OpenAI & US Defense contractor Anduril to co-develop military AI & AI drones
1 month ago

OpenAI & US Defense contractor Anduril to co-develop military AI & AI drones

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The venture plans to bring together OpenAI’s advanced machine-learning models and Anduril’s expertise in military hardware and software, using data from real-world drone operations to train AI systems Both OpenAI and Anduril have assured they’re focusing on using AI responsibly. Image Credit: Reuters OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, is teaming up with US defence contractor Anduril in a partnership designed to tackle national security challenges using artificial intelligence. This venture plans to bring together OpenAI’s advanced machine-learning models and Anduril’s expertise in military hardware and software, using data from real-world drone operations to train AI systems. A tectonic shift for OpenAI OpenAI’s move into military tech is a big step for a company that started as a nonprofit focused on cautious AI development.

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OpenAI proposes public benefit corporation model to drive AI development
2 weeks ago

OpenAI proposes public benefit corporation model to drive AI development

Live Mint  

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse founded in 2015 as a research-focused nonprofit, is exploring a significant organisational shift that could establish a more conventional revenue-generating corporation alongside its nonprofit foundation. In a blog post on Friday, the company’s board revealed it is evaluating a proposal to convert its business operations into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation. Originally founded to ensure …

OpenAI announces weapons company partnership to provide AI tech to military
1 month ago

OpenAI announces weapons company partnership to provide AI tech to military

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and high-tech …

OpenAI enters Silicon Valley’s hot new business: War
1 month ago

OpenAI enters Silicon Valley’s hot new business: War

Live Mint  

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, is getting into the business of war. The world’s most valuable AI company has agreed to work with Anduril Industries, a leading defense-tech startup, to add its technology to systems the U.S. military uses to counter drone attacks. The alliance between Anduril and OpenAI might also help buffer the AI company’s CEO, Sam …

OpenAI partners with defence firm Anduril to use AI in national security missions
1 month ago

OpenAI partners with defence firm Anduril to use AI in national security missions

The Hindu  

Defence technology company Anduril Industries and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop and deploy advanced artificial intelligence solutions for national security missions. The companies said the partnership will focus on improving the United States' counter-unmanned aircraft systems and their ability to detect, assess and respond to potentially lethal aerial threats in real time. "Our partnership with Anduril …

OpenAI Is Working With Anduril to Supply the US Military With AI
55 years ago

OpenAI Is Working With Anduril to Supply the US Military With AI

Wired  

OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and one of the most prominent artificial intelligence companies in the world, said today that it has entered a partnership with Anduril, a defense startup that makes missiles, drones, and software for the United States military. “OpenAI builds AI to benefit as many people as possible, and supports US-led efforts to ensure the technology upholds democratic …

Anthropic, Palantir team up with Amazon to work together in creating AI for the US military
2 months ago

Anthropic, Palantir team up with Amazon to work together in creating AI for the US military

Firstpost  

The surge in AI applications for national security highlights an era where public sector contracts are becoming a lucrative target for tech giants, with AI technology serving as the centrepiece of modern defence and intelligence strategies For companies hoping to gain a foothold in the public sector, having expertise in navigating complicated contracting requirements is a major advantage. Image Credit: …

Trump 2.0 is making OpenAI sweat as other AI players look forward to major shakeup
2 months ago

Trump 2.0 is making OpenAI sweat as other AI players look forward to major shakeup

Firstpost  

Trump’s dislike for regulating AI firms is no secret. A hot topic is his intention to scrap President Biden’s 2023 Executive Order on AI, a rule focused on strict measures to curb AI misuse Donald Trump is back, winning the 2024 presidential race with just over 270 electoral votes. Making AI Great Again Despite some eyebrow-raising comments Trump has made, …

The world is not ready for the next huge development in AI, says departing OpenAI researcher
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The world is not ready for the next huge development in AI, says departing OpenAI researcher

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is not ready for AGI, or the point at which artificial …

OpenAI co-founder joins arch rival Anthropic to build AI ‘responsibly’
3 months, 1 week ago

OpenAI co-founder joins arch rival Anthropic to build AI ‘responsibly’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Durk Kingma, who helped setup OpenAI in 2015 alongside Elon Musk and current CEO Sam Altman, said …

