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Feb 27 from https://mashable.com/tech

OpenAI says it will change ChatGPT safety protocols in the wake of mass shooting

The Tumbler Ridge shooter opened a second ChatGPT account, undetected, after OpenAI banned their first account. OpenAI will be making policy changes after it discovered two ChatGPT accounts created by the Tumbler Ridge shooter. OpenAI will be making policy changes after it discovered two ChatGPT accounts created by the Tumbler Ridge shooter. Credit: Thomas IllustrationFuller/NurPhoto via...

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Feb 27 from https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology

OpenAI announces $110bn funding round that would value firm at $840bn

OpenAI said on Friday it is raising $110bn in a blockbuster funding round that would value the ChatGPT maker at $840bn, in a deal that signals the feverish pace of investment in artificial intelligence. It’s more than double the amount the company raised last year, when it racked up $40bn in the largest private tech deal on record. This year’s funding round, which is still open, includes a...

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Feb 27 from https://www.cnbc.com/technology/

OpenAI announces $110 billion funding round with backing from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

OpenAI announced a $110 billion funding round on Friday, a financing that's more than double the size of its last raise a year ago, which was a record for a private tech company. Amazon invested $50 billion, Nvidia invested $30 billion and SoftBank invested $30 billion in the round, OpenAI said in a release Friday. The investment boosts OpenAI to a $730 billion pre-money valuation, which...

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Feb 27 from https://fortune.com/section/tech/

OpenAI is negotiating with the U.S. government, Sam Altman tells staff

Sam Altman told OpenAI employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon that a potential agreement is emerging with the U.S. Department of War to use the startup’s AI models and tools, according to a source present at the meeting and a summary of the meeting seen by Fortune. The contract has not yet been signed. The meeting came at the end of a week where a conflict between Secretary of...

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Feb 27 from https://www.cnbc.com/technology/

How Amazon's massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses

Amazon on Friday unveiled a strategic partnership with OpenAI that includes an investment of up to $50 billion, the latest sign of deepening ties between the tech giant and the maker of ChatGPT. As part of the deal, OpenAI will use more Amazon Web Services infrastructure, including a commitment to deploy 2 gigawatts of the company's Trainium artificial intelligence chips for its new...

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Feb 10 from https://www.technologyreview.com/

A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions

For Stephen, who had already been tinkering with other chatbots, learning about Brockman’s donation was the final straw. “That’s really the straw that broke the camel’s back,” he says. When he canceled his ChatGPT subscription, a survey popped up asking what OpenAI could have done to keep his subscription. “Don’t support the fascist regime,” he wrote. QuitGPT is one of the latest salvos in a...

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