AI has ushered in a new kind of hacker
AI models provide new opportunities for hackers amid companies' free-wheeling AI experimentation.
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OpenAI is now valued at $300 billion as Sam Altman teases a more open model
OpenAI announced on Monday that it raised $40 billion in its latest funding round and is now valued at $300 billion.
AI companies are copying each other's homework to make cheap models
Cheaply built AI abounds as developers riff off Big Tech's costly offerings. But like a dollar store, selection and quality may vary.
Mistral's CEO Arthur Mensch tells BI that DeepSeek is a win for the open-source ecosystem
Arthur Mensch told Business Insider that DeepSeek was the "Mistral of China," with its new R1 models a "great moment for open source."
AI could be used for a 'bad biological attack from some evil person,' ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said AI posed an "extreme risk" in some scenarios and could be used by states or terrorists with an "evil goal."
The secretive world of Wall Street technology is opening up like never before
Wall Street firms are increasingly making their internal tech free and available to use and modify — but they're not worried about losing an edge.
OpenAI challenger Mistral launches revamped AI life and work assistant
Mistral's cofounder and CEO, Arthur Mensch, told BI that he uses le Chat to generate documents and for thinking about strategy.
Sam Altman says OpenAI will embrace two new AI approaches, one from DeepSeek and another from Meta
During a Reddit AMA on Friday, Altman said OpenAI has "been on the wrong side of history" when it comes to keeping model weights confidential.
OpenAI is reaping what it sowed with DeepSeek. What's that old saying about karma?
OpenAI thinks DeepSeek may have used its AI outputs inappropriately, highlighting ongoing disputes over copyright, fair use, and training data.
Zuckerberg says it's too soon to tell what impact DeepSeek will have on AI spending
Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday it was too soon to say how advancements by DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, would impact Meta's heavy investments in AI.
The tech industry is in a frenzy over DeepSeek. Here's who could win and lose from China's AI progress.
DeepSeek's ability to build powerful models more efficiently has put a giant question mark over the US tech industry's approach to AI
DeepSeek just dropped an update AI model called Janus Pro. It says the image generator is better than OpenAI's DALL-E.
DeepSeek says its updated text-to-image generator Janus pro-7B outperforms OpenAI's DALL-E 3 across multiple benchmarks.
DeepSeek's cheaper models and weaker chips call into question trillions in AI infrastructure spending
DeepSeek delivers high-performing, cost-effective models using weaker GPUs, questioning the trillion-dollar spend on US AI firms like OpenAI.
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek massively undercuts OpenAI on pricing — and that's spooking tech stocks
DeepSeek challenges OpenAI with drastically cheaper models, prompting discussions on the viability of proprietary versus open-source AI efforts.
A $30 million campaign to free social media from billionaire control is now underway
The campaign aims to raise $30 million to build an open-source social platform free from "billionaire control."
Sam Altman explains OpenAI's shift from open to closed AI models
Sam Altman said OpenAI's closed approach offers "an easier way to hit the safety threshold" but he wants "to open source more stuff in the future."
Marc Andreessen hits on the existential question facing the AI industry
At a conference this week, the legendary investor Marc Andreessen floated two visions for the future of AI — with major implications for OpenAI.
Everybody seems to love Zuck right now
Mark Zuckerberg is winning praise from rivals including Elon Musk for open-sourcing Meta's AI model following the release of Llama 3.1.
Sam Altman isn't buying Elon Musk's explanation for his OpenAI lawsuit
Sam Altman told Lex Fridman's podcast that Elon Musk's proposal to drop the lawsuit if OpenAI changed its name was an "astonishing thing to say."
Buzzy Y Combinator-backed billing startup Lago has raised $22 million with this 22-slide pitch deck
The Paris-based firm, founded by ex-Qonto staffers, offers open-source billing tech to add flexibility and customization to clients' revenue stacks.