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☆ Inside Microsoft's struggles with Copilot
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

In September 2023, Microsoft's famously soft-spoken CEO, Satya Nadella, unveiled the company's flagship AI product, Copilot, with sweeping fanfare. Some of Microsoft's own employees and executives are privately concerned that Copilot won't be able to deliver on its ambitions. Copilot's struggles have created an opening for Microsoft's rivals, some of whom have seized on the opportunity to promote their own agendas. "Now, when Joe Blow logs into an account and kicks off Copilot, they can see everything," said one Microsoft employee familiar with customer complaints. As complaints and questions over Copilot mount, so does the pressure to justify Microsoft's unprecedented level of spending on AI.

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☆ Chinese AI startup takes aim at OpenAI's Sora with image-to-video tool launch
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The tool can create videos from text or image prompts. BEIJING — Beijing-based Shengshu Technology on Wednesday said that its artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video tool Vidu will now be able to generate videos by combining multiple images. While OpenAI — the maker of ChatGPT — in February revealed that its AI model Sora could generate one-minute videos from text, it has yet to release that publicly. Other platforms claim they can turn text or images into videos using AI, but the quality of output varies. Vidu launched in April and its ability to turn two profile photos into lifelike videos of people hugging went viral on TikTok.

Persons: OpenAI, —, Shengshu, Bao, Vidu Organizations: Technology, CNBC Locations: BEIJING — Beijing

☆ Sam Altman thanks Elon Musk for helping to initially bankroll OpenAI — and says now is a great time for tech founders
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI chief Sam Altman urged would-be founders to bet on AI. Despite their current feud, Altman said he was "very grateful" for Elon Musk's early backing. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAnd despite their contentious relationship today, Altman said he was "very grateful" to Elon Musk for helping to fund OpenAI in its early days. OpenAI hit back last month, saying Musk was harassing the company for "his own competitive advantage" in the name of his rival firm, xAI.

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☆ What to know about Perplexity, the buzzy — and controversial — AI startup targeting a big funding round
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Perplexity is eyeing a massive funding round this year, The Wall Street Journal had reported. The Times alleged that Perplexity was violating copyright laws by using its content to create news summaries, according to Reuters. In a statement to Reuters, Srinivas said: "We are very much interested in working with every single publisher, including The New York Times. AdvertisementOn Monday, the Journal and New York Post owner News Corp. filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, also alleging copyright infringement. While Perplexity has dealt with criticism from media outlets, its rival OpenAI has struck deals with publishers to use their content.

Persons: —, Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski, Srinivas —, Jeff Bezos, Forbes, Srinivas, OpenAI, Microsoft — Organizations: Corp, Street Journal, Service, Google, Street, New York Post, Business, Nvidia, SoftBank's, Forbes, Wired, New York Times, News Corp, The New York Times, Microsoft, Reuters, The Times, Perplexity

☆ Salesforce's UK chief urges government not to regulate all AI companies in the same way
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — The UK chief executive of Salesforce wants the Labor government to regulate artificial intelligence — but says it's important that policymakers don't tar all technology companies developing AI systems with the same brush. Bahrololoumi noted that there's a difference between companies developing consumer-facing AI tools — like OpenAI — and firms like Salesforce making enterprise AI systems. She said consumer-facing AI systems, such as ChatGPT , face fewer restrictions than enterprise-grade products, which have to meet higher privacy standards and comply with corporate guidelines. A spokesperson for the UK's Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said that planned AI rules would be "highly targeted to the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models," rather than applying "blanket rules on the use of AI. " That indicates that the rules might not apply to companies like Salesforce, which don't make their own foundational models like OpenAI.

Persons: Zahra Bahrololoumi, Salesforce, Bahrololoumi Organizations: LONDON, Labor, CNBC, Ireland, UK's Department of Science, Innovation, Technology Locations: Ireland, Salesforce, San Francisco , California, London, American

☆ Satya Nadella reportedly calls 2 different CEOs every day — and has 2 favorite questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jaures Yip | Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft's CEO likes to schedule daily calls with CEOs to expand his network, The Information reported. Satya Nadella's networking reportedly includes leaders from AI but also non-tech industries. AdvertisementSatya Nadella's daily routine consists of waking up at 7 a.m., practicing mindfulness exercises, and, in a new twist, apparently making multiple phone calls to different CEOs. The Microsoft CEO reportedly asks staff to set up two calls a day with other executives of various companies, according to a new report from The Information detailing Nadella's networking strategies. Nadella, who reportedly remained in close contact with Suleyman for several years, eventually hired him to head up Microsoft AI.

