OpenAI scientist Noam Brown stuns TED AI Conference: ’20 seconds of thinking worth 100,000x more data’
At the TED AI conference, OpenAI’s Noam Brown unveiled the o1 model, showcasing how "System Two Thinking" could transform industries by enabling AI to deliver smarter, more deliberate decision-making.
OpenAI Speeds Toward Reasoning Models In Presumed Race With Anthropic
In the artificial intelligence world, we’re seeing OpenAI blaze a pretty impressive trail, but Anthropic, with its new Claude model, also has its own bell to ring.
Ex-OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy's latest company Eureka Labs, aims to personalize education with AI
Karpathy is the founder and CEO of Eureka Labs, an education AI startup. He's known for his YouTube educational content on AI. Eureka Labs uses an AI teaching assistant to allow students to ask questions and get more of a customized experience than they would otherwise get from a series of recorded lessons.
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki leads AI project Strawberry
Pachocki, part of Business Insider's 2024 AI Power List, joined OpenAI in 2017 after completing a doctorate in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He was promoted to the company's chief scientist in May following the departure of its cofounder Ilya Sutskever.
Matt Garman is leading AWS in an AI race against Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI
Matt Garman became CEO of AWS earlier in 2024. He took the helm as the cloud pioneer battles for supremacy in generative AI.

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Microsoft and OpenAI are giving news outlets $10 million to use AI tools
Newsday awarded $500G Lenfest grant for AI data journalism tool powered by OpenAI, Microsoft
Microsoft, OpenAI funding $10M AI local news project, Axios reports
OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT) are funding a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five U.S. metro news
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OpenAI, in Duel With Anthropic, Doubles Down on AI That Writes Software
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become a multibillion-dollar business in large part because programmers use it to write and check their code, fix bugs and translate code into different programming languages. Now,
AI on the trading floor: Morgan Stanley expands OpenAI-powered chatbot tools to Wall Street division
Nearly 50% of employees at Morgan Stanley and 60% at JPMorgan Chase have access to generative AI software provided by OpenAI.
OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil on the Future of AI
Explore AI's future with OpenAI's Kevin Weil. Discover innovations, challenges, and opportunities in AI product management and development.

Google, Anthropic

Google’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation
Google's $2 Billion Anthropic Investment Faces U.K. Antitrust Scrutiny — 3rd Update
Tech giants have been splurging on AI startups since OpenAI's release of ChatGPT in late 2022 ushered in a spending bonanza. Google agreed to raise its investment in Anthropic to up to $2 billion late last year as the company sought to strengthen its foothold in the AI race to better compete with rivals like Microsoft, OpenAI and Amazon.
Google’s Pact With Anthropic Probed by U.K. Regulator
Duke professor named OpenAI’s first chief economist, to study work and wealth in AI era
Ronnie Chatterji of Durham was named the first chief economist for OpenAI, the $157-billion San Francisco startup announced Tuesday. The role will ask Chatterji to grapple with how AI may reshape economies — and who it could benefit.
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News Corp Sues Perplexity AI, Wants It to Pay Up Like OpenAI
The Murdoch-owned media firms behind The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post are suing Perplexity, alleging the AI startup is swiping their content illegally and costing them revenue.