OpenAI says it raised $40 billion funding, doubling its valuation to $300 billion – The Times of India

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has secured $40 billion in fresh funding from SoftBank Group and additional investors, valuing the AI firm at $300 billion, establishing a record for startup capital raising.The new valuation is nearly double OpenAI’s previous worth of $157 billion from its October fundraising. Bloomberg disclosed on March 26 that OpenAI was…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Elon Musk’s Twitter ‘negative platform’, and says: So I am happy we were able to … – The Times of India

The Ghibli craze is viral and almost at an unprecedented level. Little surprising then that ChatGPT maker OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been on the seventh heaven ever since the past few days. A Twitter user named Sohail Ahmed wrote on Twitter, “After a long time I see positivity on x because of people sharing…

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ChatGPT’s Ghibli style photos make internet go crazy as it rolls out GPT-4o; CEO Sam Altman joins in the fun – The Times of India

OpenAI has launched a new feature for GPT-4o enabling native image generation based on text prompts. Users can create and edit images, with a trending capability to transform photos into Studio Ghibli-inspired artwork. This update has sparked widespread excitement online. ChatGPT maker OpenAI has introduced a new feature for its GPT-4o model this week: Native…

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Elon Musk publicly repeats his ‘Scam Altman’ title for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, this time for his “doing this because of love” statement on … – The Times of India

Elon Musk is back with his favorite title for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — ‘Scam Altman‘. Tesla CEO Elon Musk called CEO of ChatGPT maker Sam Altman ‘Scam Altman’. Elon Musk called Sam Altman ‘Scam Altman’ quoting a video of OpenAI CEO while he was answering questions at the US Senate Judiciary subcommittee. The video…

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Grok 3 AI: Elon Musk’s xAI unveils ‘scary smart’ Grok 3 AI chatbot; to rival ChatGPT and DeepSeek | – The Times of India

Elon Musk-owned xAI has unveiled the latest model of its chatbot, Grok 3. Set to directly compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Chinese DeepSeek and other AI chatbots, Grok 3 is claimed to offer 10 times the computational resources of its predecessor that was released in August last year. In a video call with the World Governments…

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Elon Musk launches $97.4 billion bid to buy ChatGPT maker OpenAI; Sam Altman fires back with offer to buy Twitter – The Times of India

Elon Musk is leading a $97.4 billion bid to acquire OpenAI‘s nonprofit arm, escalating his feud with CEO Sam Altman over control of the influential artificial intelligence company.The unsolicited offer, according to The Wall Street Journal, is being submitted to OpenAI’s board Monday through Musk’s attorney Marc Toberoff, threatens to complicate Altman’s plans to convert…

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Finance ministry issues warning to employees on ChatGPT, DeepSeek and other AI tools – The Times of India

DeepSeek, ChatGPT and other AI tools have been banned for official use by the finance ministry. According to a Reuters report, the ministry has issued an internal advisory on January 29, warning that the use of AI applications on office computers and devices presents risks to the security of sensitive government information. Three officials from…

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OpenAI unveils ‘Deep Research’ tool as China’s DeepSeek heats up AI race – The Times of India

OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT feature called “deep research” on Monday, coinciding with high-level discussions in Tokyo, while China’s DeepSeek chatbot intensifies the competition in artificial intelligence.DeepSeek’s entry into the AI landscape has created a stir in Silicon Valley, with its purported cost-effectiveness and efficiency prompting American developers to accelerate their efforts.OpenAI, which brought generative…

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Shark Tank judge Anupam Mittal ‘reminds’ Sam Altman of his “completely hopeless” comments for India; says “Apna…” – The Times of India

Sam Altman recently faced criticism for his ‘hopeless’ comment of building an artificial intelligence (AI) model under $10 million to compete with the ChatGPT. During an Economic Times conversation in 2023, Altman remarked “It’s totally hopeless to compete with us on training foundation models”. In a latest, People Group founder and Shark Tank judge Anupam…

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