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China’s new AI model GLM-4.5 threatens DeepSeek – will it also threaten OpenAI?

In a bold move reshaping the global AI landscape, Chinese startup Z.ai has launched GLM-4.5, an open-source model touted as cheaper, smaller, and more efficient than rivals like DeepSeek. The announcement, made at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, has sent ripples across the tech sector. What sets GLM-4.5 apart is its lean architecture. …

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Trump announces massive U.S. AI investment backed by Oracle, OpenAI and Softbank

President Donald Trump announced a joint venture with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions of dollars in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the U.S. The project, dubbed Stargate, was unveiled at the White House by Trump, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. The executives committed to invest an …

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The UK is planning to build a homegrown artificial intelligence rival to OpenAI

In a bold move to establish as a global leader in artificial intelligence, the United Kingdom is undertaking an ambitious initiative to develop a homegrown competitor to OpenAI. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to enhance the nation’s computing infrastructure and foster innovation in AI technology. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s administration has committed …

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OpenAI releases Sora – its new AI video-generation tool

OpenAI, which gained widespread attention last year due to the popularity of ChatGPT, initially announced Sora in February 2024, it has now been rolled out to users in the U.S. and other countries during the week commencing Monday 9th December 2024. The AI video-generation model operates similarly to OpenAI image-generation tool, DALL-E: the user inputs …

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U.S. AI Safety Institute to evaluate OpenAI and Anthropic new AI models before release to the general public

On Thursday 29th August 2024, the U.S. AI Safety Institute announced a testing and evaluation agreement with OpenAI and Anthropic This agreement reportedly grants the institute access to significant new AI models from each company before and after their public release. Recently, several AI developers and researchers have voiced concerns regarding safety and ethics within …

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OpenAI cements deal with Vogue owner Condé Nast

OpenAI has partnered with the global magazine conglomerate Condé Nast to enable ChatGPT and its search engine, SearchGPT, to showcase content from renowned publications such as Vogue, The New Yorker and GQ. The agreement represents the most recent in a series of deals made by OpenAI with prominent media companies. The material generated by media …

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Microsoft says OpenAI is now a competitor search and AI

Microsoft’s list of competitors, which is updated regularly, now features OpenAI, previously a long-term strategic ally. This development follows OpenAI’s announcement of a search engine prototype. As OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, Microsoft leverages OpenAI’s AI models for products aimed at commercial clients and consumers. Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, has reportedly invested some $13 billion in …

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OpenAI announces a search engine called SearchGPT

OpenAI on Thursday 25th July 2024 announced a prototype of its search engine, called SearchGPT, which aims to give users “fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” The company has announced plans to eventually incorporate the tool, presently in testing with a select user group, into its ChatGPT chatbot. The introduction of ChatGPT could have …

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OpenAI and Reddit strike a deal

Reddit’s shares have surged following the announcement of a partnership with AI start-up OpenAI Through this deal, OpenAI, the creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, will gain access to Reddit’s content and introduce AI-driven features to the platform. OpenAI has also secured agreements with various publishers, reports suggest, including the Associated Press and the Financial Times, …

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Google Unveils AI Chatbot Gemini 1.5 Flash as competition from OpenAI heats up

Google is advancing the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) with its new release, Gemini 1.5 Flash, which is set to transform our online information interactions. Unveiled at Google I/O 2024, this latest model enhances sophisticated features with rapid performance and efficiency. The new AI Chatbot was unveiled on 15th May 2024. The unveiling comes a …

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OpenAI launches new AI model – and it talks, sees and hears!

OpenAI has just unveiled its latest flagship model, GPT-4o. This remarkable model can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time. Multimodal interaction GPT-4o accepts any combination of text, audio, and image as input and generates corresponding outputs in any of these modalities. It’s a step toward more natural human-computer interaction. Fast response time GPT-4o can respond to audio …

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OpenAI unveils new AI software that lets you create realistic video by typing a descriptive sentence

The new AI tool from OpenAI named Sora, can generate realistic videos from text prompts. OpenAI has developed a new AI tool named Sora that can generate highly detailed videos of up to 60 seconds from descriptive text prompts. The tool has raised concerns about its potential misuse, particularly in the creation of deepfakes and …

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New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI

U.S. news organisation the New York Times is suing ChatGPT-owner OpenAI over claims its copyright was infringed to train the system. The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for using its news stories to train chatbots without permission or compensation. The lawsuit claims that the defendants have infringed on the paper’s …

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OpenAI saga continues – I’m in, I’m out, I’m back. Altman is back after getting the sack!

