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☆ The Rise of GodGPT: Religions Are Using Bots for Spiritual Formation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( John Brandon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Dealing with social anxiety can be challenging, but there are several approaches that might help," the bot responded. "Cathy represents our innovative approach to leveraging technology in support of spiritual exploration," says Rev. Lorenzo Lebrija, the founding director of TryTank and an Episcopal priest. But they've designed it to help spiritual seekers talk about subjects they feel "vulnerable or defensive" about. John Brandon is a journalist who has published over 15,000 articles on social media, technology, leadership, mentoring, and many other topics.

Persons: Cathy, It's, Lorenzo Lebrija, Lebrija, Andrew Doyle, Jesus, Chatbot Eli, Gita GPT, Father Justin, they've, Elon Musk, Joshua K, Smith, I'm Cathy, Sam Altman, Thomas Telving, Richard Zhang, I've, —, Rev, Doyle, Telving, John Brandon Organizations: TryTank Research, Episcopal, Episcopal Church, of, Gatorade, Google Locations: of Texas

☆ Sam Altman explains OpenAI's shift from open to closed AI models
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

CEO Sam Altman explained the company's shift to closed AI models in a Reddit AMA on Thursday. AdvertisementWhy doesn't OpenAI open-source the AI models behind ChatGPT if the company is called OpenAI? Altman responded that open source "plays an important role in the ecosystem and there are great open source models in the world." The comments from Altman follow a year in which OpenAI has received criticism for no longer open-sourcing its AI models. "There is no single open source AI definition, and defining it is a challenge because previous open source definitions do not encompass the complexities of today's rapidly advancing AI models," the spokesperson said.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, —, Altman, Elon Musk, ChatGPT, Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI's GPT Organizations: Service, Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, OSI

☆ What Wall Street learned from the week's Big Tech earnings flurry
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Among the megacap stocks, Alphabet , Amazon and Microsoft grew year-over-year, cloud-based revenue by 35%, 19% and 20%, respectively. But of the five largest companies that have so far reported results — Meta Platforms , Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft — only two finished the week higher. META 5D mountain Meta, 5 days Commentary from some of the tech companies signaled that AI demand remains robust. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy justified stepped up AI spending, saying that investors will be rewarded over the long haul. AMZN 5D mountain Amazon, 5 days Meanwhile, the still enormous spending patterns among megacap technology companies signals no downturn for de facto AI leader Nvidia.

Persons: Gene Munster, Sundar Pichai, Andy Jassy, Ray Wang, Wang, Mark Malek, Constellation's Wang, Satya Nadella's, Eric Clark, Clark Organizations: Microsoft, Apple, Constellation Research, Brands, Nvidia

☆ Intel’s getting kicked out of the Dow
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Intel’s shares (INTC) have declined 54% this year, making it the worst performer on the index and leaving it with the lowest stock price on the price-weighted Dow. The stock fell about 1% in extended trading on Friday, while Nvidia (NVDA) was up 1.5%. Launched in 1968, the Silicon Valley pioneer sold memory chips before switching to processors that helped launch the personal computer industry. In the 1990s, “Intel Inside” stickers turned commodity electronic components into premium products and eventually became ubiquitous on laptops. The company’s 10-for-one stock split in June also helped pave the way for its addition to the index, making its soaring shares more accessible to retail traders.

Persons: Dow, TSMC, OpenAI Organizations: CNN, Intel, Dow Jones, Nvidia Locations: chipmaking, ChatGPT

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the Office of the Attorney General in New York on February 16, 2024. With four days until the presidential election, U.S. government officials are cautioning against reliance on artificial intelligence chatbots for voting-related information. "Study after study has shown examples of AI chatbots hallucinating information about polling locations, accessibility of voting and permissible ways to cast your vote." "We agree with the NY Attorney General that voters should consult official channels to understand where, when, and how to vote," an Anthropic spokesperson told CNBC. "For specific election and voting information, we direct users to authoritative sources as Claude is not trained frequently enough to provide real-time information about specific elections."

