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OpenAI
OpenAI closes $6.6bn funding haul with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia
Company behind ChatGPT could now be valued at $157bn
Using fear to sell AI is a bad idea
Constant warnings about the technology’s power prime early users for disappointment
Meta unveils latest artificial intelligence models as it plans open-source future
Llama 3.1 is ‘state of the art’ Mark Zuckerberg says
EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over Teams
Allegations that software giant gained ‘undue advantage’ by bundling video conferencing app with Office are first such charges against it in over a decade
OpenAI hires Irish tech executive as new chief financial officer
Sarah Friar to lead financial function after spell as NextDoor chief executive
OpenAI creates committee to monitor safety of its artificial intelligence models
Move comes as Sam Altman’s firm begins work on its latest large language model
To make artificial intelligence safer, use it more
Trying to restrict AI usage was never realistic, so let’s use it right
OpenAI launches faster and cheaper AI model with GPT-4o
Update will bring a number of features to free users that previously had been limited to those with a paid subscription to ChatGPT
Could AI take over your favourite TV programme?
Soap operas are well-oiled machines even without the presence of machine learning, but now fears abound that generative AI tools could replace human screenwriters
Full steam ahead for IDA as it steps on board the AI hype train
No place for scepticism in IDA Ireland’s labour market report as it hails potential of artificial intelligence
Elon Musk sues OpenAI over ‘benefit to humanity’ concerns
Suit alleges the start-up’s original mission to build AI systems for the benefit of humanity has been compromised
Dublin’s new official tour guide? AI chatbot to help show visitors around capital
‘Smart tourism’ initiative aims to demonstrate how AI can help with more personalised travel recommendations
Dublin City Council partners with OpenAI for ‘smart tourism’ initiative
Technology could be used to create bespoke travel plans
Dave Fanning’s AI defamation case is at a new legal frontier
The Achilles heel of generative AI is its pervasive tendency to spoof. This is giving rise to mind-bending legal issues - along with complaints from authors and artists
Microsoft makes first keyboard change in almost 30 years in AI push
AI-powered assistants are becoming a core part of the Windows system
Media and tech war over generative AI reaches new level
The New York Times’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft shows the stakes raised by artificial intelligence
Metaverse aside, Zuckerberg has had a surprisingly good year
Interest in virtual reality remains tepid — but his AI experiment proved more successful
Planet Business: Hunt and Sunak prepare for electoral defeat with weak-tea budget
Planet Business: Kyle and Jackie O, departing top executives, and boardroom shenanigans at OpenAI
OpenAI board stands firm in face of staff revolt over Sam Altman’s ousting
OpenAI in ‘intense discussions’ to unify company, memo says
Better to be spooked by AI than complacent about the impact it will have on our lives
AI is destined to become our ‘co-pilot’ at work – whether we want one or not
Can AI be taught to stop straying from its ethical guardrails?
Google, OpenAI and Anthropic want technology such as chatbots to learn from a ‘constitution’ to keep them from generating toxic content
Accelerators switch on to cleantech opportunities
World’s biggest booster schemes for business start-ups are increasingly focusing on climate ventures
Forget Skynet, AI is more likely to terminate low-pay jobs
Warning of ‘vague existential risks’ of emerging tech serves to pass the buck to politicians
Let’s not write people off as ‘AI losers’
The idea that the outcome of technological change is inevitable is both dangerous and untrue
Alibaba enters ChatGPT fray with AI smart speaker, office chat software
Large language model, dubbed Tongyi Qianwen, will be incorporated across all of Alibaba’s products and services in the ‘near future’
Multiple red flags are not yet slowing the generative AI train
Critics claim the technology carries alarming risks and needs better governance
Oops! AI did it again: the inexorable rise of music machines
Tech tools can be used to ingest the creativity of artists, learn from it, then spew out music and lyrics at scale. That’s not ideal
Rapid technology changes signal ‘busy times ahead’ for lawyers, AG says
Media, Internet and Data Protection Bar Association launches as AI and online safety regulation evolve
Call to pause ‘dangerous’ AI: why we can’t build our dreams on ‘digital minds’
Planet Business: Pink hearts and other new emojis, a Russian exit tax and the viral puffer jacket image mistaken for real papal style
OpenAI teams up with Stripe to monetise ChatGPT
Irish-founded fintech will also integrate GPT-4 into its products
Google to launch Bard chatbot and add AI tools to search facility
Company is going head to head with OpenAI’s chatbot
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