mira murati Former OpenAI Executive Mira Murati Seeks Historic $2 Billion Seed Round Mira Murati's new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, reportedly pursues a staggering $2 billion seed round despite current economic volatility. The massive fundraising goal highlights the continued investor frenzy for startups founded by former OpenAI leaders.
openai MIRI Criticizes OpenAI Safety Post for Confusing Messaging and Unproven Assumptions MIRI researcher Harlan Stewart challenges OpenAI's recent safety and alignment webpage, arguing that it relies on confusing timelines and unproven assumptions. Stewart urges the AI developer to take greater responsibility for proving its superintelligence safety strategy.
runway Runway Launches Gen-4 AI Video Model With Unmatched Scene Consistency Runway unveils Gen-4, a new AI video generator that maintains consistent characters and environments across scenes without needing extra training. The model represents a major leap in realistic motion and simulated physics.
openai OpenAI Expands GPT-4o Image Generator to All ChatGPT Users OpenAI makes its popular GPT-4o image generator available to free ChatGPT users with a daily limit of three images. The expansion comes as the company reaches 500 million weekly active users and closes a massive new funding round.
openai OpenAI Caps Viral Ghibli Image Tool After GPUs Overheat OpenAI imposes temporary rate limits on its new viral image generator as overwhelming demand strains server hardware. The popular tool raises fresh copyright concerns as users flood social media with Studio Ghibli-style creations.
openai OpenAI's New Image Generator Sparks Studio Ghibli Craze and Copyright Debate OpenAI's latest GPT-4o update allows users to effortlessly mimic Studio Ghibli's iconic animation style, flooding social media with viral reimaginations of pop culture and memes. The trend highlights the impressive capabilities of the new AI tool while also reigniting serious copyright concerns.
openai Federal Judge Allows New York Times Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI to Proceed A federal judge rejects OpenAI's attempt to dismiss a major copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times over the use of its articles to train ChatGPT. The ruling narrows the scope of the case but allows the core infringement claims to move toward a trial.
openai OpenAI Nears $40 Billion Funding Round Led by SoftBank OpenAI is close to finalizing a massive $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, pushing its valuation to $300 billion. The deal involves multiple investment firms and will arrive in two separate tranches throughout the year.
openai OpenAI's Viral Studio Ghibli Image Generator Sparks Fresh Copyright Debates A new ChatGPT image tool allows users to easily recreate copyrighted art styles like Studio Ghibli, pushing AI copyright questions back into the spotlight. Legal experts note that while mimicking an art style is not explicitly illegal, the underlying training methods remain a legal gray area.
openai OpenAI Introduces Responses API and Agents SDK for Custom AI Development OpenAI releases a new Responses API, Agents SDK, and observability tools to simplify the creation of production-ready AI agents. These tools combine chat capabilities with advanced tool use to handle complex, multi-step tasks.
tencent Tencent's Hunyuan-T1 Challenges GPT-4.5 in AI Performance Race Tencent introduces Hunyuan-T1, a powerful new AI model that competes closely with OpenAI's GPT-4.5. This release highlights China's growing influence in the global artificial intelligence landscape.
openai OpenAI Introduces New Developer Tools to Build Custom AI Agents OpenAI launches a new Responses API that provides developers with the underlying components to create autonomous AI agents for business tasks. This new toolkit replaces the older Assistants API and aims to deliver on the growing industry hype surrounding agent technology.
openai OpenAI Unveils GPT-4.5 With Fewer Hallucinations and Higher Emotional Intelligence OpenAI releases a research preview of GPT-4.5, a new general-purpose language model that produces fewer inaccuracies and feels more natural to interact with. The rollout begins for Pro subscribers and developers, with broader access coming in the following weeks.
deepseek DeepSeek Slashes AI API Prices by 75% in Direct Challenge to Rivals DeepSeek introduces daily off-peak discounts of up to 75% on its AI API models, directly targeting developers in the US and Europe during their business hours.
openai OpenAI Expands Deep Research Feature to All Paying ChatGPT Subscribers OpenAI now offers its deep research agent to all paid ChatGPT tiers, giving Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users 10 monthly queries. The expansion intensifies the ongoing race among tech giants to monetize advanced AI agents.