An AI benchmarking organization has come under fire for its lack of transparency regarding funding from OpenAI, leading to allegations of impropriety within the AI community. The nonprofit, Epoch AI, which primarily receives funding from Open Philanthropy, disclosed on December 20 that OpenAI had supported its development of FrontierMath—a series of advanced tests designed to […]
L’Oréal is partnering with IBM to harness generative AI (GenAI) technology aimed at developing innovative and sustainable cosmetic products. This collaboration will result in a customized AI foundation model designed to enhance L’Oréal’s Research & Innovation (R&I) teams, allowing them to create eco-friendly formulations that utilize renewable raw materials. The initiative’s goals include minimizing material […]
Younger members of Generation Z are increasingly turning to OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, for school-related tasks. A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center reveals that 26% of U.S.-based teens aged 13 to 17 reported using ChatGPT for homework or other educational assignments, a significant increase from previous years. The same survey indicated that while […]
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s AI-powered text-generating chatbot, has significantly transformed since its launch in November 2022. Initially designed to assist with writing and coding through straightforward text prompts, ChatGPT now boasts an impressive user base of 300 million weekly active users as of early 2025. 2024 marked a pivotal year for OpenAI, highlighted by strategic partnerships, technological […]
Researchers from UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab have made significant strides in making reasoning AI models more accessible and affordable. On January 11, 2025, they unveiled Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a new reasoning model that boasts competitive performance against an earlier version of OpenAI’s o1 model. Sky-T1 is distinguished as potentially the first open-source reasoning model that can […]
A recent incident outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas has drawn attention to the intersection of technology and violence. A Tesla Cybertruck exploded, resulting in one fatality and injuring seven others. According to authorities, the truck carried an alarming combination of gasoline canisters, camp fuel, and large firework mortars, which were linked to […]
OpenAI has launched a new feature for ChatGPT that enables users to assign specific traits to the AI chatbot, such as "chatty" or "Gen Z." This new customization option enhances user interactions by allowing them to fill out a revamped custom instructions menu. Users can specify their preferred name, profession, and other personal details, alongside […]
Generative AI funding achieved unprecedented levels in 2024, showing no signs of slowing down despite previous concerns about a market bubble. Investments in the field, which includes a variety of AI-driven applications and ai tools for content creation for generating text, images, videos, speech, and music, hit a remarkable $56 billion across 885 deals. This […]
Back in May, OpenAI announced plans to create a tool allowing content creators to manage how their works would be used in its AI training data. However, as of now, the promised tool, named Media Manager, has not been released, and the deadline for its launch was set for 2025. The Media Manager was designed […]
Elon Musk’s AI venture, xAI, has secured $6 billion in a Series C financing round, significantly advancing its ambitions in artificial intelligence. The announcement reveals a diverse group of backers, including major players like Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, and Nvidia. Notably, Saudi conglomerate Kingdom Holdings contributed approximately $400 million, elevating xAI’s valuation to $45 billion—nearly […]