Getty Images accused AI of wholesale theft. It’s now an official ChatGPT image partner.

Getty Images has announced a new display agreement with OpenAI that will bring its licensed visual content into ChatGPT. The partnership is notable given Getty’s long-running criticism of AI companies over how training data is sourced, marking an unexp…

OpenAI’s suspiciously clean balance sheet is about to get a hard look
OpenAI’s suspiciously clean balance sheet is about to get a hard look

OpenAI’s books show zero debt and just $46mn of quarterly capital spending. The catch, reported by The Information: around $665bn of commitments sitting just off the balance sheet, now heading for regulators’ desks. On paper, OpenAI looks like a lean s…

Microsoft’s Nadella turns on the AI giants he helped build
Microsoft’s Nadella turns on the AI giants he helped build

In a blunt interview, Satya Nadella warned that the AI giants cannot keep promising mass job losses while demanding the power to build whatever they want. Microsoft’s answer: cheaper models, more control for customers, and a pitch for the public’s trus…

I asked ChatGPT what I’d become obsessed with next — and its predictions were surprisingly convincing

A simple ChatGPT prompt turned into a surprisingly accurate analysis of my interests and a convincing prediction of the hobbies I may fall into next

Getty Images soars after striking a deal with the kind of company it sued
Getty Images soars after striking a deal with the kind of company it sued

For most of the generative-AI era, Getty Images has been the industry’s most determined courtroom opponent, the stock-photo giant that sued the people building image generators rather than licensing to them. On Monday it changed sides, and the market r…

OpenAI wants an all-knowing personal AI agent for everyone on Earth

OpenAI is framing personal AGI as the mass-market endpoint of its AI race, but it still has to explain price, access, safeguards, and how an all-knowing assistant would work for everyone.

Amazon has dropped its nearly finished Sam Altman film, four months after investing $50B in OpenAI
Amazon has dropped its nearly finished Sam Altman film, four months after investing $50B in OpenAI

Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s nearly finished film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Variety and Deadline reported on Thursday. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield as Altman, had tested well with early audiences and was bein…

Amazon pulls back from Sam Altman film ‘Artificial’ as it may have hit too close to home

Amazon’s decision to drop Artificial comes months after its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, with the studio now shopping it to other potential distributors.

Ahead of its IPO, OpenAI hires Trump’s AI-policy architect and Google’s transformer pioneer
Ahead of its IPO, OpenAI hires Trump’s AI-policy architect and Google’s transformer pioneer

OpenAI is hiring for its stock-market debut on two very different fronts. One is the research lab. The other is Washington. This week, the company said Dean Ball will join on 6 July to lead a new team called Strategic Futures. Ball is not a researcher….

The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM
The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM

Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five days in 2023 spanning Altman’s termination and reinstatement as CEO, had been in the works for about a year. The cast also includes A Complete Unknown actress Monica […]