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52-571: The GPT Store was announced in October 2023 and launched in January 2024. According to OpenAI , the platform aims to democratize access to advanced artificial intelligence and facilitate the creation of custom chatbot applications without requiring advanced programming skills. The platform has garnered attention from developers and companies for its innovative potential and monetization opportunities. Initially available only to paying customers, access to

104-525: A text-to-video model named Sora , which it plans to release to the public at an unspecified date. It is currently available for red teams for managing critical harms and risks. On February 29, 2024, OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman were sued by Elon Musk , who accused them of prioritizing profits over public good, contrary to OpenAI's original mission of developing AI for humanity's benefit. The lawsuit cited OpenAI's policy shift after partnering with Microsoft, questioning its open-source commitment and stirring

156-456: A 49% stake in the company. The investment is believed to be a part of Microsoft's efforts to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into the Bing search engine. Google announced a similar AI application ( Bard ), after ChatGPT was launched, fearing that ChatGPT could threaten Google's place as a go-to source for information. On February 7, 2023, Microsoft announced that it was building AI technology based on

208-658: A Reddit advertising partner. On May 22, 2024, OpenAI entered into an agreement with News Corp to integrate news content from The Wall Street Journal , the New York Post , The Times , and The Sunday Times into its AI platform. Meanwhile, other publications like The New York Times chose to sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement over the use of their content to train AI models. On May 29, 2024, Axios reported that OpenAI had signed deals with Vox Media and The Atlantic to share content to enhance

260-530: A certain capability threshold, suggesting that relatively weak AI systems on the other side should not be overly regulated. They also call for more technical safety research for superintelligences, and ask for more coordination, for example through governments launching a joint project which "many current efforts become part of". In July 2023, OpenAI launched the superalignment project, aiming to find within 4 years how to align future superintelligences by automating alignment research using AI. In August 2023, it

312-521: A desire to focus more deeply on AI alignment research as his reason for the move. Additionally, OpenAI's president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, is taking an extended leave until the end of the year. In September 2024, OpenAI's global affairs chief, Anna Makanju , expressed support for the UK's approach to AI regulation during her testimony to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, stating that

364-1009: A leading organization in the ongoing AI boom , OpenAI is known for the GPT family of large language models , the DALL-E series of text-to-image models , and a text-to-video model named Sora . Its release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has been credited with catalyzing widespread interest in generative AI . The organization consists of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc . , registered in Delaware , and its for-profit subsidiary introduced in 2019, OpenAI Global, LLC. Microsoft owns roughly 49% of OpenAI's equity , having invested US$ 13 billion. It also provides computing resources to OpenAI through its cloud platform , Microsoft Azure . In 2023 and 2024, OpenAI faced multiple lawsuits for alleged copyright infringement against authors and media companies whose work

416-451: A nonprofit to a capped-profit company was viewed with skepticism by Oren Etzioni of the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI , who agreed that wooing top researchers to a nonprofit is difficult, but stated "I disagree with the notion that a nonprofit can't compete" and pointed to successful low-budget projects by OpenAI and others. "If bigger and better funded was always better, then IBM would still be number one." The nonprofit, OpenAI, Inc.,

468-498: A panel of judges, participate in networking events, and explore the latest trends in technology through keynote speeches and panel discussions. It's a hub for collaboration, investment opportunities, and showcasing disruptive technologies that have the potential to reshape industries. Startup Battlefield is a startup competition. Monetary awards are presented at the TechCrunch Disrupt conferences. Startup Battlefield has

520-456: A private entity and is no longer part of TechCrunch. From 2007 to 2017, TechCrunch sponsored the annual Crunchies award ceremony to award startups, internet, and technology innovations. At the first award ceremony in 2007, Facebook won the award for best startup. TechCrunch announced in 2017 that it would end the Crunchies. The company was criticized for allowing developers to present

572-401: A reputation for launching some of the most successful companies in the tech industry. Notable startups that have been involved in the competition include Dropbox , Intuit Mint , Yammer , and CrateDB . From 2007 to 2015, TechCrunch operated Crunchbase , a website and online encyclopedia of information on startups, key people, funds, funding rounds, and events. In 2015, Crunchbase became

