54 h. ago Japan’s Top Gas Buyer Mulls Joining Alaska LNG Export Project

Japan’s Top Gas Buyer Mulls Joining Alaska LNG Export Project  Bloomberg.com

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5 d. ago OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help

For the first time in roughly five years, OpenAI is gearing up to release an AI system that’s truly “open,” meaning it’ll be available for download at no cost and not gated behind an API. TechCrunch reported on Wednesday that OpenAI is aiming for an early summer launch, and targeting performance superior to open models […]

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5 d. ago OpenAI may be developing its own social platform but who’s it for?

OpenAI is reportedly building its own X-like social network. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed, The Verge reports. A social app would give OpenAI its own unique, real-time data that X and Meta already use to help train […]

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7 d. ago ChatGPT’s responses will now include Washington Post articles

OpenAI and The Washington Post just announced a new content partnership which will see ChatGPT summarize and link to the Post’s original reporting in its answers. This is OpenAI’s latest media partnership, with the AI giant inking deals with over 20 news publishers so far, including outlets like The Guardian and Axios. The Washington Post […]

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7 d. ago The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI

The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI  AV Club

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8 d. ago ChatGPT search is growing quickly in Europe, OpenAI data suggests

ChatGPT search, OpenAI’s feature within ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to access and incorporate up-to-date information from the web into its responses, is growing at a fast clip in Europe. A report filed by one of OpenAI’s EU corporate divisions, OpenAI Ireland Limited, reveals ChatGPT search had roughly 41.3 million average monthly active “recipients” for […]

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1 week ago OpenAI’s latest AI models have a new safeguard to prevent biorisks

OpenAI says that it deployed a new system to monitor its latest AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, for prompts related to biological and chemical threats. The system aims to prevent the models from offering advice that could instruct someone on carrying out potentially harmful attacks, according to OpenAI’s safety report. O3 and o4-mini represent […]

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1 week ago OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Codeium for $3B, with news expected later this week

Codeium, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant tool Windsurf, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported. If the deal happens, it would put OpenAI in direct competition with a number of other AI coding assistant providers, including Anysphere, the maker of Cursor, which OpenAI backed from […]

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1 week ago OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Windsurf for $3B, with news expected later this week

Windsurf, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported. If the deal happens, it would put OpenAI in direct competition with a number of other AI coding assistant providers, including Anysphere, the maker of Cursor, which OpenAI backed from its OpenAI […]

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2 w. ago Mira Murati’s AI startup is reportedly aiming for a massive $2B seed round

Thinking Machines Lab, the new AI startup from ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is reportedly attempting to close one of the largest seed rounds in history. Business Insider reported on Thursday that Thinking Machines Lab has doubled the target for its seed funding round to $2 billion. The round, should it close according to plan, would […]

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3 w. ago OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup

OpenAI is said to have discussed acquiring the AI hardware startup that former Apple design lead Jony Ive is building with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to The Information, OpenAI could pay around $500 million for the fledgling company, called io Products. Ive, who left Apple in 2019 to start his own design firm called […]

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