Generative AI
OpenAI rejects Musk’s takeover offer, says it was ‘not a bid at all’
Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI has officially rejected Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the artificial intelligence startup’s nonprofit parent for $97.4 billion. In a short letter to Musk’s lawyer Friday, OpenAI’s attorney, William Savitt, said the OpenAI board had reviewed the proposal and determined that […]
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From AI to 16K screens, tech is once again disrupting the movie industry
The multibillion-dollar global film industry is at the advent of another technological revolution, set to make movie-making easier than ever before. One innovator in the space is prestigious camera and production supplies company, ARRI, which opened a groundbreaking stage just outside London in 2021. The stage features a 30-meter wide, 16K resolution screen. “It replaces […]
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Europe wants to be part of the AI race against China and the U.S. — and shake off its anti-innovation image
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025. Aurelien Morissard | Via Reuters PARIS — Music was blaring and people were cheering at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on […]
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After DeepSeek, the AI version of a global trade war is one the U.S. won’t win easily
Products at the showroom of the Nvidia Corp. offices in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2023. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government’s effort to curtail AI development in China through tightened controls of chip exports, including restrictions on the most advanced offerings from Nvidia, didn’t stop DeepSeek from creating its generative AI […]
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Deepseek’s AI model is ‘the best work’ out of China but the hype is ‘exaggerated,’ Google Deepmind CEO says
Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis gives a conference during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images PARIS — Deepseek’s AI model “is probably the best work” out of China, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of […]
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Softbank set to invest $40 billion in OpenAI at $260 billion valuation, sources say
SoftBank is close to finalizing a $40 billion primary investment in OpenAI at a $260 billion pre-money valuation, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. SoftBank would pay out the funding, which would mean a $300 billion post-money valuation for OpenAI, over the next 12 to 24 months, with the first payment coming as soon as spring, […]
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How one ETF provider is trying to help investors cut exposure to Magnificent 7 stocks
ETF Edge How one ETF provider is trying to help investors cut exposure to Magnificent 7 stocks Published Thu, Feb 6 20257:00 PM EST Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source
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‘Dangerous proposition’: Top scientists warn of out-of-control AI
Yoshua Bengio (L) and Max Tegmark (R) discuss the development of artificial general intelligence during a live podcast recording of CNBC’s “Beyond The Valley” in Davos, Switzerland in January 2025. CNBC Artificial general intelligence built like “agents” could prove dangerous as its creators might lose control of the system, two of of the world’s most […]
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Google opens its most powerful AI models to everyone, the next stage in its virtual agent push
Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google on Wednesday released Gemini 2.0 — its “most capable” artificial intelligence model suite yet — to everyone. In December, the company gave access to developers and trusted testers, as well as wrapping some features into Google products, but this is a “general release,” according to Google. […]
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DeepSeek’s breakthrough emboldens open-source AI models like Meta’s Llama
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images DeepSeek’s powerful new artificial intelligence model isn’t just a win for China — it’s a victory for open-source versions of the tech from the likes of Meta, Databricks, Mistral and Hugging Face, according to industry experts who spoke with CNBC. Last month, DeepSeek released R1, an open-source reasoning […]
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