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624-519: A safe way." OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba stated that he turned down "borderline crazy" offers of two to three times his market value to join OpenAI instead. In April 2016, OpenAI released a public beta of "OpenAI Gym", its platform for reinforcement learning research. Nvidia gifted its first DGX-1 supercomputer to OpenAI in August 2016 to help it train larger and more complex AI models with

676-586: A specialized deep learning model adept at generating complex digital images from textual descriptions, utilizing a variant of the GPT-3 architecture. In December 2022, OpenAI received widespread media coverage after launching a free preview of ChatGPT , its new AI chatbot based on GPT-3.5. According to OpenAI, the preview received over a million signups within the first five days. According to anonymous sources cited by Reuters in December 2022, OpenAI Global, LLC

728-490: A waitlist) and as a feature of ChatGPT Plus. On May 22, 2023, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever posted recommendations for the governance of superintelligence . They consider that superintelligence could happen within the next 10 years, allowing a "dramatically more prosperous future" and that "given the possibility of existential risk, we can't just be reactive". They propose creating an international watchdog organization similar to IAEA to oversee AI systems above

780-505: Is OpenAI's first partnership with an educational institution. In February 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was reportedly investigating OpenAI over whether internal company communications made by Altman were used to mislead investors; and an investigation of Altman's statements, opened by the Southern New York U.S. Attorney's Office the previous November, was ongoing. On February 15, 2024, OpenAI announced

832-551: Is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies . It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by partners Michael Arrington and Keith Teare . In 2010, AOL acquired the company for approximately $ 25 million. Following the 2015 acquisition of AOL and Yahoo! by Verizon , the site was owned by Verizon Media from 2015 through 2021. In 2021, Verizon sold its media assets, including AOL, Yahoo!, and TechCrunch, to

884-618: Is inconsistent with OpenAI's claims to be "democratizing" AI. In 2020, OpenAI announced GPT-3 , a language model trained on large internet datasets. GPT-3 is aimed at natural language answering questions, but it can also translate between languages and coherently generate improvised text. It also announced that an associated API, named simply "the API", would form the heart of its first commercial product. Eleven employees left OpenAI, mostly between December 2020 and January 2021, in order to establish Anthropic . In 2021, OpenAI introduced DALL-E ,

936-553: Is the sole controlling shareholder of OpenAI Global, LLC, which, despite being a for-profit company, retains a formal fiduciary responsibility to OpenAI, Inc.'s nonprofit charter. A majority of OpenAI, Inc.'s board is barred from having financial stakes in OpenAI Global, LLC. In addition, minority members with a stake in OpenAI Global, LLC are barred from certain votes due to conflict of interest. Some researchers have argued that OpenAI Global, LLC's switch to for-profit status

988-643: The Titstare application created by participants in a hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt 2013. The application allows users to "stare at tits". In 2011, the site's editors and writers were criticized for possible ethics violations . These included claims that Arrington's investments in certain firms that the site had covered created a conflict of interest . The controversy that ensued eventually led to Arrington's departure, and other writers, including Paul Carr and Sarah Lacy , moved to another technology investment based media company. In 2014, TechCrunch Disrupt

1040-604: The acquisition of AOL and Yahoo by Verizon , TechCrunch was owned by Verizon Media from 2015 through 2021. In August 2020, the COO of TechCrunch, Ned Desmond, stepped down after eight years in the company. He announced that he would join the venture capital firm SOSV in December 2020 as a senior operating partner. His former role at TechCrunch was replaced by Matthew Panzarino, former editor-in-chief, and Joey Hinson, director of business operations. In 2021, Verizon sold its media assets, including AOL, Yahoo, and TechCrunch, to

1092-509: The AI ethics-vs.-profit debate. In a blog post, OpenAI stated that "Elon understood the mission did not imply open-sourcing AGI." In a staff memo, they also denied being a de facto Microsoft subsidiary. On March 11, 2024, court filing, OpenAI said it was "doing just fine without Elon Musk" after he left the company in 2018. They also responded to Musk's lawsuit, calling the billionaire's claims "incoherent", "frivolous", "extraordinary" and "a fiction". On June 11, 2024, Musk unexpectedly withdrew

