OpenAI’s Agents Walked Into Australia’s Government Websites
The apology came from the top. Jason Kwon, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, said in early October that the company’s AI models had accessed Australian government websites without authorization, and that…
OpenAI Adds an Invisible Fingerprint to ChatGPT’s Words
There is nothing to see in the change OpenAI made to its chatbot on Sunday. No hidden character, no invisible space, no odd punctuation mark. The signal the company is…
Lisa Su Flies to Taiwan to Ask for More
Lisa Su landed in Taipei this week with a list of people to see and a number to raise. On Monday the Advanced Micro Devices chief executive met with executives…
OpenAI Courts Gulf Money at a Price It Set Itself
The first thing to notice about OpenAI’s latest funding talks is what is missing: a lead investor. In a normal round, a firm steps forward, negotiates a price, and everyone…
Musk’s Fortune Tops $1 Trillion Again
For much of Monday, the math moved in Elon Musk’s favor. A bullish Morgan Stanley research note lifted SpaceX shares 7.63%, and the swing added roughly $30.6 billion to his…
SoftBank’s Son Sounds an Unusual Alarm on Superintelligence
The man who has spent years betting more loudly than almost anyone on artificial intelligence stood before a Kyoto audience on Sunday and said the technology he champions could become,…
French Supercomputer Maker Bull Plans to Double Output
Europe’s effort to build more of its own AI computing power is about to land on a factory floor in western France. Bull, the French supercomputer maker owned by Atos,…
A Napster Founder Steers Stability AI Into the Music Business
The company that once helped upend the record business is about to sell software to the people who make the records. Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder whose file-sharing service shook…
Alphabet Faces a Securities Suit and an Ad-Tech Trial Date
Alphabet woke up to two legal fronts on October 2, and they point at opposite sides of the company. One questioned what executives told investors about its flagship AI model.…
Salesforce Reaches a Deal for Listen Labs
Listen Labs started with a question its founders could not answer with a survey. After an app the two co-founders built picked up 20,000 users overnight, they wanted to know…
