Artificial General Intelligence

Cohere ‘Not Chasing AGI’ as AI Startup’s Value Hits $5 Billion
Cohere ‘Not Chasing AGI’ as AI Startup’s Value Hits $5 Billion
July 22, 2024  |  Investments

AI startup Cohere has been valued at $5.5 billion following a new funding round. As Bloomberg News reported Monday (July 22), this $500 million round brings Cohere’s total funding...

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OpenAI Founding Member Karpathy Launches AI Education Venture
OpenAI Founding Member Karpathy Launches AI Education Venture
July 17, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

One of OpenAI’s founding members says he is launching an “AI native” school. Andrej Karpathy, who had been a key researcher for the company until...

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OpenAI’s Push for Human-Level AI Is Underway 
OpenAI’s Push for Human-Level AI Is Underway 
July 16, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Reports of OpenAI’s leap toward human-level artificial intelligence (AI) have set the business world abuzz with visions of AI-powered commerce that could rewrite global trade...

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Report: Amazon/Adept Deal Subject of FTC Inquiry
Report: Amazon/Adept Deal Subject of FTC Inquiry
July 16, 2024  |  Amazon

A U.S. regulator reportedly wants more information on Amazon’s deal with AI startup Adept. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Amazon for details about...

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OpenAI Defines Five Steps From AI to AGI
OpenAI Defines Five Steps From AI to AGI
July 11, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI has reportedly developed a way to track its progress toward building artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is AI that can outperform humans. The company shared...

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Amazon Recruits Execs From Adept for AGI Effort
Amazon Recruits Execs From Adept for AGI Effort
June 30, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Amazon has reportedly hired executives from Adept AI for its artificial general intelligence (AGI) project. David Luan, Adept’s co-founder and CEO, is set to join...

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: AI Will Drive ‘Evolution of Humanity’
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: AI Will Drive ‘Evolution of Humanity’
June 21, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Ten years from now, artificial intelligence (AI) will be 10,000 times smarter than humans, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son reportedly said Friday (June 21). Speaking during SoftBank’s annual...

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Safe Superintelligence’s Launch Spotlights OpenAI Roots
Safe Superintelligence’s Launch Spotlights OpenAI Roots
June 20, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI, has launched Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), a new artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on creating a...

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Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI One Day Before Hearing
Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI One Day Before Hearing
June 11, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Elon Musk reportedly dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of its co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, on Tuesday (June 11). Musk made this...

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