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1144-569: The GPT Store became free in May 2024. The GPT Store allows users to create and customize chatbots, known as GPTs, tailored to various needs such as customer service, personal assistance, video and image creation, and more. GPTs are categorized into various sections, including Programming, Education, and Research. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, with intuitive tools that do not require advanced technical knowledge. Creators of GPTs will have

1196-586: The MS-Copilot to many installations of Windows 11 and Windows 10 as well as a standalone Microsoft Copilot app released for Android and one released for iOS thereafter. In October 2023, Sam Altman and Peng Xiao, CEO of the Emirati AI firm G42 , announced Open AI would let G42 deploy Open AI technology. On November 6, 2023, OpenAI launched GPTs, allowing individuals to create customized versions of ChatGPT for specific purposes, further expanding

1248-448: The accuracy of AI models like ChatGPT by incorporating reliable news sources, addressing concerns about AI misinformation. Concerns were expressed about the decision by journalists, including those working for the publications, as well as the publications' unions. The Vox Union stated, "As both journalists and workers, we have serious concerns about this partnership, which we believe could adversely impact members of our union, not to mention

1300-459: The board rejected. Musk subsequently left OpenAI. In February 2019, GPT-2 was announced, which gained attention for its ability to generate human-like text. In 2019, OpenAI transitioned from non-profit to "capped" for-profit, with the profit being capped at 100 times any investment. According to OpenAI, the capped-profit model allows OpenAI Global, LLC to legally attract investment from venture funds and, in addition, to grant employees stakes in

1352-457: The capability of reducing processing time from six days to two hours. In December 2016, OpenAI released "Universe", a software platform for measuring and training an AI's general intelligence across the world's supply of games, websites, and other applications. In 2017, OpenAI spent $ 7.9 million, or a quarter of its functional expenses, on cloud computing alone. In comparison, DeepMind 's total expenses in 2017 were $ 442 million. In

1404-570: The co-chairs. A total of $ 1 billion in capital was pledged by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman , Jessica Livingston , Peter Thiel , Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys , and YC Research . The actual collected total amount of contributions was only $ 130 million until 2019. According to an investigation led by TechCrunch , Musk was its largest donor while YC Research did not contribute anything at all. The organization stated it would "freely collaborate" with other institutions and researchers by making its patents and research open to

1456-496: The company at $ 157 billion and solidifying its status as one of the most valuable private firms globally. The funding attracted returning venture capital firms like Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures , along with major backer Microsoft and new investors Nvidia and Softbank . OpenAI's CFO , Sarah Friar, informed employees that a tender offer for share buybacks would follow the funding, although specifics were yet to be determined. Thrive Capital invested around $ 1.2 billion, with

1508-540: The company favors "smart regulation" and sees the UK's AI white paper as a positive step towards responsible AI development. On September 25, OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mira Murati announced her departure from the company to "create the time and space to do my own exploration". It had previously been reported Murati was among those who expressed concerns to the Board about Altman. In October 2024, OpenAI raised $ 6.6 billion from investors, potentially valuing

1560-613: The company for approximately $ 25 million. As of 2013, TechCrunch was available in English, Chinese (managed by Chinese tech news company TechNode), and Japanese. TechCrunch France was folded into the main TechCrunch.com site in October 2012. Boundless (formerly Verizon Media Japan), the Japanese subsidiary of the TechCrunch's parent company, closed TechCrunch Japan in May 2022 according to its "global strategy". Following

1612-399: The company. Many top researchers work for Google Brain , DeepMind, or Facebook , which offer stock options that a nonprofit would be unable to. Before the transition, public disclosure of the compensation of top employees at OpenAI was legally required. The company then distributed equity to its employees and partnered with Microsoft, announcing an investment package of $ 1 billion into

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1664-523: The company. Since then, OpenAI systems have run on an Azure -based supercomputing platform from Microsoft. OpenAI Global, LLC then announced its intention to commercially license its technologies. It planned to spend the $ 1 billion "within five years, and possibly much faster." Altman has stated that even a billion dollars may turn out to be insufficient, and that the lab may ultimately need "more capital than any non-profit has ever raised" to achieve artificial general intelligence. The transition from

