OpenAI launches revolutionary GPT-4o for free, CEO Sam Altman feels like ‘AI from movies’

OpenAI launches revolutionary GPT-4o for free, CEO Sam Altman feels like ‘AI from movies’

OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, highlighted significant elements in the latest version of ChatGPT launched on May 13, underscoring a major leap in AI accessibility for free and interface innovation. Altman shared his insights on his blog following the launch of the latest version of ChatGPT. GPT-4o is an advanced version of the AI technology powering … Read more

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a faster, more efficient and smarter AI platform: All you need to know

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a faster, more efficient and smarter AI platform: All you need to know

OpenAI, a pioneer in artificial intelligence research, has officially launched GPT-4o, marking a significant leap forward in AI capabilities. The latest iteration of their renowned AI model promises enhanced speed, efficiency, and integration, poised to revolutionize user experiences across text, vision, and audio formats. With the introduction of a dedicated desktop application, users can now … Read more

How to train your large language model

How to train your large language model

It is no secret that building a large language model (LLM) requires vast amounts of data. In conventional training, an LLM is fed mountains of text, and encouraged to guess each word before it appears. With each prediction, the LLM makes small adjustments to improve its chances of guessing right. The end result is something … Read more

Big tech’s great AI power grab

Big tech’s great AI power grab

The comparison with the famously capex-happy energy industry is apt not just because of the sums involved. AI needs vast amounts of processing power. And that processing power needs vast amounts of electricity. On May 2nd Bob Blue, chief executive of Dominion Energy, one of America’s biggest utilities, said that data-centre developers now regularly ask … Read more

OpenAI joins AI content alliance as Election Commission warns of deepfakes

OpenAI joins AI content alliance as Election Commission warns of deepfakes

This marks OpenAI’s second global collaboration amid mounting concerns about AI’s increasing influence on various content forms, especially during, and in the run up to, the elections in major economies such as India and the US. OpenAI’s decision to join C2PA comes a day after the Election Commission of India issued a notice to political … Read more

ChatGPT advises investors with high risk appetite to invest in cryptos. Should you take the plunge?

ChatGPT advises investors with high risk appetite to invest in cryptos. Should you take the plunge?

If you ask ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, about the most feasible investing option one could explore as a high-risk investor, it promptly asks you to put your money in cryptocurrencies, among other options.  Not only does it suggest investing in cryptos, but it also shares with the inquisitive user the key reason … Read more

Financial Times joins forces with OpenAI to enhance AI capabilities for news and content

Financial Times joins forces with OpenAI to enhance AI capabilities for news and content

(Reuters) – The Financial Times had signed a licensing agreement with OpenAI to train artificial intelligence (AI) models on its attributed content, the newspaper said on Monday, in the latest media tie-up for the Microsoft-backed startup. The agreement will enhance OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT with attributed FT content, and the firms will collaborate on … Read more

Large language models are getting bigger and better

Large language models are getting bigger and better

That hunger for the new has only accelerated. In March Anthropic launched Claude 3, which bested the previous top models from OpenAI and Google on various leaderboards. On April 9th OpenAI reclaimed the crown (on some measures) by tweaking its model. On April 18th Meta released Llama 3, which early results suggest is the most … Read more

Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?

Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has caused a creative explosion of new writing, music, images and video. The internet is alive with AI-made content, while markets fizz with AI-inspired investment. OpenAI, which makes perhaps the most advanced generative-AI models, is valued at nearly $90bn; Microsoft, its partner, has become the world’s most valuable company, with a … Read more

AI could accelerate scientific fraud as well as progress

AI could accelerate scientific fraud as well as progress

The aim of the session, organised by the Royal Society in partnership with Humane Intelligence, an American non-profit, was to break those guardrails. Some results were merely daft: one participant got the chatbot to claim ducks could be used as indicators of air quality (apparently, they readily absorb lead). Another prompted it to claim health … Read more