Emilia David

The investment into G42 brings Microsoft’s AI services and chips to the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, G42 will run on Azure. Microsoft president Brad Smith will also join G42’s board.

OpenAI’s Batch API now lets users upload a file of bulk queries to the AI model, like categorizing data or tagging images, with the understanding that they won’t need immediate attention. Promising results within 24 hours lets them run when there is unused compute power, and keeps those pricey GPUs humming around the clock.

I often mention AI model benchmarks in posts, but Kevin Roose at The New York Times said the quiet part out loud: AI benchmark tests don’t help in comparing models, and these need to change.

The new deal adds protections around using digital voice replicas, reports Reuters.

OpenAI chose Tokyo for its first office in Asia as it expands its footprint outside of the US. The company is also releasing a version of GPT-4 in Japanese.

TechCrunch reports Meta is testing more AI features on Instagram, this time to help users find new Reels, posts or ask questions. This is similar to the AI chat feature Meta rolled out on Instagram, the very same one that couldn’t generate photos of Asian men with white wives.

ChatGPT Plus will be able to give more thought-out answers and understand longer prompts thanks to GPT-4 Turbo. The updated model, released on preview in November, trained on data until April 2023, so its knowledge base is also more recent.