1716-438: The cost of a top AI researcher exceeds the cost of a top NFL quarterback prospect. OpenAI's potential and mission drew these researchers to the firm; a Google employee said he was willing to leave Google for OpenAI "partly because of the very strong group of people and, to a very large extent, because of its mission." Brockman stated that "the best thing that I could imagine doing was moving humanity closer to building real AI in

1768-915: The group, led OpenAI to absorb the team's work into other research areas, and officially shut down the superalignment group. According to sources interviewed by Fortune , OpenAI's promise of allocating 20% of its computing capabilities to the superalignment project had not been fulfilled. On May 19, 2024, Reddit and OpenAI announced a partnership to integrate Reddit's content into OpenAI products, including ChatGPT . This collaboration allows OpenAI to access Reddit's Data API , providing real-time, structured content to enhance AI tools and user engagement with Reddit communities. Additionally, Reddit plans to develop new AI-powered features for users and moderators using OpenAI's platform. The partnership aligns with Reddit's commitment to privacy, adhering to its Public Content Policy and existing Data API Terms, which restrict commercial use without approval. OpenAI will also serve as

1820-585: The lawsuit. On August 5, 2024, Musk reopened the lawsuit against Altman and others, alleging that Altman claimed that OpenAI was going to be founded as a non-profit organization. On May 15, 2024, Ilya Sutskever resigned from OpenAI and was replaced with Jakub Pachocki to be the Chief Scientist. Hours later, Jan Leike , the other co-leader of the superalignment team, announced his departure, citing an erosion of safety and trust in OpenAI's leadership. Their departures along with several researchers leaving

1872-542: The long-standing domain Chat.com and redirected it to ChatGPT's main site. Moreover, Greg Brockman rejoined OpenAI after a three-month leave from his role as president. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed his return, highlighting that Brockman would collaborate with Altman on tackling key technical challenges. His return followed a wave of high-profile departures, including Mira Murati and Ilya Sutskever, who had since launched their own AI ventures. TechCrunch TechCrunch

1924-441: The opportunity to monetize their applications through various business models, including subscriptions and pay-per-use. The GPT Store also features a star-based rating system for users to evaluate GPTs, similar to other app stores such as Apple's App Store and Google Play . Despite its initial success, the GPT Store has faced criticism concerning potential copyright violations. Some users and companies have expressed concerns about

1976-481: The option for an additional $ 1 billion if revenue goals were met. Apple, despite initial interest, did not participate in this funding round. Also in October 2024, The Intercept revealed that OpenAI's tools were considered "essential" for AFRICOM 's mission and included in an "Exception to Fair Opportunity" contractual agreement between the Department of Defense and Microsoft. In November 2024, OpenAI acquired

2028-445: The possibilities of AI applications across various industries. On November 14, 2023, OpenAI announced they temporarily suspended new sign-ups for ChatGPT Plus due to high demand. Access for newer subscribers re-opened a month later on December 13. On January 16, 2024, in response to intense scrutiny from regulators around the world, OpenAI announced the formation of a new Collective Alignment team that would aim to implement ideas from

2080-568: The private equity firm Apollo Global Management , and Apollo integrated them into a new entity called Yahoo . Starting in New York City in 2010, TechCrunch hosts an annual tech conference, TechCrunch Disrupt, in several cities in the United States and Europe. TechCrunch Disrupt brings innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and tech enthusiasts worldwide. At Disrupt, attendees can witness groundbreaking startups pitch their ideas to

2132-443: The private equity firm Apollo Global Management . Apollo integrated them into a new entity called Yahoo! Inc. In addition to its news reporting, TechCrunch is also known for its annual Disrupt conference, a technology event hosted in several cities across the United States, Europe, and China. TechCrunch was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by partners Michael Arrington and Keith Teare . In 2010, AOL acquired

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2184-490: The public for ensuring its models would "align to the values of humanity." The move was from its public program launched in May 2023. The company explained that the program would be separate from its commercial endeavors. On January 18, 2024, OpenAI announced a partnership with Arizona State University that would give it complete access to ChatGPT Enterprise. ASU plans to incorporate the technology into various aspects of its operations, including courses, tutoring and research. It

