Alibaba Group Holding has released a new artificial intelligence model that it says can read emotions, in an apparent bid to outpace OpenAI’s latest model. In two demonstrations, Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab researchers showed their new open source R1-Omni inferring the emotional state of a person in a video while also offering descriptions of their clothes and environment. … Read more
Microsoft is developing in-house artificial intelligence reasoning models to compete with OpenAI and may sell them to developers, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person involved in this initiative. The Redmond, Washington-based company, a major backer of OpenAI, has begun testing out models from xAI, Meta and DeepSeek as potential OpenAI replacements in Copilot, … Read more
A US judge on Tuesday denied billionaire Elon Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit model but agreed to a fast-track trial in the fall of this year, the latest turn in the high-stakes legal fight. Musk does not have “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction” to … Read more
OpenAI CEO and father to a newborn son, Sam Altman on Wednesday said that he is “very proud” of the scientific and technical accomplishments of his team but he is prouder of his own “preemie baby” for learning how to eat on his own. Mr Altman’s baby had been born prematurely and was undergoing treatment … Read more
DeepSeek is looking to press home its advantage. The Chinese startup triggered a $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 8,72,00,30 crore)-plus sell-off in global equities markets last month with a cut-price AI reasoning model that outperformed many Western competitors. Now, the Hangzhou-based firm is accelerating the launch of the successor to January’s R1 model, according to three people … Read more
Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer (CTO) at OpenAI, launched a new artificial intelligence startup on Tuesday, with about 30 top researchers and engineers from competitors, including Meta, Mistral and her last company. Her venture, Thinking Machines Lab, aims to build AI systems that incorporate human values and expand their application beyond current models. … Read more
Paris: Artificial intelligence developer OpenAI is “not for sale”, a senior executive said Tuesday in response to a reported $97.4 billion bid from competitor Elon Musk. “OpenAI is not for sale and any such suggestion is really disingenuous,” the company’s Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said on the sidelines of an AI summit in … Read more
Tokyo: Japan’s SoftBank Group will form a joint venture with US tech giant OpenAI to offer advanced artificial intelligence to businesses, the two companies announced on Monday. “A memorandum of understanding has just been formally signed between Softbank and OpenAI to establish a 50-50 joint venture,” SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son said as he outlined … Read more
ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Friday reacted to whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s death, saying that he was a “valued member” of their team. The Sam Altman-led company’s statement comes days after the mother of Mr Balaji – who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November – criticised and blamed OpenAI for her son’s death. … Read more