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Greg Brockman on Monday confirmed that OpenAI is exploring an IPO, as well as his own stake in the ChatGPT maker. Loading audio narration… Testifying in an Oakland federal courtroom, Brockman said his stake in OpenAI is worth nearly $30 billion — a value that places him among the 100 wealthiest people in the world. The Forbes billionaire ranking ranks people with that level of wealth in the 80s or 90s. Brockman also confirmed that OpenAI, whose latest fundraising round valued the artificial intelligence company at $850 million, is exploring an initial public offering. Brockman is not currently listed on the…
Does AI have a consistency problem? Loading audio narration… That’s the question billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban raised in a post on X Monday. He said he’s “coming to the conclusion” that the “biggest challenge” facing both enterprise AI and consumer tools is simple: ask the same question twice, and users won’t get the same answer.”It’s still impossible to make sure that everyone gets the same answer to the same question, every time,” he wrote. “AI doesn’t know the consequences of its output.”I’m coming to the conclusion that the biggest challenge for Enterprise AI, and AI in general , as of…
Image model releases are driving growth for AI mobile apps, generating 6.5x more downloads than traditional model updates, according to a new report from app intelligence provider Appfigures. This marks a shift from earlier days, when the release of new models powering the conversational experiences drove more demand, alongside the new features like a voice chat interface. For instance, ChatGPT and Gemini each added tens of millions of new downloads after releasing their respective image models, Appfigures found. For Google’s Gemini, the release of its image model Nano Banana drove an additional 22+ million downloads in the 28 days following…
When do we take AI doomers seriously? That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business. His attorneys argue that the organization was set up as a charity focused on AI safety, and lost its way in pursuit of lucre. To prove that, they cite old emails and statements from the organization’s founders about the need for a public-spirited counterweight to Google DeepMind. Today, they called their only expert witness: Peter Russell, a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor who has studied AI for decades. His job was to offer background on AI,…
Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra is raising a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, the company announced Monday, pushing its post-money valuation above $15 billion. The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the “global standard” for AI-powered customer experiences. Like a lot of AI companies, Sierra has, smartly, been very proactive in touting its own growth in a crowded market. The company says it started with just four design partners a couple of years ago. Today it claims to have more than…
Two days before the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial began last week, Musk texted the model maker’s president and co-founder Greg Brockman. Musk suggested to Brockman that OpenAI settle the suit. After Brockman replied by suggesting both sides drop their suits, the exchange went off the rails, with Musk responding: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be.” So says a new filing submitted on Sunday by OpenAI’s lawyers. The filing didn’t include copies of the text exchange, and most of it was dedicated…
If you, like many people in America, cannot afford to stay in the San Francisco Bay Area, you’re in luck. Loading audio narration… The hottest ticket in town — the trial for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI — is now being livestreamed on YouTube.A new rule for federal courts in the Northern District of California, where the trial is taking place, allows for civil case proceedings to be livestreamed.US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is presiding over the trial in an Oakland, California, courtroom, is the first judge in the district to take advantage of the…
On Monday, Anthropic announced a joint venture focusing on deploying enterprise AI services. Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs will be founding partners in the new venture, which is backed by a group of VCs, hedge funds, and private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management, General Atlantic, GIC, Leonard Green, and Sequoia Capital. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported news of the partnership, reported the new venture was valued at $1.5 billion, which includes a $300 million commitment each from Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman. The announcement comes just as Anthropic’s chief rival is preparing to make…
The gamification of AI adoption is here. Loading audio narration… KPMG told Business Insider it has introduced a dashboard for its US advisory division — where KPMG recently laid off 400 employees — that lets employees track how often they use AI. It shows their use compared to their target goal and to their peer group.The firm said it hopes the dashboard, which came online late last year, encourages more “frequent and sophisticated” AI use among the division’s 10,000 workers.”Our data shows regular AI users produce higher-quality work, feel less stressed, and spend more time on strategic work,” Russ Grote,…
CEOs and their board of directors aren’t on the same page about how quickly their companies should integrate AI, according to a new BCG survey. Loading audio narration… “Split Decision: The BCG CEOs and Boards Survey,” published on Monday, polled 625 business leaders worldwide. Of the 351 CEOs and 274 board members from leading companies surveyed, 44% were based in the US.The survey results point to a divide at the top of organizations over the pace of AI transformation. While boards tend to favor an aggressive approach to AI adoption, CEOs prefer a slower rollout, it found.Specifically, 61% of surveyed…