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☆ HSBC exec says there's a lot of AI 'success theater' happening in finance
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto via Getty ImagesLONDON — Increasingly many financial services firms are touting the benefits of artificial intelligence when it comes to boosting productivity and overall operational efficiency. Despite bold statements, a lot of companies are failing to produce tangible results, according to Edward J Achtner, the head of generative AI for U.K. banking giant HSBC . One example he gave was a partnership that HSBC has in place with internet search titan Google on the use of AI technology anti-money laundering and fraud mitigation. Boteju stressed that Lloyds is "proceeding with caution" when it comes to exposing the bank's customers to generative AI tools. Generative AI, on the other hand, is a more nascent technology, according to the Lloyds exec.

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☆ Elon Musk's xAI has moved into OpenAI's old HQ: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's xAI has moved into OpenAI's founding HQ. Musk subsequently left OpenAI and has become increasingly critical of the company, founding rival startup xAI last year. AdvertisementElon Musk is racing to upstage OpenAI — and now the billionaire has moved his own AI startup into the company's old HQ. Musk's AI startup xAI has taken over OpenAI's original office in San Francisco's Mission district, according to a report from the San Francisco Business Times. It comes amid an escalating war of words between the Tesla CEO and the AI startup he helped found in 2015.

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☆ Amazon's RTO mandate is a 'backdoor layoff' strategy, future of work expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Amazon's return-to-office mandate is a move to cut head count, says Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom. AdvertisementAmazon's strict return-to-office push is an attempt to reduce head count, according to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom. Amazon's strict stance on full-time office work is still somewhat of an anomaly within the tech industry. Cost-cutting moveIn the memo announcing the RTO policy, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hinted at plans to reduce managers. "They clearly thought about this long and hard and presumably calculated it was more cost-effective to run a head count reduction via an RTO than active layoffs.

Persons: Amazon's, Nicholas Bloom, Bloom, —, Fortune, OpenAI, Andy Jassy, Jassy Organizations: Stanford, Google, Microsoft, Service, Amazon, Flex, Meta, Business Locations: Germany

☆ The basic income myth: cash discourages work
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Critics of guaranteed basic income often suggest that cash payments discourage work. Guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the US as an approach to poverty reduction. Related storiesBasic income critics say cash discourages workBillionaires, politicians, and financial leaders have criticized basic income programs, saying that cash payments could encourage laziness among participants. AdvertisementStill, guaranteed basic income programs reflect short-term results. Harper began teaching shortly after enrolling in a Georgia-based guaranteed basic income program, In Her Hands.

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☆ Sam Altman is way more interested in AI's next chapter than upheaval at OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSam Altman might be facing upheaval at OpenAI, but that isn't stopping him from discussing his grand plans for the company's next stage. 'Better everything'"The two trends I'm most excited about for the next couple of decades are abundant intelligence and abundant energy," Altman told the audience. The growth, the increase in quality of life we can have in the world — better sustainability, better education, better healthcare, better everything," he added. AdvertisementIt's not the first time Altman has talked up the glorious future that AI — and by extension, OpenAI — may usher in. AdvertisementAltman has previously called for massive investment in AI infrastructure, warning that making AI technology widespread would require "lots of energy and chips."

Persons: —, Sam Altman, Altman, Mira Murati, Murati, John Elkann, cofounders Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Elon Musk, OpenAI, Altman's Organizations: Service, Italian Tech, Business, Google, Elon, Bloomberg, Energy Locations: OpenAI, Italy

☆ OpenAI has 4 big challenges it needs to conquer in its quest for AI dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

OpenAI bleeds C-suite executivesAs OpenAI chases a massive fundraising round, the startup continues to deal with a staff exodus. The nonprofit side of OpenAI will still exist and have a minority stake in the for-profit company, the sources told Reuters. "Given the ambitions of OpenAI, a non-profit structure has been too constraining. AdvertisementThe debate over whether OpenAI should be a for-profit company has been a bone of contention for one very vocal tech industry bigwig — Elon Musk. Park, the corporate law expert, told BI that the for-profit governance structure could also leave OpenAI vulnerable to greater government scrutiny.

