Openai’s price GPT-5 is very low and can cause a price war
Openai surprised the tech industry for the second time this week by launching its latest flagship model, the GPT-5, just a few days after releasing two new, freely available models under the open source license. Openai CEO Sam Altman called the GPT-5 “the best model in the world.” It could be pride or exaggeration, as […]
Softbank reportedly purchased Foxconn’s Ohio Factory for its StargateAI project
According to Bloomberg News, the mystery buyer at the former General Motors plant owned by Foxcon in Roadtown, Ohio is clearly SoftBank. SoftBank wants to use the factory to build AI servers as part of its Stargate Data Center project. The report sold the electric vehicle manufacturing equipment inside it to a buyer called “Crescent […]
Openai has just made an offer the government cannot refuse
Openai plays seriously for the federal government. The company has announced a deal that will give us the agency access to ChatGPT Enterprises for just $1 per year. Yes, really. This is part of a new “blanket purchase agreement” aimed at quickly getting Openai’s tools to the federal department, and is a clear indication that […]
META acquires AI audio startup waveforms
Meta has acquired AI voice-activated waveforms in total, information reports. This is the company’s latest purchase to enhance the second major AI audio acquisition of new AI units, Superintelligence Labs and Meta after purchasing PlayAI. Founded just eight months ago, Waveform raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz in a round that valued the company as […]
Google Tests improved Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed
On Friday, Google announced it would be offering Google Finance, a tool that provides financial information and business news, as well as AI updates. Users will be able to explore financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news. The update allows users to ask detailed questions about finance and […]
OpenVibe combines news and social media in one app
OpenVibe, an app that allows you to follow open social networks such as BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr in one place, has expanded its capabilities so you can now follow your favorite news sites and blogs. To that end, startups are adding support for RSS (really simple syndication, or news feed), an open standard that […]
Xai law chief steps after a whirlwind year
Robert Keel said this week that he resigned as Xai’s legal director more than a year later, saying he wanted to spend more time with his children. In his announcement, Kiel acknowledged “Sunlight Between Our Worldview” with boss Elon Musk who has not commented on Kiel’s exit. “I love two toddlers and can’t see enough,” […]
Tesla closes Dojo, an AI training supercomputer that says masks will be the key to fully autonomous driving
According to Bloomberg, Tesla has broken up the team behind Dojo Supercomputer and has finished playing the automaker in the development of in-house chips for driverless technology. Dojo lead Peter Bannon leaves the company, and the remaining team members will be reassigned to other data centers to calculate projects within Tesla, according to a Bloomberg […]
High cost and thin margins threaten AI coding startups
In February, AI coding startup Windsurf was in talks to raise a major new round at a $2.855 billion valuation led by Kleiner Perkins. Sources familiar with the issue said the transaction did not occur. Instead, the news broke in April, and the startup had planned to sell itself to Openai with roughly the same […]
SpaceX is building a Starbase water pipeline, but access comes with several conditions
The latest infrastructure coming to Starbase, Texas, is neither a launch mount nor a booster. It is a water pipeline that can shape the definition of “company town” whereby who can hook up taps (and in what terms). The new line extending from Brownsville to the newly incorporated city’s Starbase will replace truck-driven delivery SpaceX […]