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OpenAI drama continues, with negotiations for Sam Altman’s return [U]

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 21 2023 - 5:29 am PT
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While not exactly our normal beat, it’s hard to ignore the biggest tech news of the day: the OpenAI drama which saw CEO Sam Altman abruptly fired from the ChatGPT developer. This happened without notice, and for reasons we can guess but which were not stated.

Latest updates: Almost all of the company’s 770 staff have now threatened to quit unless the board resigns and reinstates Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, and it appears that their return to the company is now a strong possibility – more at the bottom …

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Jony Ive reportedly discussing new AI hardware project with OpenAI CEO

Avatar for Filipe Espósito Sep 26 2023 - 8:10 pm PT
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Jony Ive became famous for his role as chief design officer at Apple, as he was responsible for many important projects at the company. Ive left Apple in 2019 to found his own design firm, LoveFrom, and has since worked with partners such as Airbnb and Ferrari. According to a new report, Ive is now discussing the project of a new “AI hardware” with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.

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Popular Petey GPT Apple Watch app coming to iOS, here’s how to join the beta

Avatar for Michael Potuck Mar 29 2023 - 7:33 am PT
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Petey GPT iOS iPhone app beta

Last month, watchGPT arrived to seamlessly access OpenAI’s smarts right on your Apple Watch. Shortly after, it was renamed to “Petey” as Apple cracked down on apps using GPT in their names. Now the most requested feature is in the works – an iOS version of Petey. While public availability isn’t known yet, you can sign up to be among the first to try out the beta.

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Microsoft announces Security Copilot, leveraging GPT-4 for ‘the new era of security’

Avatar for Michael Potuck Mar 28 2023 - 9:20 am PT
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Microsoft Security Copilot GPT-4

Microsoft has announced the latest way it’s integrating OpenAI’s GPT-4 into its services and software. With a fresh app called Security Copilot, Microsoft believes leveraging GPT-4’s AI will usher in “the new era of security” by helping infosec professionals save time, simplify the complex, catch what others miss, and address the talent gap.

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Microsoft Edge and Bing team up with DALL·E to deliver text-based image creation

Avatar for Michael Potuck Mar 21 2023 - 7:43 am PT
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Microsoft has taken the next step in its plan to evolve its Bing search engine and Edge browser with the latest artificial intelligence has to offer. After integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT last month, “Bing Image Creator” has arrived on iOS/Android and desktop powered by an “advanced version” of OpenAI’s DALL·E to create an image with just words.

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Microsoft Office will soon gain GPT-4 AI with new ‘Copilot’ feature

Avatar for Michael Potuck Mar 16 2023 - 11:05 am PT
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Microsoft Office OpenAI GPT-4

Microsoft has announced the next step it’s taking to evolve its productivity software soon with OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence tech, GPT-4. The well-known Office apps will be updated with what the company is calling “Copilot” to help with tasks like writing entire documents, summarizing meetings, finding milestones for a project, analyzing strategy risk, and much more.

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DuckDuckGo offers its take on a natural language AI integration with DuckAssist

Avatar for Michael Potuck Mar 8 2023 - 6:15 am PT
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DuckDuckGo is out today with an update that brings a beta of a new feature called DuckAssist. The approach to AI is different from what we’ve seen from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s broad focus. DuckAssist was designed with the goal of offering “more directly responsive” answers to questions summarized from Wikipedia and similar sources.

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