OpenAI is preparing to launch a stand-alone app for its video generation AI model Sora 2, WIRED has learned. The app, which features a vertical video feed with swipe-to-scroll navigation, appears to closely resemble TikTok—except all of the content is AI-generated. There’s a For You–style page powered by a recommendation algorithm. On the right side…
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has launched an “experimental” version of its V3 foundation model ahead of the country’s National Day holiday, as the Hangzhou-based company accelerates its product releases. On Monday, DeepSeek released V3.2-Exp and open-sourced it on developer platforms Hugging Face and Alibaba Group Holding-backed ModelScope. According to DeepSeek, this model enhanced training…
Regardless of how trade talks go, the US-China tech rivalry isn’t going away. From each side’s perspective, maintaining a lead in futuristic technologies matters significantly for economic growth and national power. Now, we’re entering round two. The first round was mostly defined by US export controls aimed at slowing China’s development of advanced technologies. These…
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, urged American artificial intelligence (AI) leaders to face the growing competition posed by China’s advances in the sector. Schmidt said the US had a headway, but could lose its edge as Beijing stresses on practical applications and open-source development. “They (China) are not pursuing crazy AGI (artificial general intelligence)…
Apple Inc. has created a ChatGPT-style iPhone application to support the development of a major overhaul of its voice assistant, Siri, expected to launch next year, according to sources familiar with the matter, reported Bloomberg. Veritas: Internal Testing Tool The app, reportedly known internally as Veritas—Latin for “truth”—allows Apple employees to test new AI-driven features…
Senator Bernie Sanders has criticized Meta, Amazon, Google and other tech giants over their push into artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, which he says threatens large-scale job losses for American workers. In a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter), Sanders specifically called out Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam…
Elon Musk-owned AI software company, xAI has filed a lawsuit against Sam Altman-led OpenAI, accusing it of stealing its trade secrets. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, says that OpenAI was engaged in a “deeply troubling pattern” of hiring away former xAI employees to gain access to trade secrets. It further accuses…
Nvidia is investing in OpenAI. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways Powell’s Cautious Remarks Shift Focus Toward Upcoming Inflation Data Nvidia’s Massive AI Investments Drive Market Cap And Sector Momentum Lithium Americas Surges On Potential Government Stake And EV Demand Major market indices fell on Tuesday with the S&P 500 dropping 0.55%…
By Deepa Seetharaman and Echo Wang ABILENE, Texas/NEW YORK -At the White House this year, OpenAI outlined its lofty “Stargate” infrastructure project that would cost half a trillion dollars and be developed with partners including SoftBank and Oracle. Now, after some fits and starts, OpenAI executives say the joint venture is far more expansive than…
Markets fell after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned that stocks are “highly valued.” U.S. stocks dropped, with tech leading losses on skepticism over Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal. Europe and U.K. markets opened lower. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave a speech in Rhode Island yesterday and, afterwards, was asked whether the Fed was…