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OpenAI's $6.6 billion investor funding could be setting up the ChatGPT maker for failure unless a critical threshold gets a stamp of approval
TROUBLE BREWING? OpenAI needs to become a for-profit entity within two years or return the money raised by investors to keep its business afloat.
Generative AI won't render coding dead in the water, but 80% of software engineers must upskill by 2027 to keep up with the revolution: "Building AI-empowered software will demand a new breed of a software professional, the AI engineer"
AI ENGINEER A new study by Gartner indicates that 80% of software engineers will reportedly need to upskill by 2027 as a blatant attempt to keep up with the rapid advances in the AI landscape.
Controversial artist ironically seeks millions of dollars in compensation for AI-generated collections as OpenAI sidesteps bankruptcy with $6.6 billion in funding from Microsoft and NVIDIA
All that, plus Windows 11 received a major update this week.
The new Copilot AI experience makes it difficult for Microsoft to state its case against OpenAI's offering: "Until they bring back the old version I will be going back to ChatGPT"
MAJOR FAIL? Microsoft's latest update for Copilot AI has been received with a cocktail of emotions. Most users cite a degraded user experience, low-quality responses
OpenAI raises $6.6 billion from Microsoft and NVIDIA, pushing its market cap to $157 billion — with "the world's dominant AI company worth trillions of dollars" and $11.6 billion in sales vision on the horizon
$157B MARKET CAP OpenAI has officially closed its funding round with a $157 billion market capitalization after raising $6.6 billion from many big tech corporations, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and more.
"Art is dead, dude. It’s over. AI won. Humans lost": A controversial artist is reportedly losing millions of dollars because the US Copyright Office refused to register his AI-generated collection — it lacks 'human authorship'
COPYRIGHT OR AI-GENERATED? Can AI-generated content be copyrighted? An AI artist claims prompt engineering and fine-tuning are enough grounds.
OpenAI's "temporary prototype" search tool could be a Google killer as user experience reportedly worsens on mobile devices with "just way too many ads on the page"
GOOGLE KILLER Former Google Engineer says the company is "too focused on profit-making," with the trade-off negatively impacting its user experience rife with annoying ads.
California Governor vetos AI safety bill because it "establishes a regulatory framework that could give the public a false sense of security and applies stringent standards to even the most basic functions — so long as a large system deploys it"
VETOED AI BILL California Governor Gavin Newsom recently vetoed an AI safety bill (SB 1047), citing it “falls short of providing a flexible, comprehensive solution to curbing the potential catastrophic risks.”
OpenAI's bankruptcy flames linger on as Apple wiggles out of its latest $6.5 billion funding round at the eleventh hour — leaving the mantle to Microsoft and NVIDIA
11TH-HOUR 🍏 Apple reportedly won't participate in OpenAI's latest round of funding. Its decision to withdraw from discussions to participate in OpenAI's round of funding remains slim at best.
"Quite unlike anything we’ve seen before:" Microsoft launches wild new Copilot experience that blurs AI and human interaction, designed to be your friend rather than a tool
Her IRL Microsoft has taken the wraps off a major update launching today for Copilot that’s designed to make it more human and interactive.
