OpenAI
Figure raises $675M
Sunnyvale, CA-based Figure, an AI robotics company developing general purpose humanoid robots, has raised $675 million in a Series B funding round.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ‘betrayal’ of nonprofit AI mission — TC
Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, and its affiliated entities, alleging the ChatGPT makers have breached their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead of the nonprofit’s founding mission to develop AI that benefits humanity, writes Manish Singh.
OpenAI’s Sora Turns AI Prompts Into Photorealistic Videos — Wired
Now, just in time for the Oscars, a new OpenAI app called Sora hopes to master cinema without going to film school, writes Steven Levy.
ChatGPT: Italy says OpenAI’s chatbot breaches data protection rules — BBC
ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, breaches rules on data protection, an Italian watchdog says, writes Imran Rahman-Jones.
FTC launches antitrust inquiry into artificial intelligence deals by tech giants — PBS
U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them, according to the report by Matt O'Brien of Associated Press.