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OpenAI announced it will launch a new AI model, “GPT-4o mini,” the artificial intelligence startup’s latest effort to expand use of its popular chatbot, on Thursday, CNBC reported. The company called the new release “the most capable and cost efficient small model available today,” and it plans to integrate image, video, and audio into it later. The mini AI model
Tech companies are turning to controversial tactics to feed their data-hungry artificial intelligence models, vacuuming up books, websites, photos, and social media posts often unbeknownst to the creators, WIRED reported. AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training data, but an investigation by Proof News found some of the wealthiest AI companies in the world have used material
One of Silicon Valley’s heaviest hitters is wading into the fight over California’s AI regulations, Politico reported. Y Combinator — the venture capitalist firm that brought us Airbnb, Dropbox, and DoorDash — today issued its opening salvo against a bill by state Sen. Scott Wiener that would require large AI models to undergo safety testing. Weiner, a San Francisco Democrat
IIya Sutskever, one of OpenAI’s co-founders, has launched a new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), just one month after formerly leaving OpenAI, TechCrunch reported. Sutskever, who was OpenAI’s longtime chief scientist, founded SSI with former Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross and ex-OpenAI engineer Daniel Levy. At OpenAI, Sutskever was intregral to the company’s efforts to improve AI safety with the
Meta Platforms will not launch its Meta AI models in Europe for now after the Irish privacy regulator told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users, the U.S. social media company said on Friday, Reuters reported. The move by Meta came after complaints and a call by advocacy group NYOB to data protection authorities
On Monday, at WWDC 2024, Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence, its long-awaited, ecosystem-wide push into generative AI. As earlier rumors suggested, the new feature is called Apple Intelligence (AI, get it?). The company promised the feature will be built with safety at its core, along with highly personalized experiences, TechCrunch reported.
OpenAI is forming a new safety team, and it’s led by CEO Sam Altman, along with board member Adam D’Angelo and Nicole Seligman. The committee will make recommendations on critical safety and security decisions for OpenAI projects and operations” — a concern several key AI researchers shard when leaving the company this month, The Verge reported.