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☆ Tesla, Nvidia lead tech-heavy Nasdaq to one of best days of 2024 after Fed rate cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the Nvidia Blackwell platform at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX Forum, in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Led by a 7.4% gain in shares of Tesla and a 4% jump in Nvidia , the Nasdaq rose 2.5% on Thursday, its fourth-sharpest rally of 2024. Nvidia, whose processors are powering the generative AI boom and services like OpenAI's ChatGPT, gained 4% on Thursday to $117.87. Su said AI is going to make its way into "all aspects of our lives," including education and drug development. Among the other top tech companies, Apple and Meta also closed with big gains, each rising almost 4%.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Nvidia Blackwell, it's, they're, Lisa Su, Jim Cramer, Su, Tesla Organizations: Nvidia, COMPUTEX, Investors, Federal Reserve, Tesla, Nasdaq, Federal, Market, Microsoft, Oracle, Devices, Broadcom, AMD, Apple, Meta Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Sam Altman may be in his villain era, but no one seems to care
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As one VC partner told Business Insider at the time: "Sam is bigger than Taylor Swift." But the bigger you are, the faster the fall, and a few months later, things began to unravel. Others simply said Altman was overhyped, that he didn't have all the answers that the public and investors seemed to expect of him. Thanks to good old-fashioned capitalism, Altman and OpenAI have enjoyed business win after win and held their positions as the leaders in the aggressive AI race. "I thought Sam Altman did a really good job in the special," she told The Washington Post in a discussion about her TV program on artificial intelligence.

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☆ 3 ways Wall Street's largest banks are leveraging AI to increase profitability
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Over the past year, Wall Street's largest names — including Goldman Sachs , Bank of America , Morgan Stanley , Wells Fargo to JPMorgan Chase — ramped up their generative artificial intelligence efforts with the aim of boosting profits. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley YTD AI use cases for key businesses Morgan Stanley was among the first on Wall Street to publicly embrace the technology, unveiling two AI assistants for financial advisors powered by OpenAI. Launched in September 2023, the AI @ Morgan Stanley Assistant gives advisors and their staff quick answers to questions regarding the market, investment recommendations, and various internal processes. If it does, that would be welcome news for shareholders after Morgan Stanley's wealth segment missed analysts' revenue expectations in the second quarter . However, As long as these costs don't outweigh return on investment (ROI), we're happy with Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley's moves to innovate.

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☆ OpenAI's GPT-5 is coming out soon. Here's what to expect, according to OpenAI customers and developers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe AI arms race continues apace, with OpenAI competing against Anthropic, Meta, and a reinvigorated Google to create the biggest, baddest, model. OpenAI set the tone with the release of GPT-4 and competitors have scrambled to catch up, with some coming pretty close. But will it be enough to set OpenAI — which is apparently hemorrhaging billions of dollars — apart from the increasingly impressive array of other AI models on offer? He expects GPT-5 to be more like going from undergrad to a PhD program, better for sure but not necessarily Earth-shattering. Already many user are opting for smaller, cheaper models and AI companies are increasingly competing on price rather than performance.

Persons: —, that's, OpenAI, Hamish Low, Jake Heller, Heller, Read, He's, Will GPT, Hooman Radfar, he's, Radfar Organizations: Service, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Business, Enders Analysis, GPT, Thomson Reuters Locations: GPT, undergrad

☆ A former OpenAI safety employee said he quit because the company's leaders were 'building the Titanic' and wanted 'newer, shinier' things to sell
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA former safety employee at OpenAI said the company is following in the footsteps of White Star Line, the company that built the Titanic. Was the path that OpenAI was on more like the Apollo program or more like the Titanic?" Apollo vs TitanicAs Saunders spent more time at OpenAI, he felt leaders were making decisions more akin to "building the Titanic, prioritizing getting out newer, shinier products." OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider. Meanwhile, OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who led the firm's superalignment division, resigned later that month.

Persons: —, OpenAI, William Saunders, OpenAI's, Alex Kantrowitz's, Saunders, Ilya Sutskever, JACK GUEZ, Kantrowitz, he's, Saunders — Organizations: Service, White Star Line, Business, Artificial, Intelligence, White Star, Apollo, NASA, BI, OpenAI, Getty, Tech, Apple, Google, Superintelligence Inc Locations: OpenAI, Russia, AFP

☆ 3 ways artificial intelligence could drive Microsoft stock past its record highs in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Investors have been drawn to Microsoft for its early leadership in the fast-growing artificial intelligence space. Year-to-date Microsoft stock is up roughly 24%, compared to the S & P 500's 15% advance. Excitement for Microsoft as an AI play, along with demand for its cloud computing business, show no signs of slowing. Copilot subscriptions Finally, the company can generate a nice recurring revenue stream from Microsoft 365′s Copilot AI add-on. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Copilot, Satya Nadella, Piper Sandler, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Jason Redmond Organizations: Microsoft, Management, Revenue, . Enterprise, Wall Street, CNBC, AFP, Getty Locations: OpenAI, Microsoft's, Redmond , Washington

☆ Apple and Microsoft seem to be playing very different games with their OpenAI deals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the 1990s, Apple watched as Bill Gates took Windows global, giving Microsoft absolute dominance over the nascent PC market. Apple's OpenAI dealWhen Apple revealed a partnership with OpenAI at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, questions swirled about the terms of the long-rumored tie-up. AdvertisementApple's new suite of AI features revealed at WWDC, dubbed Apple Intelligence, hardly relies on OpenAI's technology. ChatGPT is more of an add-on that Apple users can choose to give, or refuse, permission to respond to queries. The success of Apple's OpenAI tie-up could come down to how many people are willing to buy new iPhones.