2236-752: The public. OpenAI was initially run from Brockman's living room. It was later headquartered at the Pioneer Building in the Mission District, San Francisco . According to Wired , Brockman met with Yoshua Bengio , one of the "founding fathers" of deep learning , and drew up a list of the "best researchers in the field". Brockman was able to hire nine of them as the first employees in December 2015. In 2016, OpenAI paid corporate-level (rather than nonprofit-level) salaries, but did not pay AI researchers salaries comparable to those of Facebook or Google . Microsoft's Peter Lee stated that

2288-467: The same foundation as ChatGPT into Microsoft Bing , Edge , Microsoft 365 and other products. On March 3, 2023, Reid Hoffman resigned from his board seat, citing a desire to avoid conflicts of interest with his investments in AI companies via Greylock Partners , and his co-founding of the AI startup Inflection AI . Hoffman remained on the board of Microsoft, a major investor in OpenAI. On March 14, 2023, OpenAI released GPT-4 , both as an API (with

2340-491: The summer of 2018, simply training OpenAI's Dota 2 bots required renting 128,000 CPUs and 256 GPUs from Google for multiple weeks. In 2018, Musk resigned from his Board of Directors seat, citing "a potential future conflict [of interest] " with his role as CEO of Tesla due to Tesla's AI development for self-driving cars. Sam Altman claims that Musk believed that OpenAI had fallen behind other players like Google and Musk proposed instead to take over OpenAI himself, which

2392-648: The use of AI-generated content that may infringe on intellectual property rights. For instance, a teacher has alleged that some students created GPTs that provided access to content from copyrighted books. OpenAI OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization founded in December 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its stated mission is to develop "safe and beneficial" artificial general intelligence (AGI), which it defines as "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work". As

2444-448: The well-documented ethical and environmental concerns surrounding the use of generative AI." A group of nine current and former OpenAI employees has accused the company of prioritizing profits over safety, using restrictive agreements to silence concerns, and moving too quickly with inadequate risk management. They call for greater transparency, whistleblower protections, and legislative regulation of AI development. On June 10, 2024, it

2496-529: Was announced at WWDC 2024 that OpenAI had partnered with Apple Inc. to bring ChatGPT features to Apple Intelligence and iPhone . On June 13, 2024, OpenAI announced that Paul Nakasone , the former head of the NSA was joining the company's board of directors. Nakasone also joined the company's security subcommittee. On June 24, 2024, OpenAI acquired Multi, a startup running a collaboration platform based on Zoom . In July 2024, Reuters reported that OpenAI

2548-510: Was announced that OpenAI had acquired the New York -based start-up Global Illumination, a company that deploys AI to develop digital infrastructure and creative tools. On September 21, 2023, Microsoft had begun rebranding all variants of its Copilot to Microsoft Copilot , including the former Bing Chat and the Microsoft 365 Copilot . This strategy was followed in December 2023 by adding

2600-524: Was projecting $ 200 million of revenue in 2023 and $ 1 billion in revenue in 2024. In January 2023, OpenAI Global, LLC was in talks for funding that would value the company at $ 29 billion, double its 2021 value. On January 23, 2023, Microsoft announced a new US$ 10 billion investment in OpenAI Global, LLC over multiple years, partially needed to use Microsoft's cloud-computing service Azure . Rumors of this deal suggested that Microsoft may receive 75% of OpenAI's profits until it secures its investment return and

2652-541: Was used to train some of OpenAI's products. In November 2023, OpenAI's board removed Sam Altman as CEO, citing a lack of confidence in him, but reinstated him five days later after negotiations resulting in a reconstructed board. Many AI safety researchers left OpenAI in 2024. In December 2015, OpenAI was founded by Sam Altman , Elon Musk , Ilya Sutskever , Greg Brockman , Trevor Blackwell , Vicki Cheung, Andrej Karpathy , Durk Kingma, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, and Wojciech Zaremba , with Sam Altman and Elon Musk as

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2704-460: Was working on a project code-named "Strawberry" (previously known as Q*) aiming to enhance AI reasoning capabilities. The project reportedly seeks to enable AI to plan ahead, navigate the internet autonomously, and conduct "deep research". The project was officially released on September 12 and named o1 . On August 5, TechCrunch reported that OpenAI's cofounder John Schulman has left the company to join rival AI startup Anthropic . Schulman cited

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