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OpenAI Sets the Stage for Monday Event, But No Search Engine Coming
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Quelling all rumors, OpenAI has finally announced an event for May 13 at 10 AM PT (10:30 PM IST). It was anticipated that OpenAI would release its ChatGPT search engine challenging Google's dominance. However, Sam Altman says that the company will demo some new stuff that works like magic.

ChatGPT Search Engine Release Likely on Monday, Ahead of Google I/O
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A new report now confirms that OpenAI is going to release its ChatGPT search engine on Monday (May 13). The report also says that the OpenAI search engine will include citations and source real-time information from the web. The search engine has now been indexed by Bing and DuckDuckGo as well.

OpenAI to Challenge Google with Its Own Search Engine in May: Report
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OpenAI is reportedly working on a new search engine, an alternative to Google Search. And the company may launch it in May, just before Google I/O. Currently, the subdomain doesn't throw a 404 error, but displays "Not found".

YouTube CEO Says OpenAI Could’ve Violated Platform Rules For Sora Training
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Speaking to Bloomberg, the YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan said that OpenAI would violate YouTube's Terms of Service if the company used YouTube videos to train its Sora model. Google also uses some corpus of YouTube videos to train its Gemini model, but signs licensing contracts with individual creators. Earlier, the CTO of OpenAI, Mira Murati, refused to clarify whether Sora was trained on YouTube videos.

There’s a Secret Way to Opt-Out of ChatGPT Model Training!
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While ChatGPT offers the option to disable model training on your content inside ChatGPT's settings page, it also disables Chat History. This discourages users from disabling model training. That said, OpenAI has a separate privacy portal page where you can request the company to not train its model on your data while keeping the Chat History functionality intact. OpenAI doesn't promote this privacy portal page inside ChatGPT's interface. In fact, a passing mention is found on its FAQ page.

ChatGPT’s Free Version Can Now Be Used Without Logging In
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Just like Microsoft Copilot, you can now use ChatGPT without an account. You no longer need to sign in or create an account to use the free version of ChatGPT. The GPT-3.5 model is readily available to all free users including those without an account. Keep in mind, you won't get some features like custom instructions, chat history, chat sharing, and voice conversations without an account.

OpenAI’s Voice Engine Can Clone Human Voices From a 15-Second Sample
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After introducing Sora, a remarkable text-to-video AI model, OpenAI has previewed its Voice Engine model that can clone voices with a single 15-second audio sample. It can translate voices into different languages with high accuracy. Since there are risks associated with the technology, the company is not releasing the speech synthesis model now. The company encourages society to understand the capabilities of AI and adapt to a new reality.

GPT-5 Might Release in Summer 2024; ‘Materially Better’ Than GPT-4
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The ChatGPT maker, OpenAI, is reportedly planning to release the GPT-5 model during the summer of this year. A new report says that OpenAI has already demoed the GPT-5 model to a few enterprise customers and one of the CEOs called it "materially better" than GPT-4. OpenAI is also working on AI agents that can perform complex actions.

OpenAI Blog Leaks GPT-4.5 Turbo; Sparks Interest
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OpenAI might be working to release an intermediate GPT-4.5 Turbo model before launching the next-gen GPT-5 model. It was leaked through the OpenAI Blog page which was indexed by Bing and DuckDuckGo. The upcoming model promises better "speed, accuracy, and scalability" than the GPT-4 Turbo model. However, strangely, the captured description says the model will have a knowledge cutoff of up to June 2024.

Recently, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that the company has swerved off track from its original mission. Instead of sticking to its original mission of being a non-profit and making AI systems for human welfare, OpenAI is allegedly working towards making Microsoft more profitable. Dismissing these claims, OpenAI has now unveiled some sensitive emails between the company and Elon Musk to counter Musk's allegations. The emails paint Musk in a different light, suggesting that he wanted complete control over OpenAI, with the company using Tesla as its major source of funding.

AI Models in India to Require Govt Approval; What are the Implications?
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The Indian IT Ministry (MeitY) has issued a new advisory for tech companies offering AI models and services in India. The advisory asks tech firms to get approval before deploying "untested" AI models in India. The government later clarified that the advisory applies to large companies like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, etc., and not startups. The advisory also requests companies to embed permanent metadata in generated data to easily identify the first originator.

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over AGI Fear
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In a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman in the San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday. Musk claims that OpenAI has become a closed-source company and it's only developing new technologies to maximize profits. Further, Musk says that Microsoft is leveraging its power and influencing OpenAI's operations. Musk is seeking an injunction against OpenAI and Microsoft from taking advantage of the AGI technology and cashing in for profits.