Persons: Letitia James, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, James, It's, Alexandra Reeve Givens, chatbots, Claude, OpenAI, ChatGPT, it's Organizations: New, New York, Republican, Democratic, Center for Democracy & Technology, CNBC, Google, NY Locations: New York, U.S, Mistral

☆ Generative A.I. Made All My Decisions for a Week. Here's What Happened.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Kashmir Hill | Hang Do Thi Duc | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Decisions I would normally agonize over, like travel logistics or whether to scuttle dinner plans because my mother-in-law wants to visit, A.I. Letting your mother-in-law cook can be a great idea, especially if she enjoys it and it gives you a break. And it made good decisions, such as advising me to be nice to my mother-in-law and accept her offer to cook for us. (Generative A.I. Just as we’ve outsourced our sense of direction to mapping apps, and our ability to recall facts to search engines, this explosion of A.I.

Persons: ChatGPT, I’d, couldn’t, Taupe ”, Chive, didn’t, Ms, Jang, ”, Judith Donath, Harvard’s Berkman Klein, “, it’s, Donath Organizations: Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, chum, The New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft Locations: A.I, Olive, OpenAI

☆ Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on the back of Meta's Llama, Reuters reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts. Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts. It was found to outperform some other AI models that were roughly 90% as capable as OpenAI's powerful ChatGPT-4. The researchers didn't elaborate on how they defined performance or specify whether the AI model had been put into service. Meta has embraced the open release of many of its AI models, including Llama.

Persons: Army's, Meta META.O, ChatBIT, Sunny Cheung, Meta Organizations: People's Liberation Army, Reuters, PLA, Academy of Military Science, Meta, Jamestown Foundation Locations: China, U.S

☆ Amazon CEO pledges AI investments will pay off as capital expenditures surge 81%
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"I think we've proven over time that we can drive enough operating income and free cash flow to make this a very successful return on invested capital business," Jassy said. "We expect the same thing will happen here with generative AI." The jump in spending is primarily being driven by generative AI investments, Jassy said. A day earlier, Alphabet CFO Anat Ashkenazi warned the company expects capital spending to grow in 2025. Amazon has said its cloud unit has picked up more business from companies that need infrastructure to deploy generative AI models.

Persons: Andy Jassy, Jassy, OpenAI, we're, Mark Zuckerberg, Anat Ashkenazi, It's, it's Organizations: Amazon Web Services, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Locations: OpenAI

☆ OpenAI is throwing down the gauntlet at Google by rolling out its new search feature
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI will enhance ChatGPT with a new search feature for real-time web answers. ChatGPT's search tool challenges Google's search dominance. OpenAI is taking on the tech giant by offering a search tool that can process conversational questions and keep track of context. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an X post that using ChatGPT search has "probably doubled my usage over the past few weeks." Instead of pulling up the nearest restaurants, OpenAI said ChatGPT can make recommendations with its search feature and answer follow-up questions.

Persons: Sam Altman, —, OpenAI, would've, — Sam Altman, Altman, ChatGPT Organizations: Service, Google Locations: chatgpt

☆ Amazon's CEO is even more bullish on the AI opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon's AI services are rapidly growing, with significant demand for AWS's AI chips. AdvertisementJust when you thought Big Tech executives couldn't get more bullish on AI, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy upped the ante on Thursday. Amazon has launched a number of new AI services in recent years, including Bedrock, an AI development tool, the Rufus shopping agent, and homegrown AI chips called Inferentia and Trainium. Amazon's AI business is "growing three times faster at its stage of evolution than AWS did itself," he added. AdvertisementCustomers are realizing that AI model training and inference "could get costly" and AWS's AI chips can be "very compelling" in terms of its price, the CEO explained.