At the speed of AI, the story at OpenAI moves at lightning speed. Hundreds of OpenAI employees signed a letter demanding the OpenAI board resign or face an employee exodus to Sam Altman’s new venture at Microsoft ‘imminently‘. The board then attempted to negotiate Altman’s return, but those talks were unsuccessful. At the touch of …

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Fired OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman to lead Microsoft’s new AI team

Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, who was fired last week in a controversial board decision.  According to the latest reports, Altman is joining Microsoft to lead a new AI research team that will focus on advanced and ethical AI development. Altman is a well-known entrepreneur and investor who has been involved in several …

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT experiences ‘major’ outage

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot is back online after experiencing a brief but major outage Wednesday am, 8th November 2023. The chatbot began returning errors before 9 a.m. ET, affecting OpenAI’s API users, which are used by more than two million developers. ChatGPT users were also told that ‘ChatGPT is at capacity right now’ and a status …

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Europe’s answer to OpenAI, Aleph Alpha, raises $500 million

As OpenAI ChatGPT continue to take the AI world by storm, others play catch-up. Aleph Alpha, which has built its own large language models, raised $500 million backed by Bosch, SAP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. It is reported that Aleph Alpha will use the new funds to invest in research on foundation models, advanced product …

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OpenAI says ChatGPT can now ‘speak,’ listen and process images

I can see and hear and speak… OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now ‘see, hear and speak,’ or, at least, understand spoken words, respond with a synthetic voice and process images, the company announced Monday 25th September 2023. The update to the chatbot OpenAI’s biggest since the introduction of GPT-4, allows users to opt into voice conversations on ChatGPT’s mobile …

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U.S. AI vs China AI – the difference

China’s AI industry has indeed cultivated a reputation for ‘doing more with less’, while the U.S. has poured vast sums into AI development, raising concerns about overinvestment and inflated valuations. The contrast lies not only in the scale of funding but also in the efficiency and strategic focus of each country’s approach. The U.S. Approach: …

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Nvidia Q3 results were very strong – but does the AI bubble reside elsewhere – such as with the debt driven AI data centre roll out – and crossover company deals?

Nvidia’s Q3 results show strength, but the real risk of an AI bubble may lie in the debt-fuelled data centre boom and the circular crossover deals between tech giants. Nvidia’s latest quarterly earnings were nothing short of spectacular. Revenue surged to $57 billion, up 62% year-on-year, with net income climbing to nearly $32 billion. The …

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Anthropic’s ‘connected’ AI deal and others too

Anthropic has reportedly struck major deals with Microsoft and Nvidia. On Tuesday 18th November 2025, Microsoft announced plans to invest up to $5 billion in the startup, while Nvidia will contribute as much as $10 billion. According to a reports, this brings Anthropic’s valuation to around $350 billion. Wow! Google has unveiled its newest AI …

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Even AI Firms Voice Concern Over Bubble Fears

For some time now, talk of an ‘AI bubble‘ has largely come from investors and financial analysts. Now, strikingly, some of the loudest warnings are coming from inside the industry itself. At the Web Summit in Lisbon, senior executives from companies such as DeepL and Picsart reportedly admitted they were uneasy about the soaring valuations …

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AI hype collides with economic reality, and signs suggest the mania may be slowing

Artificial Intelligence: The Hype, The Hangover, and What Comes Next… For the past two years, artificial intelligence has dominated headlines, boardrooms, and investor portfolios. From generative models that write poetry to chips that promise to revolutionise data processing, AI has been hailed as the engine of a new industrial age. But as 2025 unfolds, the …

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TSMC’s Profit Soars 39% Amid AI Chip Boom!

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has posted a record-breaking 39% surge in third-quarter profit, underscoring its pivotal role in the global AI revolution. The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported net income of NT$452.3 billion (£11.4 billion), far exceeding analyst expectations and marking a new high for the company. Revenue climbed 30.3% year-on-year to NT$989.92 billion, …

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Oracle Cloud reportedly to deploy 50,000 AMD AI chips, signalling direct competition with Nvidia

Oracle Bets Big on AMD AI Chips, Challenging Nvidia’s Dominance Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has announced plans to deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 graphics processors starting in the second half of 2026, marking a bold strategic shift in the AI hardware landscape. The move signals a direct challenge to Nvidia’s long-standing dominance in the data centre …

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