An excerpt from the forthcoming book The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future reveals new insights into the 2023 controversy surrounding OpenAI’s decision to briefly fire CEO Sam Altman. Written by Wall Street Journal journalist Keach Hagey, the excerpt reports that the nonprofit’s board became increasingly worried after discovering that […]
It’s only been a day since ChatGPT’s new AI image generator went live, and social media is already teeming with AI-generated memes inspired by Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation studio behind hits like “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away.” Within just 24 hours, users have created Studio Ghibli-style images of notable figures like Elon […]
Liam Fedus, who held the position of VP of research for post-training at OpenAI, is departing the company to start a new venture focused on materials science powered by AI. This news was initially reported by The Information, and Fedus later confirmed it in a post on X, where he expressed excitement about applying AI […]
In a recent policy paper, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks caution against the U.S. pursuing a Manhattan Project-style initiative to develop Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which represents superhuman intelligence. They argue that an aggressive quest for control over superintelligent AI could incite […]
ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, is emerging as less power-hungry than previously thought, according to a new study by Epoch AI, a nonprofit research institute. The findings suggest that the energy demands of ChatGPT are heavily contingent on its usage and the underlying AI models at play. Epoch AI’s analysis challenges commonly-quoted statistics […]
In a recent essay on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman highlighted the important issue that the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) might not be evenly distributed across society. He proposed a concept of a “compute budget” and other “strange-sounding” ideas aimed at ensuring that everyone worldwide has access to significant AI capabilities. Altman […]
AI researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington have successfully trained an AI "reasoning" model known as s1, utilizing less than $50 in cloud compute credits, as detailed in a recent research paper. This model exhibits performance comparable to leading models like OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1 on assessments that evaluate mathematical and coding […]
DeepSeek is currently making significant waves in the AI landscape, outshining competitors like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Despite its impressive traction and headlines, questions linger around the reality behind its rapid rise. In a recent episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, host Max Zeff engages with Ion Stoica, a UC Berkeley Computer Science Professor and cofounder of Databricks, […]
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Gov, a tailored version of its AI chatbot aimed specifically at U.S. government agencies. This initiative strives to enhance efficiency and service delivery within these agencies while ensuring the protection of sensitive data and adherence to security protocols. The main goal of ChatGPT Gov is to leverage artificial intelligence to improve […]
OpenAI has launched Operator, a groundbreaking tool designed to enhance web browsing by enabling autonomous task execution. Operator can interact directly with web pages, performing actions like filling out forms and ordering groceries, thereby streamlining repetitive online chores. It operates through a new framework known as the Computer-Using Agent (CUA), which integrates GPT-4o’s visual analysis […]