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Twist and turns at AI startup Thinking Machines keep Valley on the edge
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Twist and turns at AI startup Thinking Machines keep Valley on the edge

On January 12, Mira Murati, the CEO and cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, was asked by Sam Schoenholz, a leading researcher at…

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OpenAI is open to the idea of taking a share of customers’ AI-aided discoveries. (AP)
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A finder’s fee for success you found yourself| Business News

Amid all the attention trained at the artificial intelligence (AI) conversations in Davos, there is a mild sense of panic among the global AI adopters…

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Apple and Google are discussing hosting the AI chatbot directly on Google servers running tensor processing units. (Reuters)
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Apple to revamp Siri as a built-in iPhone, Mac AI chatbot to fend off OpenAI| Business News

Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first AI chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into…

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Jony Ive (left) and Sam Altman. (Handout)
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OpenAI ‘on track’ to unveil first AI device in 2026, Axios reports| Business News

OpenAI is “on track” to unveil its first AI device in the second half of 2026, Policy Chief Chris Lehane said at an Axios event…

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OpenAI makes it clear that ads will not appear in conversations when a user is talking to ChatGPT about sensitive subjects. (Official photo)
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OpenAI’s Privacy Policy and Ads Principles seem at odds| Business News

OpenAI will soon be walking down the path of an advertisement supported business model, as the artificial intelligence (AI) company says users who use ChatGPT…

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right) and OpenAI's Sam Altman. (AFP)
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OpenAI, Microsoft lose last chance to avoid a trial with Elon Musk| Business News

OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity…

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The Apple-Google deal unlocks unlocks two billion active Apple devices for Google Gemini to tap into. (AI Image)
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Apple opts for Google Gemini to power Siri in multi-billion dollar AI deal| Business News

Apple Inc. has chosen Google Gemini over ChatGPT to power its AI technology as well as Siri in a multi-year deal, in what is seen…

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File photo of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (REUTERS)
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OpenAI Is Paying Employees More Than Any Major Tech Startup in History| Business News

OpenAI is paying employees more than any tech startup in recent history, according to financial data it has shown investors. File photo of OpenAI CEO…

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Job apocalypse? Humbug! AI is creating brand new occupations| Business News

A mock job advertisement that has done the rounds recently calls for a “killswitch engineer” for OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The description requires the successful…

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Disney will become a major customer of OpenAI, using its tools to build new products and experiences and deploying ChatGPT for its employees. (AFP)
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Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, strikes licensing deal| Business News

Walt Disney Co. agreed to invest $1 billion in OpenAI and license iconic characters like Mickey Mouse and Cinderella to Sora, OpenAI’s short-form, artificial intelligence…

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