Perplexity AI logo is seen in this illustration taken January 4, 2024. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Perplexity AI, the artificial intelligence startup that’s been embroiled in controversy due to accusations of plagiarizing content from media outlets, plans to start running ads on its search app in the fourth quarter, CNBC has learned. The company, which […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced a partnership with Condé Nast, in which the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company’s products, such as ChatGPT and SearchGPT, will be able to display content from Vogue, The
OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, was founded in 2015 by a number of researchers, academics and entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Elon Musk. Altman and Brockman are still at OpenAI, serving as CEO and president, respectively. Musk departed in 2018. At the time, OpenAI said Musk left to avoid a conflict
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Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo on June 20, 2024. Kosuke Okahara | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank Group shares tanked nearly 19% on Monday amid a global sell-off, wiping off billions of Dollars from founder Masayoshi Son’s fortune. Shars of the Japanese giant, known as one
Perplexity AI on Tuesday debuted a revenue-sharing model for publishers, after more than a month of plagiarism accusations. Media outlets and content platforms like Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel and WordPress.com are the first to join the company’s “Publishers Program.” The announcement follows an onslaught of controversy in June, when Forbes said
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In this photo illustration, the Alphabet Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen and the Google logo in the background. Jaque Silva | Lightrocket | Getty Images Britain’s competition regulator on Tuesday said that it is investigating to see if Google parent Alphabet’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has resulted in reduced competition.
TM Roh, the head of Samsung’s mobile business, talked about the company’s new products at the Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris, France on July 10, 2024. Samsung unveiled a slew of new products including foldable smartphones, new smartwatches and the Galaxy Ring. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC In a swanky downtown Paris hotel, Samsung Electronics’ mobile
DeepL CEO Jaroslaw “Jarek” Kutylowski. DeepL German artificial intelligence translation startup DeepL on Wednesday launched traditional Chinese as a language option as it looks to expand its presence in Asia. DeepL, one of Europe’s high-profile AI companies valued at $2 billion, sells translation software aimed at businesses rather than everyday consumers. Traditional Chinese is a
OpenAI last week removed Aleksander Madry, one of OpenAI’s top safety executives, from his role and reassigned him to a job focused on AI reasoning, sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CNBC. Madry was OpenAI’s head of preparedness, a team that was “tasked with tracking, evaluating, forecasting, and helping protect against catastrophic risks related
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Cohere, the artificial intelligence startup founded by ex-Google AI researchers and backed by Nvidia, cut about 20 roles on Tuesday, CNBC confirmed. The layoffs at Cohere, which had about 400 employees according to the company, follow the completion of a $500 million funding round from investors including AMD, Salesforce, Oracle and Nvidia that valued the company at
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