Persons: Jassy, —, couldn't, Andy Jassy, We've, unravels ChatGPT, Rufus Organizations: Service, Big Tech, Amazon, Services Locations: capex

☆ OpenAI launches ChatGPT search
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Kate Rooney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOpenAI launches ChatGPT searchCNBC's Kate Rooney joins 'The Exchange' to report on OpenAI's new entry to take on search engines.

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☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says new AI model taking a while because 'we can't ship' as quickly as hoped
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"All of these models have gotten quite complex and we can't ship as many things in parallel as we'd like to," Altman wrote during a Reddit AMA. Regarding the next version of DALL-E, Altman wrote that the "next update will be worth the wait" but that there's no "release plan yet." The move also positions OpenAI as more of a competitor to Microsoft, which has invested close to $14 billion in OpenAI. For Altman, Reddit isn't just a communications platform. WATCH: OpenAI takes on Google with ChatGPT search

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, OpenAI, Sora, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, Microsoft's Bing, Narayanan, Bing, Reddit isn't Organizations: Google, CNBC, AVM Vision, ChatGPT, Microsoft Locations: San Francisco , California, OpenAI, ChatGPT

☆ Sam Altman said he 'sometimes' used ChatGPT to answer Reddit AMA questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman said OpenAI's next big model is likely not coming this year. The CEO answered user questions during a Reddit Ask Me Anything Thursday — sometimes using ChatGPT to respond, he said. AdvertisementSam Altman used his own AI creation to answer questions during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session on Thursday. Altman also said he was using ChatGPT, the company's generative AI chatbot, to "sometimes" answer questions during the AMA. The billionaire offered new timing details on OpenAI's next large AI model, GPT-5, saying its release likely won't come this year.

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI's, —, Redditors, Altman, Srinivas Narayanan, Narayanan, Bing, OpenAI execs, Kevin Weil Organizations: Service, AMA

☆ AI is coming to Google Maps to help you find inspiration for what to do in an area
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google Maps and its platforms rolled out a Gemini AI update that enhances its location services. Starting this week, the company's Gemini AI will be integrated into Google Maps in the US on Android and iOS. Google vice president Miriam Daniel told Business Insider that the presentation of the results in Google Maps and the Gemini app might look different, "but the fundamental core is somewhat the same." AdvertisementDrivers will be able to report incidents within Google Maps. The tech giant has been working on integrating AI into various platforms, such as AI Overviews in Google search results.

Persons: —, Miriam Daniel, Susanne Franz, We're, Daniel Organizations: Google, Gemini, Drivers, Service, Waze, Android, Business

☆ OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

ChatGPT search offers up-to-the-minute sports scores, stock quotes, news, weather and more, powered by real-time web search and partnerships with news and data providers, according to the company. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards OpenAI's ChatGPT search OpenAIThe move also positions OpenAI as more of a competitor to Microsoft and its businesses. ChatGPT will "automatically search the web based on what you ask," according to an OpenAI blog post. Users can manually click the web search icon within ChatGPT to search if they choose. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards OpenAI's ChatGPT search OpenAI

Persons: Sam Altman, Didem, Bing, OpenAI, Altman, Axel Springer, Condé Nast, Dotdash Meredith Organizations: Anadolu, Getty, Microsoft, Google, ChatGPT, Associated Press, Reuters, Hearst, Financial Times, News Corp, Vox Media Locations: ChatGPT, OpenAI

☆ Microsoft's stock heads for worst day in two years after disappointing forecast
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Microsoft 's better-than-expected earnings report wasn't enough to prevent the stock's steepest selloff in two years, as investors instead focused on the company's forecast for the current period. Microsoft shares fell more than 5% on Thursday and headed for their worst day since Oct. 26, 2022, when they dropped 7.7%. Amazon , which leads the cloud infrastructure market, is scheduled to report results after the close on Thursday. Net income rose 11% to $24.67 billion from $22.29 billion in the year-ago quarter.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Amy Hood Organizations: Microsoft, Revenue, Google, BofA Global Research Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia

☆ What Wall Street expects from Amazon, Apple earnings after the bell
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Wall Street faces another key litmus test Thursday with results from megacap technology giants Apple and Amazon . For Apple, Wall Street also wants to see its latest iPhone pick up steam, and investors seek more insight into when the company's AI initiative will begin lifting sales. For Apple, Wall Street expects EPS of $1.60 on $94.58 billion in revenue. Amazon's retail business also remains top of mind for Wall Street ahead of the busy holding shopping period. Apple For Apple, Wall Street is eagerly searching for signs of strong demand for its latest iPhone model and updates on its AI strategy.

Persons: Jason Helfstein, Brent Thill, Bank of America's Justin Post, Doug Anmuth, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Ronald Josey, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, Jefferies, Edison Lee, Samik Chatterjee, Davidson's Gil Luria, Wamsi Mohan, Tim Long, AAPL, Long Organizations: Apple, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Wall, LSEG, Amazon, StreetAccount, Jefferies, Bank of America's, Apple Intelligence, " Bank of America, Barclays Locations: Amazon

☆ Super Micro's $50 billion stock collapse underscores risk of AI hype
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Super Micro is one of the primary vendors for building out Nvidia-based clusters of servers for training and deploying AI models. Super Micro is now at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq, and has until Nov. 16 to regain compliance with the stock exchange. Ernst & Young was new to the job, having just replaced Deloitte & Touche as Super Micro's accounting firm in March 2023. Since the S&P's announced index changes in March, Super Micro's stock has dropped at least 10% on six separate occasions. — CNBC's Rohan Goswami and Kif Leswing contributed to this report WATCH: Super Micro stock is a 'very risky buy'

Persons: Ernst & Young, Deloitte didn't, hasn't, P's, Dow Jones, Kevin Barry, Barry, —, Rohan Goswami, Kif Leswing Organizations: Computer Inc, Bloomberg, Getty, Micro, Nvidia, Ernst, Nasdaq, Mizuho, Deloitte, Touche, CNBC, Ernst & Young, Dell, SEC, Super, Hindenburg Research, Super Micro, U.S, U.S . Super, Whirlpool, P Global Locations: San Jose , California, U.S, That's, U.S .

☆ Microsoft's new AI CEO rolled out his first big product update. Some staff and users say the previous version was better.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It was is the first major release from Microsoft's new consumer AI org, under Mustafa Suleyman. It was the first major product release from Mustafa Suleyman's new Microsoft AI group, and it's had a mixed reception so far. AdvertisementHigh expectationsMicrosoft hired Suleyman in March to oversee consumer AI products such as the Bing search engine and the Copilot AI chatbot . For instance, Suleyman's consumer Copilot app is separate from an AI Copilot tool that Microsoft offers as part of its M365 suite of business software. User feedbackIn the public App Store reviews, users complained about several specific issues that have arisen since the consumer AI Copilot app was updated Oct. 1.

Persons: Mustafa Suleyman, —, Mustafa Suleyman's, it's, Suleyman, Susanne Franz, Divya Kumar, Kumar Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Business, Copilot

☆ Elon Musk's xAI startup could soon be worth many times more than X
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk's xAI is raising fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation, the WSJ reported. Social media network X, meanwhile, is currently valued at $9.4 billion, according to Fidelity filings. AdvertisementA new funding round in the works for xAI could value Elon Musk's startup at more than four times what his social media network, X, is currently worth, according to recent Fidelity filings. The AI startup is reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $40 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. Assuming the investment was made at X's $44 billion valuation, the fund now estimates X's value to be around $9.4 billion.

