24 posts tagged ‘Generative AI’
Generative AI is fueling the recovery of European SaaS
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WTF is going on at OpenAI? We have theories
In perhaps the most unexpected tech news of the year, billionaire and AI evangelist Sam Altman has been ejected from his CEO role at OpenAI by the company’s board after an apparent vote of no confidence. Its exact wording in a release issued this afternoon: Altman’s “departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How we run our in-house generative AI accelerator: Framework for ideation
The first essential step to cultivate innovation within an established company is to create a dedicated space where new ideas will be born. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Meta brings us a step closer to AI-generated movies
Like “Avengers” director Joe Russo, I’m becoming increasingly convinced that fully AI-generated movies and TV shows will be possible within our lifetimes. A host of AI unveilings over the past few months, in particular OpenAI’s ultra-realistic-sounding text-to-speech engine, have given glimpses into this brave new frontier. But Meta’s announcement today put our AI-generated content future […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Bing Chat is now Copilot
Everything’s coming up Copilot — including Bing. Today at Ignite, Microsoft renamed Bing Chat, the AI-powered chatbot it launched on Bing earlier this year, to Copilot in Bing. Meanwhile, the premium, corporate-focused version of Bing Chat, which was previously called Bing Chat Enterprise, has also been rebranded to Copilot. Why the name changes? Not to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft launches a deepfakes creator
One of the more unexpected products to launch out of this year’s Microsoft Ignite conference is a tool that can create a photorealistic avatar of a person and animate that avatar saying things that the person didn’t necessarily say. Called Azure AI Speech text to speech avatar, the new feature, available in public preview as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft looks to free itself from GPU shackles by designing custom AI chips
Most companies developing AI models, particularly generative AI models like ChatGPT, GPT-4 Turbo and Stable Diffusion, rely heavily on GPUs. GPUs’ ability to perform many computations in parallel make them well-suited to training — and running — today’s most capable AI. But there simply aren’t enough GPUs to go around. Nvidia’s best-performing AI cards are reportedly […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Airbnb acquires secretive firm launched by Siri co-founder
Airbnb has acquired a secretive new AI startup, GamePlanner.AI, the company announced this morning. CNBC reports that the purchase price was around $200 million, a figure that TechCrunch was unable to confirm at publication time. GamePlanner was co-founded by Adam Cheyer and Siamak Hodjat. Cheyer famously helped co-launch the startup Siri, which Apple acquired and […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.