India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users
ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India’s massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down.
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OpenAI defeats xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit
OpenAI won a victory Tuesday in one of its legal battles with xAI, which involved allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets. The former company’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted on Tuesday with leave to amend, meaning xAI has the option to refile with modified claims. In the ruling, US District Judge […]
OpenAI COO says ‘we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes’
Earlier this month, OpenAI launched a new platform called OpenAI Frontier for enterprises to build and manage agents, but OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said that businesses haven’t yet seen AI adoption at scale. “One of the interesting things and some of the inspiration for the work we’ve been doing lately around OpenAI Frontier is we […]
With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic
While some dual investors are understandable, others were more shocking, and signal the disregard of a longstanding ethical conflict-of-interest rule.
OpenAI calls in the consultants for its enterprise push
OpenAI is partnering with four consulting giants in an effort to see more adoption of its OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform.
All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit
India is hosting a four-day AI Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state.
Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too
“It also takes a lot of energy to train a human.”
OpenAI debated calling police about suspected Canadian shooter’s chats
Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of gun violence were flagged by tools that monitor ChatGPT for misuse.
Suspect in Tumbler Ridge school shooting described violent scenarios to ChatGPT
The suspect in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was raising alarms among employees at OpenAI months before the shooting took place. This past June, Jesse had conversations with ChatGPT involving descriptions of gun violence that triggered the chatbot’s automated review system. Several employees raised concerns that her posts could […]
The creator economy’s ad revenue problem and India’s AI ambitions
The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s company bought fintech startup Step, and his chocolate business is outearning his media arm. This isn’t just one creator’s strategy. For many, it’s the new playbook. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan unpack how creators are diversifying beyond ads, […]