Persons: Elon Musk's, —, Musk, ChatGPT, That's Organizations: Social, Fidelity, Service, Elon, Wall Street, Sequoia Capital, Growth Locations: a16z, xAI

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow ChatGPT-maker OpenAI's new lobbying power tamed Capitol HillCome election day, the future of Big Tech won't be decided by either presidential candidate. Instead, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman has emerged as one of the most powerful people shaping AI policy. The man behind ChatGPT has put on a masterclass in wooing Washington, learning from Mark Zuckerberg and social media's missteps in the past on the Hill. And he's turned OpenAI into a lobbying powerhouse, bringing on staff with deep ties to D.C. like its head of global affairs Chris Lehane.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, ChatGPT, Mark Zuckerberg, he's, Chris Lehane Organizations: Big Tech Locations: Washington

☆ Evertune is building marketing analytics tools for LLMs. Check out the pitch deck it used to launch from stealth with $4 million in seed funding from Eniac.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The startup offers marketing analytics tools to help brands boost their SEO on LLMs like ChatGPT. Check out the 17-slide pitch deck Evertune used to raise its $4 million seed funding round. The startup, Evertune, launched from stealth today with $4 million in seed funding, it confirmed exclusively to Business Insider. AdvertisementAt Evertune, Stempeck said that he and his co-founders, Ed Chater and Poul Costinsky, are focusing on being the leader in intersection between advertising and AI. Check out the 17-slide pitch deck Evertune used to raise its $4 million seed funding round.

Persons: Evertune, Roger Ehrenberg, —, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's, Anthropic's Claude, Brian Stempeck, Evertune's, Stempeck —, LLMs, Stempeck, Ed Chater, Poul Costinsky Organizations: Eniac Ventures, Nextview, Service, Business, New York VC, NextView Ventures, Aperiam Ventures

☆ Microsoft set to report quarterly results after the close
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft will report results for its fiscal first quarter after the close of regular trading on Wednesday. Mobility and security services, along with some Windows revenue, will now be part of the Productivity and Business Processes unit, which includes Office software. Analysts expect $24.04 billion in revenue from the Intelligent Cloud segment that includes Azure cloud infrastructure. Amazon , which leads the cloud infrastructure market, is slated to report results after the close on Thursday. During the quarter, Microsoft worked to help customers recover after a flawed update to CrowdStrike security software brought down Windows PCs globally.

Persons: Satya Nadella, OpenAI Organizations: Partnership for Global Infrastructure, Microsoft, Productivity, Gartner, Windows, BlackRock, UBS, Capital, Nasdaq Locations: Borgo, Savelletri, Italy

But when it comes to technology, one of the most powerful people shaping regulation isn't a candidate at all. Altman, the OpenAI co-founder and CEO, meanwhile, has put on a masterclass in wooing Washington, learning from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media's missteps in front of Congress. Lawmakers have now begun embracing AI in a way they never did social media. That new messaging on AI regulation is largely thanks to Altman turning OpenAI into a lobbying powerhouse. Now, he's bringing his playbook to OpenAI, where his message to Washington is that if the U.S. doesn't lead the way in AI, an autocratic nation like China will.

Persons: It's Sam Altman, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, ChatGPT, Katie Harbath, They're, Chris Lehane, Lehane, Bill Clinton, doesn't Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Meta, Lawmakers, China, D.C Locations: Washington, OpenAI, U.S, China, American

☆ Microsoft CFO says OpenAI investment will cut into profit this quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft 's massive investment in OpenAI is weighing on earnings. The accounting approach refers to a company's share of the invested company's profit or loss in a given period, a Microsoft spokesperson said. The OpenAI investment disclosure was new for Microsoft, but the company has registered over $2.3 billion in other expense in the past four quarters. On the earnings call, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the collaboration with OpenAI has benefited both parties and that the company feels good about "our investment stake in OpenAI." WATCH: Oppenheimer downgrades Microsoft: OpenAI losses are not properly priced in

Persons: Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Amy Hood, OpenAI, Hood, Microsoft's, OpenAI's, OpenAI didn't, Oppenheimer Organizations: Microsoft, Google, OpenAI Locations: San Francisco, OpenAI

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