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OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora

OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest

OpenAI shut down its highly anticipated video generation service Sora, after artists invited to test its capabilities staged a protest that allowed anyone to use it.

Fortune on MSN · 7h

A group of artists just leaked access to OpenAI’s hotly anticipated Sora video tool to protest ‘corporate AI overlords’

A group of artists, volunteering as beta testers for OpenAI’s Sora video AI model, shared the API to access the model on Hugging Face in protest, calling out what they claim are exploitative practices.

PCMag on MSN · 11h

Artists Leak OpenAI's Sora Video Generator in 'PR Puppet' Protest

A group of creatives claim the company is exploiting them for advertising and beta testing while having no real interest in art. OpenAI says participation in the early access program is 'voluntary.'

OpenAI, SoftBank

NBC New York · 2h

OpenAI gets new $1.5 billion investment from SoftBank, allowing employees to sell shares in a tender offer

OpenAI on Tuesday introduced a new $1.5 billion tender offer, a continuation of its recent $6.6 billion funding round, led by SoftBank, CNBC has learned.

The Financial Times · 52m

SoftBank boosts OpenAI stake with $1.5bn investment

SoftBank’s additional investment makes the company one of OpenAI’s largest backers alongside Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital, which has poured more than $1bn into the group. Tiger Global, Altimeter Capital, Coatue Management and Abu Dhabi-based tech investment firm MGX have also made substantial bets on the company.

The Gazette · 3h

OpenAI allows employees to sell $1.5 billion stock to SoftBank, sources say

(Reuters) -ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is allowing its employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to Japan's SoftBank Group, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

OpenAI, West African and Pulaar language

Bloomberg L.P. · 20h

OpenAI, Meta and Orange to Train AI Models on African Languages

OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc. will begin training artificial intelligence programs on African languages, addressing a shortage of models for the continent’s thousands of dialects.

TechCentral · 2h

OpenAI, Meta and Orange to collaborate on AI models for African languages

The project, which also involves French telecommunications operator Orange, will start during the first half of next year, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. Initially, the companies will focus on two West African languages, Wolof and Pulaar, which are spoken by 22 million people in the region.

NBC Los Angeles · 19h

Orange partners with OpenAI, Meta to develop custom African-language AI models

Orange is working with OpenAI and Meta to build custom AI models that can understand West African languages not understood by most conversational systems.

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OpenAI’s Copyright Violation Lawsuit: What You Need to Know About ANI’s Claims

OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from ANI over AI training data — the implications could be huge for the industry.

OpenAI considers taking on Google with browser, the Information reports

ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has recently considered developing a web browser that would combine with its chatbot and separately ...

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Sarah Silverman says her lawsuit against OpenAI is difficult because the company is one of the 'richest entities in the world'

Sarah Silverman discussed her ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI with actor Rob Lowe in a podcast ...

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Amazon escalates AI arms race with additional $4B investment in OpenAI rival Anthropic

Amazon, which is Anthropic’s primary cloud partner, is fiercely competing with Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google to offer ...

OpenAI launches free AI training course for teachers

OpenAI and non-profit partner Common Sense Media have launched a free training course for teachers aimed at demystifying ...

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How Do You Get to Artificial General Intelligence? Think Lighter

Billions of dollars in hardware and exorbitant use costs are squashing AI innovation. LLMs need to get leaner and cheaper if ...

OpenAI Roundup: Happenings In The End Of An AI Year

We’re still seeing a lot of disruption and change in major industries toward the end of a banner year for new automations.

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Hoping for an OpenAI or Anthropic IPO? Here’s why that’s unlikely anytime soon.

Investors hoping for initial public offerings from hot artificial-intelligence unicorns Anthropic and OpenAI sometime next ...

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