OpenAI reportedly raises $8.3B at $300B valuation

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has raised $8.3 billion at a $300 billion valuation, reports The New York Times. The deal is part of OpenAI’s broader strategy to secure $40 billion this year.  The oversubscribed round came months ahead of schedule, per the NYT. OpenAI initially raised $2.5 billion from VC firms in March when it announced its…

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OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT

OpenAI announced Tuesday the launch of Study Mode, a new feature within ChatGPT that aims to help students develop their own critical thinking skills, rather than simply obtain answers to questions. With Study Mode enabled, ChatGPT will ask users questions to test their understanding and, in some cases, refuse to offer direct answers unless students engage with…

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ChatGPT down amid surge in Studio Ghibli image requests on OpenAI platform

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is experiencing a global outage, also disrupting users attempting to create Studio Ghibli-styled animated avatars, with widespread errors reported across its app and API services. OpenAI’s latest update to ChatGPT has sparked a surge in Studio Ghibli-inspired image creations, with users enthusiastically sharing their artistic outputs across social media. The upgrade, powered by…

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OpenAI says its AI voice assistant is now better to chat with

OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real-time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more personable and interrupt users less frequently. Manuka Stratta, an OpenAI post-training researcher, announced the changes in a video posted Monday to the company’s official social media channels. OpenAI’s latest update aims…

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