A group of eight U.S. newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.
OpenAI has reached a deal with Reddit to use the social news site's data for training AI models. Reddit content will be incorporated into ChatGPT, OpenAI's popular conversational AI, and the companies will work together to bring unspecified new "AI-powered features" to both Reddit users and moderators. OpenAI will also become a Reddit advertising partner.
A group of publications that include the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and the Orlando Sentinel are accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of stealing their copyrighted content to train generative AI products.
OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT. Users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday, and Johansson herself released a statement saying she hired legal council to inquire about the Sky voice and get exact details about how it was developed. "We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice—Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," the company wrote in a blog post.
U.K. fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. KKR said it's making the investment through its Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III, a $3 billion fund it closed last year. Founded out of London in 2013, Vitesse is the handiwork of Paul Townsend and Phil McGriskin, who had sold an e-commerce payments company called Envoy to WorldPay back in 2011.
Media giants made more headway on the path to streaming profitability this earnings season. But a lot more work still needs to be done.
Consumer demand for the latest AI technology is heating up. The launch of OpenAI's latest flagship model, GPT-4o, has now driven the company's biggest-ever spike in revenue on mobile, despite the model being freely available on the web. This technical innovation is also pushing more users to upgrade to OpenAI's paid subscription, according to new data from app intelligence firm Appfigures.
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OpenAI is removing an AI voice from ChatGPT that many believe sounds like Scarlett Johansson. The company didn't give a clear explanation for the decision.
The spring wave of AI product announcements continued Monday with Microsoft rolling out the latest version of Copilot with new AI features.
Hellblade II is more of an extended, extremely anxious and violent vibe than a traditional adventure game.
Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate replaces traditional third-party recruitment agencies that often use analog workflows and charge exorbitant fees. Zen Educate digitizes everything through a self-serve platform, removing pricey intermediaries from the equation in the process.
Microsoft's new Surface Pro, its first hybrid Copilot+ PC tablet, doesn't look much different than its predecessors.
Craig Kuligowski, who was facing a sexual harassment complaint at Toledo, said he was fired due to his age and his race. He’s a 55-year-old white man.
Rafael Devers is now just two home runs shy of matching MLB’s all-time record.
Acer just announced the Swift 14 AI laptop, a computer with Microsoft Copilot built-in. This allows for conversational search, an explorable timeline and more.
Microsoft's Windows on Arm woes may finally be over.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, alleging that the company used “digital dark patterns” to deceive borrowers and illegally took fees while advertising to consumers that there were no fees. “The CFPB is suing SoLo for using digital trickery to hide interest and fees on its online loans,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a May 17 press release announcing the suit. The CFPB also alleges that the company misrepresented the cost of loans, interfered with the ability of consumers to understand what they were agreeing to, collected on loans they shouldn’t have and made false threats related to credit reporting.
While many climate investors focus their efforts on breakthrough, deep-tech solutions, Patrick Sheehan at ETF Partners has other ideas. “I’ve actually got nothing against carbon capture and storage, apart from the fact it’s probably going to be commercialized too late,” he told TechCrunch. Instead, Sheehan and his colleagues are diving into more software-centric companies that promise to still move the needle.
Just ahead of its Build conference, Microsoft unveiled Copilot+ PCs. These are a "new class of Windows PCs" that can handle some generative AI processes on-device rather than in the cloud.