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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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Chiefs' Wanya Morris, Chukwuebuka Godrick arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession
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- TechCrunch
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- Engadget
The OpenAI team tasked with protecting humanity is no more
In the summer of 2023, OpenAI created a “Superalignment” team whose goal was to steer and control future AI systems that could be so powerful they could lead to human extinction. Less than a year later, that team is dead.
- Engadget
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