ChatGPT’s user growth has slowed, report finds
ChatGPT’s global monthly active users only grew by around 5% from August to November, while Gemini’s users grew by about 30%.
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AWS re:Invent was an all-in pitch for AI. Customers might not be ready.
AWS is releasing a lot of new AI tech but the cloud infrastructure giant’s enterprise customers may not be ready for it yet.
OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 ‘code red’ response to Google is coming next week
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” situation earlier this week, pushing staff to respond quickly to increased competition from Google and Anthropic. Sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans tell me that the company is planning its first response to Gemini 3 with its upcoming GPT-5.2 update. I understand GPT-5.2 is ready to be released, […]
It’s code red for ChatGPT
A smidge over three years ago, OpenAI threw the rest of the tech industry into chaos. When ChatGPT launched, even billed as a “low-key research preview,” it became immediately clear that OpenAI was showing the world a new way of computing. Lots of other companies, most notably Google, had to immediately scramble to catch up […]
OpenAI just made another circular deal
OpenAI announced an ownership stake in the private equity investment firm Thrive Holdings, whose parent company, Thrive Capital, is one of the main investors in, you guessed it, OpenAI. While OpenAI did not spend money on the ownership stake, according to an anonymous source cited by The Financial Times, the company announced it would provide […]
OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal
Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential.
No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is
Though LLMs might not use explicitly biased language, they may infer your demographic data and display implicit biases, researchers say.
How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies
AI is changing how investors and startups bring their products to market. Three experts offered their insights at TechCrunch Disrupt.