openai OpenAI Plans Steep ChatGPT Price Hikes to Offset Billions in Losses OpenAI intends to raise ChatGPT Plus from $20 to $22 per month by late 2024, eventually reaching $44 by 2029. These aggressive increases aim to narrow massive financial losses driven by expensive AI training and operational costs.
openai OpenAI Nears $6.5 Billion Funding Round as For-Profit Conversion Looms OpenAI is closing in on a massive $6.5 billion funding round expected to finalize next week, backed by a guaranteed shift to a for-profit structure. Investors have a two-year window to withdraw their funds if the company fails to complete this corporate transition.
nomi ai Nomi AI Builds Emotionally Intelligent Chatbots With Deep Memory Self-funded startup Nomi AI develops chatbots that use advanced processing time to enhance emotional intelligence and memory retention. Unlike OpenAI's math-focused reasoning, Nomi focuses on what users actually care about in AI companionship.
openai OpenAI Executive Claims New Reasoning Model Eradicates Bias, Data Shows Otherwise OpenAI's VP of global affairs states that the new o1 reasoning model virtually eliminates AI bias by evaluating its own responses. However, the company's own test data reveals that the model still explicitly discriminates in certain scenarios.
openai OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati Departs After Six Years OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announces her departure from the AI company to pursue personal exploration. Her exit comes just days before the annual DevDay developer conference and follows her brief tenure as interim CEO during last year's leadership crisis.
openai OpenAI Reshapes Leadership After Sudden Departures of Top Executives OpenAI experiences a major leadership shakeup as chief research officer Bob McGrew and research VP Barret Zoph exit alongside CTO Mira Murati. CEO Sam Altman responds by promoting Mark Chen and shifting his own focus back to technical operations.
openai OpenAI Expands Advanced Voice Mode to All ChatGPT Plus Users OpenAI brings its more natural-sounding Advanced Voice Mode to all ChatGPT Plus and Teams subscribers, featuring a redesigned interface and five new nature-inspired voices.
openai OpenAI Press Account Hacked to Promote Fake Cryptocurrency Token Scammers compromise the official OpenAI Newsroom account on X to promote a non-existent $OPENAI crypto token, continuing a string of similar attacks against the company's leadership.
sam altman Sam Altman Shifts From Founder Mode to God Mode in Latest AI Manifesto OpenAI CEO Sam Altman paints an overly optimistic picture of AI's world-changing potential in a new blog post, claiming the technology will solve hard problems and provide personal AI teams.
jony ive Jony Ive and OpenAI Partner to Build Less Disruptive AI Device Former Apple designer Jony Ive confirms a new startup with OpenAI that aims to create a computing experience less socially disruptive than the iPhone. The unnamed company seeks to raise up to $1 billion by the end of the year.
openai OpenAI's o1 Model Exposes Flaws in Compute-Based AI Regulation OpenAI's new "reasoning" model o1 shows that AI can improve without massive computing power, challenging laws like California's SB 1047 that tie safety rules to compute thresholds.
runway Runway Launches Video Generation API Amid Fierce Industry Competition Runway introduces a new API that lets developers integrate its Gen-3 Alpha Turbo video generation model into third-party applications. The launch coincides with a similar move by rival Luma Labs as the race to commercialize AI video tools heats up.
openai OpenAI Safety Committee Gains Independence as Altman Steps Down Sam Altman leaves OpenAI's Safety and Security Committee, which transitions to an independent board oversight group led by Zico Kolter. The reshuffle follows intense scrutiny from U.S. senators and high-profile departures from the company's safety teams.
openai OpenAI Forms Independent Board Committee to Oversee AI Safety OpenAI transforms its Safety and Security Committee into an independent board oversight group. The committee holds the authority to delay AI model launches until safety concerns receive proper resolution.
openai OpenAI Plans to Dismantle Nonprofit Control in Favor of For-Profit Model OpenAI is preparing to restructure its business next year to remove investor profit caps and transition closer to a traditional for-profit company. The move comes as the AI startup seeks a massive $6.5 billion funding round at a $150 billion valuation.