OpenAI Launches Sora: A Groundbreaking Text-to-Video AI Model
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OpenAI has unveiled its remarkable text-to-video model, Sora, that can generate AI videos for up to 1 minute. The generated videos are highly detailed and have a resolution of up to 1080p. Unlike existing solutions, Sora-generated videos don't have distortions in the scene, which makes everyone believe that it's trained on gaming engine simulations like Unreal Engine 5. OpenAI says it's a diffusion model built on the transformer architecture. The Sora model is going through safety checks now and currently, it's not available to regular users.

OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a ‘Memory’ So It Can Know You Better
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With the new memory addition to ChatGPT, the AI chatbot can now remember who you are, what you like, and your overall preferences. It will make ChatGPT more personal and helpful to users. The memory feature is currently being rolled out to a small portion of ChatGPT free and Plus users. Over the coming days, it will be enabled by default for all ChatGPT users. Keep in mind, your ChatGPT conversations including memories may be used to train and improve OpenAI's AI models.

Sam Altman’s Most Used App Is NOT ChatGPT; Here’s What He Uses All Day!
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Sam Altman sat down with Bill Gates in a recent podcast. It was revealed here that it is not ChatGPT which is the most used app by OpenAI's CEO. In fact, it is not any other OpenAI tool either - Sam Altman has revealed he uses Slack the most on his phone. This reveals how busy the CEO is in managing the OpenAI team and its efforts towards artificial general intelligence.

OpenAI’s GPT Store is Now Live at Last!
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The App Store of GPTs is finally live. OpenAI has rolled out the GPT Store for ChatGPT Plus users after multiple delays. You can explore GPTs for various categories including Writing, Research and Analysis, Programming, Education, Productivity, Lifestyle, and more. Bear in mind, it's not available to free users, and you have to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus to use the GPT Store. OpenAI says that GPT creators can also monetize their GPTs based on the usage.

OpenAI is Finally Launching the GPT Store Next Week
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The GPT Store was delayed multiple times in the last two months, and finally, OpenAI is ready to launch it next week. You will be able to find custom GPTs from various developers, and users and use them if you want to. The store will be public and users would be able to interact with the custom GPT effortlessly. However, to build GPTs, you need to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus.

The New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement
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The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for using millions of Times' articles to train its AI models without paying any licensing fee. In the lawsuit, the NYT has alleged that GPT-4 produces verbatim output from the NYT articles with minor or no changes at all without any attribution. The NYT is seeking "billions" in damages from both OpenAI and Microsoft over the unlawful use of its journalistic work. The major American newspaper had tried to negotiate a deal back in April, but it didn't go anywhere.

OpenAI’s GPT Store Delayed till Early 2024
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ChatGPT was going to get a GPT store this month. With this, people could make their own custom GPTs, and then based on how many people use it, there is a potential to earn money from custom GPTs too. However, OpenAI's ChatGPT team has just confirmed that the GPT Store is now delayed till early 2024.

ChatGPT Turns One: A History of OpenAI’s Groundbreaking Chatbot
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Within a year, ChatGPT has become a full-fledged AI chatbot with knowledge cut-off of up to April 2023. It supports a multitude of features including image analysis, GPTs, voice chat, web browsing, code interpreter, plugins, custom instructions, data analysis, and more. ChatGPT also has apps for both Android and iOS. It's going to get access to the latest GPT-4 Turbo model as well.

Sam Altman Back as OpenAI CEO: A Timeline of Conflict and Chaos
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We recap the events of Sam Altman's ousting from OpenAI and his return to the company within a week. Chaos ensued when OpenAI revealed on November 18 that Sam Altman has been fired. This was followed by Greg Brockman quitting OpenAI. Then, we learned former Twitch CEO Emmet Shear was hired as the interim OpenAI CEO and Sam Altman was moving to Microsoft to set up a new AI research division. Now, on November 22, Altman has been reinstated as the OpenAI CEO with a new board.

Sam Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO; New Board Appointed!
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Sam Altman was kicked by the OpenAI board. The co-founder left after that, along with 700 out of 770 employees in OpenAI threatening to do the same (and join Microsoft). Now, he is back as OpenAI's CEO!

Microsoft Hires Sam Altman, Former OpenAI CEO & ChatGPT Creator
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After OpenAI's decision to hire a second interim CEO, Microsoft announced it will hire Sam Altman (and other AI employees) for a new research team at its company. Altman will reportedly lead the company's new advanced AI research team.


















