Google's quantum chip, ChatGPT for Siri, and OpenAI's video generator: AI news roundup

OpenAI continued its holiday event, “12 Days of OpenAI,” this week with more product launches, including its highly anticipated AI video generator, Sora. It also announced that its ChatGPT chatbot is now accessible through Apple’s voice assistant, Siri.
Read about it and more in this week’s AI news roundup.
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT’s voice feature the ability to ‘see’

OpenAI is adding vision to ChatGPT’s advanced voice feature.
Boston Dynamics says the future workforce is at risk, but robots could be the solution

As global birthrates decline, Boston Dynamics (HYMTF) has proposed a solution that aligns remarkably well with its business model: robots.
Nvidia is on a hiring spree in China

Despite mounting trade restrictions, Nvidia (NVDA) is significantly expanding its presence in China, focusing on artificial intelligence chips for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports. Both a Chinese government antitrust investigation and escalating trade tensions between Beijing and Washington complicate the semiconductor giant’s efforts.
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Google’s new Gemini will power AI agents

Google (GOOGL) unveiled its most capable model to date to power the “new agentic era” of artificial intelligence.
Apple users can now access ChatGPT through Siri

Apple (AAPL) unveiled a slate of new artificial intelligence features on its newest devices, including access to OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
Alphabet stock climbs over 4% after Google’s quantum chip breakthrough

Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) saw its shares jump by almost 5% during Tuesday morning trading after the tech giant unveiled its latest quantum chip.
OpenAI launches its AI video-generator Sora for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users

OpenAI is releasing its text-to-video artificial intelligence generator, Sora, which it said is “critical to our AGI [artificial general intelligence] road map.”
Nvidia stock falls almost 3% as it faces an antitrust probe in China

Nvidia’s (NVDA) shares fell by almost 3% during mid-day trading on Monday after the Chinese government announced an investigation into the chipmaker. Fellow chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Marvell (MRVL) also saw their shares fall by 4.4% and 5.2%, respectively.
Google says its new quantum chip is way faster than the world’s most powerful supercomputer

A new, state-of-the-art quantum chip from Google (GOOGL) has cracked the code on an almost three-decade-long problem, according to the company.
Reddit is taking on Google and ChatGPT with its own AI chatbot

Reddit is rolling out a test of an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that can provide answers from Reddit conversations and posts.
Nvidia is facing an antitrust investigation in China

Nvidia (NVDA) is under investigation for allegedly violating anti-monopoly laws in China.