Pinterest is expanding its efforts to ensure inclusivity in its product by testing a new tool that allows users to filter select searches by different body types. This feature, initially targeted at women’s fashion and wedding ideas, builds on Pinterest’s body type technology announced earlier this year. The technology employs computer vision to identify various … Read more
During its re:Invent conference, Amazon’s AWS cloud arm revealed the launch of SageMaker HyperPod, a specialized service designed for training and fine-tuning large language models (LLMs). SageMaker HyperPod is now available to the general public. Amazon has consistently relied on SageMaker as the cornerstone of its machine learning strategy for building, training, and deploying machine … Read more
Amazon has announced the release of an image generator, joining a host of tech giants and startups that have already launched their own versions. During a keynote at its re:Invent conference, Amazon unveiled Titan Image Generator, which is now available in preview for AWS customers on Bedrock, Amazon’s AI development platform. As part of Amazon’s … Read more
Generative AI companies continue to secure significant funding to drive their commercial and open source initiatives. Together, a startup dedicated to creating open source generative AI and AI model development infrastructure, has announced the closure of a $102.5 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Nvidia and … Read more
Following a tumultuous week, Sam Altman is officially back as OpenAI’s CEO. The board has also been revamped, replacing most of the members who attempted to remove Altman just before Thanksgiving. In a letter circulated internally at OpenAI and subsequently published to the OpenAI blog, Altman announced that Mira Murati, who briefly held the interim … Read more
In a sudden turn of events, Sam Altman, the ex-president of Y Combinator, was dismissed as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, which led to a series of resignations and an ongoing fallout. Tip TechCrunch Do you work at OpenAI and have more information about Sam Altman’s departure? Get in touch with TechCrunch. This rapidly evolving … Read more
Celebrating its first birthday, ChatGPT, the viral AI chatbot from OpenAI, continues to make an impact. Exactly a year ago, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT as a “low-key research preview,” in response to competitive pressures from AI startup Anthropic. According to OpenAI leadership, the primary objective was to gather extensive data on user interactions with generative AI, … Read more
One year after its launch, ChatGPT has solidified its position in the AI chatbot space, surpassing 110 million combined installs and nearly $30 million in consumer spending through its mobile app versions, as reported by mobile intelligence provider, data.ai. The ChatGPT mobile apps generate revenue by offering the ChatGPT Plus subscription through in-app purchases. Priced … Read more