OpenAI offering media outlets as little as $1M to use news articles for AI models

OpenAI offering media outlets as little as $1M to use news articles for AI models

OpenAI is offering paltry payouts of as little as $1 million to media outlets in exchange for using their news articles to train the models that power ChatGPT — and the negotiations are playing out even as the company faces a major copyright infringement lawsuit from the New York Times. The proposed licensing fees of…

Jeff Bezos backs AI-powered startup valued at $520M and working to rival Google

Jeff Bezos backs AI-powered startup valued at $520M and working to rival Google

Jeff Bezos has backed a startup valued at $520 million working to rival Google’s web search dominance by using artificial intelligence to change the way people look for information online. Dubbed Perplexity, its prized product is a forum to “ask anything,” which its San Francisco-based team of less than 40 calls an “answer engine,” according…

Qualcomm announces new chip to power Samsung and Google’s competitors to Apple Vision Pro headset

Qualcomm announces new chip to power Samsung and Google’s competitors to Apple Vision Pro headset

The new Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 05, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Qualcomm on Thursday announced a new chip that will be used by Samsung and Google for mixed reality devices that are likely to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro headset….

Peloton partners with TikTok to share short-form workout content

Peloton partners with TikTok to share short-form workout content

Struggling fitness equipment maker Peloton Interactive will bring its workout content to short-form video platform TikTok in an exclusive partnership, the companies said Thursday. The partnership comes as Peloton is pivoting from hardware and transforming into a software-focused company, leaning on its exclusive content to drive subscriber growth. Peloton shares jumped 14% to close at $6.13. Demand for the…

Mobileye shares plunge after chipmaker warns of order pullback

Mobileye shares plunge after chipmaker warns of order pullback

Mobileye signage is displayed during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Oct. 26, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mobileye, the self-driving technology company majority owned by Intel, warned on Thursday that it expected that customer orders would drop off dramatically for the first quarter of…

Mark Zuckerberg sold Meta shares worth $428M to close out 2023: filing

Mark Zuckerberg sold Meta shares worth $428M to close out 2023: filing

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg pocketed nearly half a billion dollars after selling his company’s shares nearly every day during the last two months of 2023 — a move that coincided with a massive rebound in the Facebook and Instagram parent’s stock price. The Facebook founder sold a total of nearly 1.28 million shares to secure…

Could AI cause human extinction? Experts reveal how likely that really is

Could AI cause human extinction? Experts reveal how likely that really is

Could humans suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs? While there’s still a lot of uncertainty around the risk potentially posed by artificial intelligence, some experts have some concerns AI could trigger humankind’s downfall. But even more alarming: scientists believe there’s a 50% chance AI will outperform humans in the next 20 years or so….