Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more
… Ryan Whitwam is a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, covering the ways Google, AI, and mobile technology continue to change the world. …
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Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
… Meanwhile, “defendants make money through ChatGPT, affirming whatever users tell it and drawing them deeper into delusions.” In a statement, OpenAI did not mention the attorney general and instead focused on recent child safety updates. “Losing a child is the most devastating tragedy that can happe… …
OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
… Broadcom says that this ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit was designed from scratch for LLM inference, based on “detailed insights” from the company’s conversations with researchers at OpenAI, and that the chip’s development was informed by OpenAI’s own roadmap for future models and prod… …
Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees
… Musk sued OpenAI in 2024 for making a “fool” out of him after Musk donated $38 million to kick-start OpenAI as a nonprofit, only to later be blindsided when OpenAI created a for-profit arm that he felt gutted funding for the charity while enriching executives like Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. …
OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury
… In it, he noted that a top reason why he didn’t want anyone, including Musk, to have “unilateral control” over how OpenAI runs was not because Brockman wouldn’t make as much money if Musk had a larger equity share but because that “technology that we’re building is just too important.” Ashley is a … …
Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial
… OpenAI suggested that Musk’s message to Brockman should similarly not be viewed as privileged or a sincere effort to settle the litigation because it’s “coercive rather than conciliatory.” OpenAI alleged that the threat was in line with “similar menacing statements” Musk has made throughout the lit… …
Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar
… It’s possible that the OpenAI trial will conclude before that probe ends, though, leaving OpenAI with more potential fires to put out even if they win. …
OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
… According to the insiders, OpenAI is so disappointed in Apple’s work that the AI firm is now “actively working with an outside legal firm on a range of options that could be formally executed in the near future.” “We have done everything from a product perspective,” the OpenAI executive summed up O… …
“Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says
… His family is suing OpenAI for allegedly designing ChatGPT to become an “illicit drug coach.” Nelson’s death by accidental overdose was foreseeable and preventable, the family claimed, but OpenAI recklessly released an untested model that has since been retired, ChatGPT 4o, which removed prior safe… …
As Grok flounders, SpaceX bets future on beating Big Tech at AI
… The same survey showed more than 6 percent of respondents paying for OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Corporate use of Anthropic’s Claude and the Google Gemini AI models has also soared in the past year, according to the market research firm Enterprise Technology Research. …