Elon Musk raises billions, Apple's 'IntelliPhones,' and ChatGPT's new moves: AI news roundup
Two weeks after leaving OpenAI, its former “Superalignment” team co-lead Jan Leike announced he had joined the company’s rival, Anthropic, to continue working on AI safety. Meanwhile, another OpenAI rival, Elon Musk’s xAI, announced it had raised $6 billion.
Check out those and other highlights from the week in AI news.
The viral ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ post was likely AI-generated
After an Israeli airstrike on a displaced persons camp in Rafah in southern Gaza killed at least 45 people on Sunday, a post calling for “All Eyes on Rafah” went viral on Instagram Stories. However, the image doesn’t actually show Rafah — and it appears to have been generated by artificial intelligence.
OpenAI has some new ChatGPT perks for nonprofits
OpenAI is reaching back to its roots with the target of its latest initiative — nonprofits. The artificial intelligence company’s new OpenAI for Nonprofits initiative aims to improve accessibility to ChatGPT Team and Enterprise for nonprofit organizations.
Banks could lose $40 billion from fraud with the help of AI, Deloitte predicts
As the banking sector continues to funnel resources into building up its artificial intelligence capabilities and offerings, scammers are leveraging the same technology to carry out fraud.
Apple’s ‘IntelliPhones’ will dominate the market, Bank of America says
Apple helped popularize smartphones. Now it’s going to push the world into the next era of telecommunications, this one characterized by a new type of device: AI-powered “IntelliPhones,” said senior Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan.
AI is so good at predicting company results that it can beat some analysts, researchers claim
Artificial intelligence could soon find itself an ongoing role in the financial services sector.
Meta shut down AI disinformation campaigns from China, Israel and more
Meta has detected and disrupted six new covert influence operations from countries including China, Iran, and Israel that used artificial intelligence-generated content to spread disinformation.
An AI stock backed by Nvidia is on a tear almost as strong as Nvidia
While chipmaker Nvidia sees its stock rally to new highs this year, one of the four stocks it publicly owns is also feeling the rush.
A former OpenAI safety leader went to rival AI company Anthropic
Less than two weeks after leaving OpenAI, one of the company’s former artificial intelligence safety leads announced that he’s landed at one of its rivals.
Elon Musk’s xAI just raised $6 billion in funding. Who’s behind it?
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI just raised $6 billion from heavyweight investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and even a Saudi prince.
7 AI deepfake controversies and viral moments, from Taylor Swift to Trump
AI-generated media imitating public figures have caused a stir across many realms of life — pop culture, religion, politics, and more. As generative artificial intelligence continues to advance, the ease with which we can distinguish the true from the false diminishes. AI-made photos, videos, and audio called “deepfakes” have taken the internet by storm over the last two years, prompting calls for regulation of the technology.
The weirdest and coolest things OpenAI’s new ChatGPT has done (so far)
OpenAI announced its new flagship model ChatGPT-4o, or GPT-4 Omni, in mid-May, which can verbally respond to voice commands.