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AI companies are rapidly attracting investor funds and achieving high valuations early in their development, leading many to label the AI industry as a bubble. Nick Frosst, co-founder of Cohere, which develops custom AI models for enterprise clients, recently shared on TechCrunch’s Found podcast that he doesn’t believe the AI industry is in a bubble. […]

OpenAI’s GPT-4o, the generative AI model behind the newly launched alpha of Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT, is the company’s first to be trained on voice, text, and image data. This sometimes results in unusual behavior, such as mimicking the voice of the person it’s conversing with or unexpectedly shouting during a conversation. In a

Rabbit’s r1, the AI assistant gadget that has seen its initial excitement wane since its CES debut, has some updates to announce — though they might not be enough to sway its critics just yet. The new “beta rabbit” mode enhances the device’s conversational AI capabilities, especially for handling more complex or multi-step instructions. It

Every piece of software undergoes quality assurance testing, typically involving a human tester who creates test cases and checks the software interface for bugs and other issues. On Tuesday, MuukTest, a startup based in Raleigh, North Carolina, announced a new AI agent designed to automate the creation of these tests. “Since we started, the vision

Last year, OpenAI hosted a high-profile event in San Francisco, unveiling several new products and tools, including the ill-fated GPT Store. This year, however, OpenAI is taking a different approach. On Monday, the company announced that its DevDay conference will shift from a major event to a series of on-the-road developer engagement sessions. OpenAI also

John Schulman, a co-founder of OpenAI, has departed the company to join the rival AI startup Anthropic. Additionally, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, is taking an extended leave until the end of the year to “relax and recharge” after nine years with the company, as confirmed by OpenAI. Peter Deng, who joined OpenAI last

Numerous AI-related bills are currently being discussed in Congress, and OpenAI is actively supporting some of them. On Tuesday, OpenAI endorsed three Senate bills that could influence the federal government’s approach to artificial intelligence. One of these bills, the Future of AI Innovation Act, aims to officially establish the United States AI Safety Institute as

Sybill, a startup focused on creating an AI assistant for sales representatives, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Greycroft. The market for AI sales assistants is becoming increasingly competitive as companies utilize generative AI and large language models to help salespeople automate tasks such

On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department released a report endorsing “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta’s Llama 3.1, while also recommending that the government develop new capabilities to monitor these models for potential risks. The report, authored by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), highlights that open-weight models expand generative AI’s accessibility to small

Perplexity AI is set to start sharing ad revenue with news publishers when its chatbot uses their content to answer user queries. This initiative aims to address criticisms of plagiarism and unethical web scraping. Dmitry Shevelenko, Perplexity’s head of business, mentioned to TechCrunch that the company had been considering this program since January, even before