Sam Altman’s OpenAI is reportedly on the verge of unveiling a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that promises substantial improvements in the mathematical and reasoning capabilities of its popular chatbot, ChatGPT. According to a report from The Information, this project is under the codename “Strawberry,” this advanced AI model has been under development for several … Read more
Perhaps the best-known risk is embodied by the killer robots in the “Terminator” films—the idea that AI will turn against its human creators. The tale of the hubristic inventor who loses control of his own creation is centuries old. And in the modern era people are, observes Chris Dixon, a venture capitalist, “trained by Hollywood … Read more
Silicon Valley’s tech bros are having a difficult few weeks. A growing number of investors worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will not deliver the vast profits they seek. Since peaking last month the share prices of Western firms driving the AI revolution have dropped by 15%. A growing number of observers now question the limitations … Read more
New Delhi: Sarvam and Adya.ai are two of India’s newest startups targeting the red-hot generative artificial intelligence market, but they are also among a new breed of ventures looking beyond large language models like ChatGPT. The reason: industry-specific applications are easier to monetise and help avoid competition with AI giants. For Sarvam, seeking to be … Read more
Senior industry executives and analysts say a high error rate, steep cost of deployment and the relative newness of the technology are the main reasons for GenAI’s weak adoption by companies. “So first and foremost, accuracy of the results is critically important. And second, the adoption of that solution is critically important. And the adoption … Read more
While this is the obvious part, beneath the surface, the bigger fight is also about controlling all streams of user data, including those from search engines and social media, which can help big tech companies such as Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia and Elon Musk’s xAI build the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model. … Read more
Mr Pichai is not alone. New Street Research, a firm of analysts, estimates that Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft will together splurge $104bn on building AI data centres this year. Add in spending by smaller tech firms and other industries and the total AI data-centre binge between 2023 and 2027 could reach $1.4trn. The scale … Read more
Since AI’s most popular offering, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, debuted two years back and made esoteric AI tech accessible to the masses, there has been excitement over intelligent machines taking over mundane tasks or assisting humans in complex work. Geeks declared that costs would drop and productivity skyrocket, eventually leading to ‘artificial general intelligence’, when machines would … Read more
After months of rumours, Sam Altman’s startup OpenAI has finally unveiled a search engine competitor to Google called SearchGPT. The new feature is currently in ‘prototype’ stage and is only available via a waiting list, but is expected to be rolled out to all users in the future. In a blogpost about new search feature, … Read more
Sam Altman led AI startup OpenAI has announced GPT-4o, the company’s most cost effective model to date. The model is being seen as an attempt by OpenAI to stay relevant with increasing competition from more deep pocketed rivals like Google and Meta. GPT-4o Mini (O stands for Omni), will replace GPT-3.5 Turbo and will be … Read more