Emails from the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google revealed how Microsoft executives were alarmed by and even envious of Google’s AI lead. In an email thread, CTO Kevin Scott wrote he was “very, very worried” about Google’s rapidly growing AI capabilities. He said he initially dismissed the company’s “game-playing stunts,” likely referring to … Read more
It turns out the lay of today’s AI landscape can be traced back to — what do you know — fear, jealousy and intense capitalist ambition. Emails revealed in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google, first reported by Business Insider, show Microsoft executives expressing alarm and envy over Google’s AI lead. That spurred an … Read more
Apple might partner with both Google and OpenAI for iOS 18’s AI features. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Apple has reportedly resumed talks with OpenAI about using its technology to power iOS 18’s AI features. The company will use OpenAI’s LLM model to seemingly power an AI-based chatbot. OpenAI and Apple are also discussing how … Read more
Apple is once again talking with OpenAI about using OpenAI technology to power artificial intelligence features in iOS 18, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Apple held talks with OpenAI earlier in the year, but nothing had come of the discussion. Apple and OpenAI are now said to be speaking about the terms of a possible agreement … Read more
A man with a balloon for a head is somehow not the weirdest thing you’ll see today thanks to a series of experimental video clips made by seven artists using OpenAI’s Sora generative video creation platform. Unlike OpenAI‘s ChatGPT AI chatbot and the DALL-E image generation platform, the company’s text-to-video tool still isn’t publicly available. … Read more
Apple has held discussions with Baidu about using the Chinese company’s generative AI model to power some of the iPhone’s rumored generative AI features, according to The Wall Street Journal. As previously reported, Apple is also said to have held similar discussions with Google and OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot. If these … Read more
Apple is in ongoing discussions with Google and OpenAI to use their generative large-language models as the backbone of new iPhone AI features, but no formal announcement is expected until the summer, according to Bloomberg. Today’s report follows the news earlier this week that Apple has been in talks with Google to integrate its Gemini … Read more
Sam Altman on the board of OpenAI, nearly four months after the CEO was ousted, and quickly reinstated, from the company he founded. Although Altman had returned as the AI company’s top executive in November, a temporary board oversaw his return and the subsequent investigation into his conduct. That investigation is now complete, according to … Read more
Imagine a future where machines think like us, understand like us, and perhaps even surpass our own intellectual capabilities. This isn’t just a scene from a science fiction movie; it’s a goal that experts like Scott Aaronson from OpenAI are working towards. Aaronson, a prominent figure in quantum computing, has shifted his focus to a … Read more
OpenAI has released details on how to access its new and highly anticipated Sora text-to-video AI model, capable of generating amazing animations and videos from text prompts. Initially OpenAI is making Sora available to red teamers to assess critical areas for harms or risks. OpenAI is being very careful about who gets to use Sora. … Read more