generations of presidential candidates

ChatGPT blocked 250,000 image generations of presidential candidates

In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI estimates that ChatGPT rejected more than 250,000 requests to generate images of the 2024 U.S. presidential candidates in the lead up to Election Day, … Read more

OpenAI in talks with California to become for-profit company: report

OpenAI in talks with California to become for-profit company: report

Sam Altman-led OpenAI is in early talks with the California attorney general’s office to change its corporate structure in a bid to become a for-profit business, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. OpenAI and a representative for the California Attorney General did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. A shift … Read more

AI chatbots aren’t reliable for voting questions: Government officials

AI chatbots aren’t reliable for voting questions: Government officials

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the Office of the Attorney General in New York on February 16, 2024.  Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images With four days until the presidential election, U.S. government officials are cautioning against reliance on artificial intelligence chatbots for voting-related information. In … Read more

OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft

OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft

In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday launched a search feature within ChatGPT, its viral chatbot, that positions the high-powered artificial intelligence startup to better compete with search engines … Read more

OpenAI, Broadcom working to develop AI inference chip

OpenAI, Broadcom working to develop AI inference chip

OpenAI is working with Broadcom to develop a new artificial intelligence chip specifically focused on running AI models after they have been trained, according to two people familiar with the matter. The AI start-up and chipmaker are also consulting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest chip contract manufacturer, said the people, who asked … Read more

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

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.Hinton doesn’t work at Google anymore. Nor did the longtime professor at the University of Toronto do his pioneering research at the tech giant.But his impromptu party reflected AI’s moment as … Read more

OpenAI gets $4 billion revolving credit line on top of latest funding

OpenAI gets  billion revolving credit line on top of latest funding

OpenAI has a $4 billion revolving line of credit, bringing its total liquidity to more than $10 billion, CNBC has learned. It follows news Wednesday that OpenAI closed its recent funding round at a valuation of $157 billion, including the $6.6 billion the company raised from an extensive roster of investment firms and big tech … Read more