OpenAI holds talks with Broadcom about developing new AI chip, the Information reports
5 months, 3 weeks ago

OpenAI holds talks with Broadcom about developing new AI chip, the Information reports

The Hindu  

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in discussion with chip designers, including Broadcom, about developing a new artificial intelligence chip, the Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Microsoft-backed company is hiring former Google employees who produced the online search giant's own AI chip, the tensor processing unit, and has decided to develop an AI server chip, the …

We are committed to supporting India AI mission's application development initiative: ChatGPT maker OpenAI
6 months, 1 week ago

We are committed to supporting India AI mission's application development initiative: ChatGPT maker OpenAI

Hindustan Times  

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is committed to supporting India AI mission's application development initiative, a senior company executive said on Wednesday, highlighting that concrete use cases of Artificial Intelligence are emerging in the country across areas such as agriculture, healthcare and education. ChatGPT maker OpenAI is committed to supporting India AI mission's application development initiative, a senior company executive said on …

OpenAI forms safety committee as it starts training latest artificial intelligence model
7 months, 1 week ago

OpenAI forms safety committee as it starts training latest artificial intelligence model

Associated Press  

OpenAI says it’s setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new AI model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot. The safety committee arrives as debate swirls around AI safety at the company, which was thrust into the spotlight after a researcher, Jan Leike, resigned and leveled criticism at OpenAI for letting …

Genocidal AI: ChatGPT-powered war simulator drops two nukes on Russia, China for world peace
11 months ago

Genocidal AI: ChatGPT-powered war simulator drops two nukes on Russia, China for world peace

Firstpost  

If OpenAI and other AI models AI companies have their way, they wouldn’t hesitate to drop a nuke or two on countries like Russia, China and possibly even the US, in order to retain world peace. However, a recent study sheds light on potential risks associated with AI’s role in foreign policy decision-making, revealing alarming tendencies towards advocating for military …

FTC launches inquiry into artificial intelligence deals such as Microsoft's OpenAI partnership
11 months, 2 weeks ago

FTC launches inquiry into artificial intelligence deals such as Microsoft's OpenAI partnership

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re scrutinizing whether these ties enable dominant firms …

ChatGPT maker OpenAI partners with US military in big AI usage policy revamp
11 months, 3 weeks ago

ChatGPT maker OpenAI partners with US military in big AI usage policy revamp

Hindustan Times  

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is working with the US military on a number of projects including cybersecurity capabilities, Bloomberg reported. The ChatGPT maker has also held initial talks with the Biden administration on methods to assist with preventing veteran suicide, OpenAI's vice president of global affaors Anna Makanju said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft …

ChatGPT, Attack! OpenAI is working with US armed forces, making cybersecurity tools for them
11 months, 3 weeks ago

ChatGPT, Attack! OpenAI is working with US armed forces, making cybersecurity tools for them

Firstpost  

In a notable departure from its initial stance, OpenAI is engaging in collaborative projects with the Pentagon, including the development of cybersecurity capabilities. Anna Makanju, OpenAI’s Vice President of Global Affairs, revealed in an interview at Bloomberg House during the World Economic Forum in Davos that the company has initiated talks with the US government to explore ways to assist …

OpenAI believes human-like SuperAI is coming sooner than expected, plans to control, capitalise on it
1 year ago

OpenAI believes human-like SuperAI is coming sooner than expected, plans to control, capitalise on it

Firstpost  

OpenAI proposes a very brave new method to control human-like SuperAI. Ilya Sutskever and his team at OpenAI believe that they can use a less sophisticated AI model, but solidly built model like GPT-2 to guide a more advanced model like GPT-4 or beyond, to behave properly Despite recent internal shakeups at OpenAI, the Superalignment team, led by Ilya Sutskever, …

OpenAI eyes Indian developers
1 year ago

OpenAI eyes Indian developers

Live Mint  

New Delhi: US-based artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI, will host its first-ever developer gathering in India next month, in Bengaluru. Adding how such developer gatherings will fall in line with cross-border regulatory discussions, Makanju said, “Collaborations between Silicon Valley and Indian developers will help address some of the most important issues in AI. If you navigate the stress safely and responsibly, …

AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators
1 year, 1 month ago

AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators

Associated Press  

Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor. The AI Alliance — led by IBM and Meta and including Dell, Sony, chipmakers AMD and Intel and several universities and AI startups — is “coming together to articulate, simply put, that …

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition
1 year, 2 months ago

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a year into its meteoric rise, the company behind ChatGPT unveiled the future it has in mind for its artificial intelligence technology on Monday, launching a new line of chatbot products that can be customized to a variety of tasks. At the event held in a cavernous former Honda dealership in OpenAI’s hometown of San …

Major tech companies partner with US government for ethical AI innovation
1 year, 5 months ago

Major tech companies partner with US government for ethical AI innovation

India TV News  

Seven major artificial intelligence tech companies, including Google, OpenAI, and Meta, have come together to forge an agreement with the Joe Biden administration to address the risks associated with AI technology. "As we develop new AI models, tech companies should be transparent about how their systems work and collaborate closely across industry, government, academia and civil society," he added. In …

U.S. tech giants OpenAI, Google agree on White House Artificial Intelligence safeguards
1 year, 5 months ago

U.S. tech giants OpenAI, Google agree on White House Artificial Intelligence safeguards

The Hindu  

Top AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta Platforms have made voluntary commitments to the White House to implement measures such as watermarking AI-generated content to help make the technology safer, the Biden administration said on Friday. Since generative AI, which uses data to create new content like ChatGPT's human-sounding prose, became wildly popular this year, lawmakers around the world …

OpenAI CEO calls for global cooperation to regulate AI
1 year, 7 months ago

OpenAI CEO calls for global cooperation to regulate AI

CNN  

Hong Kong/Seoul CNN — Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, used a high-profile trip to South Korea on Friday to call for coordinated international regulation of generative artificial intelligence, the technology that underpins his famous chatbot. He is one of hundreds of top experts who recently warned about the risk of human extinction from AI, saying mitigating that …

OpenAI CEO suggests global agency like UN's nuclear watchdog to oversee AI
1 year, 7 months ago

OpenAI CEO suggests global agency like UN's nuclear watchdog to oversee AI

Hindustan Times  

Artificial intelligence poses an “existential risk” to humanity, a key innovator warned during a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, suggesting an international agency like the International Atomic Energy Agency oversee the ground-breaking technology. “No one wants to destroy the world.” OpenAI's ChatGPT, a popular chatbot, has grabbed the world's attention as it offers essay-like answers to prompts …

OpenAI CEO suggests international agency like UN's nuclear watchdog could oversee AI
1 year, 7 months ago

OpenAI CEO suggests international agency like UN's nuclear watchdog could oversee AI

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Artificial intelligence poses an “existential …

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Thursday with the heads of Google, Microsoft and two other companies developing artificial intelligence as the Biden administration rolls out initiatives meant to ensure the rapidly evolving technology improves lives without putting people’s rights and safety at risk. But the White House also needs to take stronger action as AI systems built …

Column: Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be

LA Times  

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman speaks to the media Feb. 7 about the integration of the Microsoft Bing search engine and Edge browser with OpenAI. OpenAI is behind the buzziest and most popular AI service, the text generator ChatGPT, and its technology currently powers Microsoft’s new AI-infused Bing search engine, the product of a deal worth $10 billion. The blog …

Anduril’s New Drone Offers to Inject More AI Into Warfare
4 years, 4 months ago

Anduril’s New Drone Offers to Inject More AI Into Warfare

Wired  

This spring, a team of small drones, each resembling a small, sensor-laden helicopter, scoured a lush stretch of wilderness near Irvine, California. They were props for early test flights of a prototype military drone stuffed with artificial intelligence—the latest product from Anduril, a defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus Rift. Luckey says the drones can carry …

Can AI Built to ‘Benefit Humanity’ Also Serve the Military?
5 years, 1 month ago

Can AI Built to ‘Benefit Humanity’ Also Serve the Military?

Wired  

Microsoft’s recent victory in landing a $10 billion Pentagon cloud-computing contract called JEDI could make life more complicated for one of the software giant’s partners: the independent artificial-intelligence research lab OpenAI. The newborn nonprofit said it had commitments totaling $1 billion and would work on AI “to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.” …

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