SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI has announced its biggest deal yet by buying hardware startup io, founded by famous designer Sir Jony Ive, in a $6.5 billion all-equity deal. The news was shared on May 21, 2025, and marks a major step for OpenAI as it moves beyond software and into hardware made for AI. The agreement […]
Previously, Musk had also intervened and tried to block OpenAI from becoming a for-profit company by approaching the courts. The company currently is a not-for-profit company. In a new development, not just from the world of AI, but the Elon Musk universe, the Tesla, SpaceX & xAI boss has made a surprise bid to take […]
OpenAI is making waves again, this time with a significant deal involving the purchase of the iconic domain name, Chat.com. This domain, one of the oldest web addresses, was bought by OpenAI from Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. After the deal, Chat Dot Com was redirected to ChatGPT, the company’s popular AI platform. […]
SAN FRANCISCO: AI startup OpenAI has announced that its chatbot, ChatGPT, now has over 200 million weekly active users. This is double the number it had last fall. ChatGPT, which was introduced in 2022, generates responses that resemble human conversation based on user prompts. Back in November, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman mentioned that the chatbot […]
SearchGPT, considered as the new Google and Perplexity competitor, will start as a limited prototype and eventually be added to ChatGPT. OpenAI is launching a new search engine called SearchGPT, which uses AI to give you real-time information from the web. Instead of just showing a list of links, SearchGPT organizes and summarizes the information […]
Tech giants, OpenAI, Adobe, and Microsoft have recently shown their support for a California bill, AB 3211, which aims to improve transparency regarding AI-generated content like adding a watermark. The bill is set for a final vote in August and seeks to address concerns about the authenticity of digital media by requiring clear labeling of […]
BOSTON: Two friends in their 80s named Nick found out that ChatGPT might be using their work without permission. They decided to take action and sued, OpenAI and Microsoft, the companies behind the AI chatbot, according to an agency report. Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, are experienced journalists living in the same Massachusetts […]
Last week, OpenAI introduced a new conversational interface for ChatGPT featuring an expressive, synthetic voice that sounded remarkably like the AI assistant voiced by Scarlett Johansson in the sci-fi movie “Her.” However, over the weekend, OpenAI unexpectedly disabled the new voice. On Monday, Johansson released a statement claiming she had compelled this reversal after her […]
Dubai: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, called for a global system for AI oversight and invited the UAE to lead discussions during the opening session of the second day of the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024. “For various reasons, the UAE would be well-positioned to lead discussions on this matter. I propose hosting a one-day […]
Elon Musk, a billionaire computer entrepreneur, has started an artificial intelligence (AI) firm to compete with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which he has criticized for being “woke.” The purpose of the new business, according to xAI on Wednesday, is to “understand the true nature of the universe”. “What are the most fundamental unanswered questions?” […]
