The promise and peril of AI is a not a brand-new phenomenon. But it was not until this week that studios and top agency CAA collectively sounded the alarm over one of its most recent and threatening developments – Sora 2. The new OpenAI generative video model allows users to create social-media-ready videos with just…
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s functions beyond conversation. It is turning the chatbot into a virtual storefront for online sellers. The company has started to let users browse and buy products from Etsy directly within ChatGPT. Support for Shopify merchants is expected to come soon. This move is OpenAI’s first big step into e-commerce. This market has been dominated by tech giants…
Indian-origin entrepreneur Vijaye Raji has made a billion-dollar leap by selling his product testing startup, Statsig, to artificial intelligence giant OpenAI in an all-stock deal. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced the acquisition of Statsig in a $1 billion deal saying that the platform has played a central role in “how we ship…
When Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath asked Sam Altman to picture the life of a 25-year-old in Mumbai or Bengaluru, the OpenAI chief didn’t hesitate. For him, this is not just a good time to begin a career — it may well be the best in history. Speaking on Kamath’s WTF podcast, Altman painted an upbeat…
US artificial intelligence (AI) firm OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called for patience from ChatGPT users, noting that the upcoming feature launches and new model releases could cause “probable hiccups and capacity crunches”. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Altman wrote, “We have a ton of stuff to launch over the next couple of…
OpenAI has hired four high-profile engineers from rival tech companies, including former Tesla executive David Lau, to join its scaling team, WIRED reported. According to an internal Slack message sent by OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman on Tuesday, the new hires include Lau, who was vice president of software engineering at Tesla, Uday Ruddarraju, former head of infrastructure…