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☆ He tried to oust OpenAI’s CEO. Now, he’s starting a ‘safe’ rival
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The OpenAI co-founder who left the high-flying artificial intelligence startup last month has announced his next venture: a company dedicated to building safe, powerful artificial intelligence that could become a rival to his old employer. Ilya Sutskever announced plans for the new company, aptly named Safe Superintelligence Inc., in a post on X Wednesday. Sutskever then worked on Google’s AI research team, before helping to found what would become the maker of ChatGPT. It’s also not clear exactly what the new company thinks of as “safety” in the context of highly powerful artificial intelligence technology. “By safe, we mean safe like nuclear safety as opposed to safe as in ‘trust and safety,’” Sutskever told Bloomberg in an interview published Tuesday.

Persons: Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Geoffrey Hinton, Sam Altman, Altman, Kara Swisher, ”, It’s, ” Sutskever, OpenAI, Jan Leike, Daniel Levy, Daniel Gross Organizations: New, New York CNN, Superintelligence Inc, SSI, Google, CNN, Bloomberg, Apple Locations: New York, OpenAI, “, Palo Alto , California, Tel Aviv, Israel

☆ Did Apple just outthink everyone in AI? A chat with tech analyst Ben Thompson
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

When I try to get my head around big, complicated tech questions, I often rely on Ben Thompson, the influential tech analyst who writes the Stratechery newsletter. And that Apple gets the upside of AI without incurring many of the costs and risks other tech players are taking on. AdvertisementPeter Kafka: You seemed pretty enthusiastic about Apple's AI efforts before they announced them on Monday. One is some massive AI breakthrough, such that the phone becomes the commodity, as opposed to Apple making the AI the commodity. Peter Kafka: You've been speculating about whether Apple is paying OpenAI, or OpenAI is paying Apple.

Persons: —, Ben Thompson, Peter Kafka, They're, Tim Cook, Justin Sullivan, Who's, They've, Apple, You've, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Thompson, Mark Gurman Organizations: Service, Apple, Business, Washington Post, Bloomberg, OpenAI Locations: ChatGPT.com

☆ Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones at his companies if Apple integrates ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Elon Musk is not happy about a new partnership between Apple and ChatGPT creator OpenAI. “Apple has no clue what’s actually going on once they hand your data over to OpenAI,” Musk said in a separate post. OpenAI’s technology will support some of these new tools — for example, allowing users to direct questions to ChatGPT via their Apple devices. Greg Brockman, OpenAI president, said late Monday that ChatGPT would be integrated into Apple’s operating systems for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. So Musk’s employees may have limited options if he wants to ban rival AI — or even OpenAI — from his companies.

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☆ It's all unraveling at OpenAI (again)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In a statement to Business Insider, an OpenAI spokesperson reiterated the company's commitment to safety, highlighting an "anonymous integrity hotline" for employees to voice their concerns and the company's safety and security committee. Safety second (or third)A common theme of the complaints is that, at OpenAI, safety isn't first — growth and profits are. (In a responding op-ed, current OpenAI board members Bret Taylor and Larry Summers defended Altman and the company's safety standards.) "I have been disagreeing with OpenAI leadership about the company's core priorities for quite some time, until we finally reached a breaking point." (Altman and OpenAI said he recused himself from these deals.)

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☆ Why OpenAI should fear a Scarlett Johansson lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“It doesn’t matter if OpenAI used any of Scarlett Johansson’s actual voice samples,” Li posted on Threads. Here, Johansson could accuse OpenAI of illegally monetizing who she is by essentially fooling users into thinking she had voiced Sky. But there’s substantial case law — and one very inconvenient fact for OpenAI — undercutting that defense, legal experts say. According to Johansson, OpenAI approached her to perform as Sky; Johansson declined. While California’s publicity law protects all individuals, some state statutes only protect famous people, and not all states have such legislation on the books.

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OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson problemWhen OpenAI unveiled the latest version of ChatGPT last week, a chatbot that can listen to spoken questions and respond verbally, many users had one question: Is that Scarlett Johansson? It’s another sign of eroding trust in OpenAI, which has taken fire from creative industries and former employees. In her statement, Johansson shed more light on the matter:Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. Altman tried again two days before the ChatGPT product announcement, she added, but released the service before they could connect. Johansson — no stranger to waging war against big companies — suggested that she was ready to take legal action.

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