Seventy-five percent of OpenAI’s revenue reportedly comes from consumer subscriptions. OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar also told Bloomberg TV Monday (Oct. 28) that the company’s ChatGPT has 250 million weekly active users and…
Sierra, an AI startup co-founded by OpenAI board chairman and ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, raised $175M, valuing it at $4.5B, up from ~$1B in February 2024 — Sierra, a software startup co-founded by former Salesforce (CRM.N) co-CEO…
OpenAI's CFO: ChatGPT has 250M weekly active users, converts free users to paid at a 5% to 6% rate, and ~75% of OpenAI's revenue is from consumer subscriptions — - AI startup converting 5% to 6% of free users to paid products — There are…
OpenAI's transcription tool Whisper is used in medical centers to translate and transcribe patient interviews. According to researchers, it is prone to hallucinating information, including racial commentary and fake medications.
Imagine going to the doctor, telling them exactly how you're feeling and then a transcription later adds false information and alters your story. That could be the case in medical centers that use Whisper, OpenAI's transcription tool. Over…
When it was founded in 2015, artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI was a nonprofit organization. The idealistic mission: to make sure the high-stakes work they were doing on artificial intelligence served the whole world. This was…
If you've been hoping that AI is just going to a tech bubble that'll burst very soon, like 3D TVs (remember them?), you'll have to keep wishing as major players in the industry are charging ahead with new AI agents. Google, OpenAI, and…
A few months ago, my doctor showed off an AI transcription tool he used to record and summarize his patient meetings. In my case, the summary was fine, but researchers cited by ABC News have found that’s not always the case with OpenAI’s…
Researchers are worried about mistakes in OpenAI's Whisper, a tool that transcribes audio into text. According to the Associated Press, engineers and researchers found that Whisper sometimes “hallucinates,” meaning it adds extra details…
Software engineers, developers, and academic researchers have serious concerns about transcriptions from OpenAI’s Whisper, according to a report in the Associated Press. While there’s been no shortage of discussion around generative AI’s…
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re looking at OpenAI’s reported plans for its next AI model; a buzzy new messaging app that’s a hit with Gen Z; and Tim Cook discovering that you can name a group chat in iMessage. Let’s get…