Google announced Audio Overviews today, as part of Google’s AI-powered note-taking app, which will basically spin up an AI-generated podcast based on your notes (please email me if you actually enjoy using this, I need to study your brain).
Of course, as it goes with any AI product, it also sometimes introduces inaccuracies, according to the blog, and can take several minutes to generate with longer notes.
SB 1047 aims to regulate AI, and the AI industry is out to stop it.
X’s head of global affairs, Nick Pickles, announced he’s leaving the company after a 10-year run. Pickles recently became X CEO Linda Yaccarino’s right-hand man and was one of the few remaining senior leaders from Twitter’s pre-Musk era. His departure comes right after Brazil banned X due to its refusal to block certain accounts and designate a legal representative in the country.
That’s 1 million paid users for corporate services including ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and ChatGPT Edu for universities, Bloomberg reports. Enterprise pricing varies, but one person claimed it could cost “around $60 per user per month” with a 150 user minimum and a one-year contract, according to TechCrunch.
I always thought the only way AI might make some cash is through enterprise software bundling, especially with all the free users.
OpenAI’s ex-chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who left not long after attempting to oust fellow co-founder Sam Altman, has now raised $1 billion for his competing lab, Safe Superintelligence (SSI). Backers include a16z, which has opposed California’s AI safety bill, and OpenAI investor Sequoia.
SSI’s CEO tells Reuters there’s no product yet, and there likely won’t be one for a few years.
OpenAI announced it’s partnering with Condé Nast, which owns publications like The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Wired. OpenAI will display Condé Nast’s content in its new AI-powered search engine prototype, SearchGPT (but provided no details on if it’s using Condé’s content as training data).
These media/AI company deals are becoming more common because media execs seem to believe that accepting the money, rather than laying off staff to afford lengthy legal battles, is the best option for now. (Also, Vox Media has a partnership with OpenAI.)
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