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OpenAI launches real-time search feature
Published in AI
Friday, 01 November 2024 11:11

OpenAI launches real-time search feature


Challenges Google and Microsoft

OpenAI launched a real-time search function within ChatGPT, marking its first significant foray into a market long dominated by Google.

US military buys OpenAI tech
Published in AI
Thursday, 31 October 2024 10:21

US military buys OpenAI tech


Africa Command deems OpenAI Technology "Essential"

A procurement document obtained by The Intercept reveals that US Africa Command (AFRICOM) considers access to OpenAI's technology "essential" for its operations.

OpenAI forms pact with Broadcom
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 October 2024 09:26

OpenAI forms pact with Broadcom


No longer wants custom foundaries

OpenAI has decided to shelve its plans to build custom foundries. Instead, the company will partner with semiconductor giant Broadcom to develop its first batch of custom AI chips.

AI transcription tool whisper faces scrutiny over accuracy
Published in AI


You have a bad case of Scrutter's Cephaloanal Inversion

Hospitals are starting to use a transcription tool powered by a hallucination-prone OpenAI model.

OpenAI and Vole get into the newsroom
Published in AI
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 09:22

OpenAI and Vole get into the newsroom


Claims it will save jobs

OpenAI and Microsoft are jointly funding an initiative to integrate artificial intelligence tools into the newsroom, claiming it will save 21st-century journalism.

OpenAI has lost ground to rivals
Published in AI
Monday, 21 October 2024 11:49

OpenAI has lost ground to rivals


Still the leader for now

OpenAI's lead over other AI labs has largely eroded as Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google's Gemini 1.5, X's Grok 2, and even Meta's open-source Llama 3.1 405 B model have equalled, or narrowly surpassed on some benchmarks,

OpenAI gets all the funding it needs
Published in AI
Thursday, 03 October 2024 11:32

OpenAI gets all the funding it needs


Who needs Apple?

Despite claims in the Tame Apple Press that OpenAI was set to go bankrupt now that Apple had walked away from the company, the company seems to have secured a pile of cash from others.

OpenAI kills off its own business
Published in News
Friday, 06 September 2024 11:16

OpenAI kills off its own business


More hubris than Bellerophon

OpenAI has found a way to burst its own AI bubble by killing off the developing industry with its own greed.

OpenAI installed in a patient’s brain
Published in AI


Aiding paralysis patients

While Elon [look at me] Musk’s invasive brain implants are getting all the press, a much better solution is installing OpenAI into the brains of paralysed patients.

Apple scores good AI deal with OpenAI
Published in News
Thursday, 13 June 2024 11:24

Apple scores good AI deal with OpenAI


Please give it to use for free while we work out a way to do you over

While Microsoft had to pay $10 billion for its OpenAI deal, the fruity cargo cult Apple seems to be getting it for free.