Microsoft extends Azure to Oracle cloud to comply with OpenAI

Oracle has revealed that the cloud will be used by Microsoft to run workloads for OpenAI. Big Red described the deal as a sign that Redmond will extend the Azure Al platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to provide additional capacity for OpenAl. The latter outfit’s CEO, Sam Altman, came up with a canned quote … Read more

Apple shares fall as OpenAI deal sparks Elon Musk’s iPhone threat

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 05: Apple CEO Tim Cook stands next to the new Apple Vision Pro headset … [+] will be shown during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the annual WWDC23 developer conference by announcing the new Apple Vision Pro mixed … Read more

Apple shares fall in premarket as Wall Street remains lukewarm on company’s AI vision and Musk quashes OpenAI iPhone plans

Topline Shares of Apple fell in premarket trading Tuesday after the company debuted “Apple Intelligence” to much fanfare at its annual WWDC event, a highly anticipated insight into the tech giant’s vision for artificial intelligence that includes a long-rumored partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI confirms and wrath of Tesla billionaire Elon Musk. Apple CEO Tim … Read more

ChatGPT is down due to a massive outage – the latest updates from OpenAI

A phone with the ChatGPT logo and a laptop with the OpenAI logo

Refresh 04-06-2024T17:17:08.532Z No news is not necessarily good news (Image credit: OpenAI) While the team at OpenAI is supposedly hard at work trying to figure out why ChatGPT is down, the rest of us are still in the dark. The company’s website still shows the status as ‘Research’. The last update was posted at 10:33 … Read more

WWDC 2024 should kick off a huge collaboration between Apple and OpenAI. Here’s how it can transform your iPhone

Tim Cook on stage at WWDC 2023

We’ve already heard that Apple’s upcoming iOS 18 software could be the “biggest” update in history, thanks to a bunch of new AI features coming to the iPhone. This includes everything from summarizing emails and web pages to transcribing voice notes and AI-generated images and emoji. But Apple is reportedly not going it alone when … Read more

OpenAI’s new deal with Apple is reportedly raising concerns among its largest investor, despite Microsoft’s CEO claiming that “it won’t matter if OpenAI disappears tomorrow.”

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference

What you need to know Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is reportedly concerned about OpenAI’s new deal with Apple to bring AI capabilities to the iPhone. Nadella worries about the impact the deal will have on Microsoft’s products and services, which are already heavily infused with AI capabilities. OpenAI is seemingly on good terms with Apple, … Read more

OpenAI starts training the next AI model as it combats security issues

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI said it had started training its next generation of artificial intelligence software, even as the startup backtracked on previous claims that it wanted to build “super-intelligent” systems that were smarter than humans. The San … Read more

Investors clash over Elon Musk’s $46 billion pay package: ‘The board still needs to ensure Tesla has a full-time CEO’

Tesla investors are lobbying to shoot down the largest moonshot compensation plan in history. A group including New York City pension funds filed a notice Monday urging others to vote against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $46 billion stock option package at the company’s June 13 shareholder meeting. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who serves … Read more

OpenAI says its pulling ChatGPT voice ‘Sky’ sounds like Scarlett Johansson

Topline ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Monday it’s working to drop a voice that sounds like actress Scarlett Johansson, days after the company debuted its new AI voice assistant as part of a major upgrade to its flagship chatbot that rivals for example, Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. One of OpenAI’s voices for ChatGPT was widely … Read more

OpenAI puts ‘shiny products’ above security, says departing researcher

A former senior employee at OpenAI has said the company behind ChatGPT is prioritizing “shiny products” over security, revealing he quit after a disagreement over key objectives reached a “breaking point.” Jan Leike was a key security researcher at OpenAI as co-head of superalignment, ensuring powerful artificial intelligence systems adhered to human values ​​and goals. … Read more