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The CEO of OpenAI wants to know whether the US and allied nations will advance a democratic future – or an authoritarian one. “There is no third option,” he says.

The landmark study provides more data on the benefits of universal basic income, the OpenAI founder’s favored solution for a future in which AI takes everyone’s jobs.

Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI, but said in a letter it felt confident over the ChatGPT maker’s future and no longer believed an observer seat on the startup’s board was necessary.

Hours after Apple announced “Apple Intelligence” — its new generative artificial intelligence initiatives — billionaire Elon Musk blasted the announcement in a series of tweets. If Apple “integrates OpenAI at the OS level,” all Apple devices will be banned at his companies, Musk says.

Australian AI policy expert Helen Toner – formerly an OpenAI board member – spoke about her experiences with Altman on the TED AI podcast this week. The CEO lied, withheld and misrepresented information to the board, Toner says.

Sam Altman and Jahm Najafi are some of the prominent philanthropists who joined the Giving Pledge in 2024.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun said a “world modeling” approach could reach human levels of intelligence, but cautioned this was still around a decade away.

GPT-4 is expanding its capabilities, and adding an o – meaning omni, or ‘all’ – to its name. OpenAI says GPT-4o is a step towards more natural human-computer interaction.

OpenAI is reportedly announcing the AI-powered search engine on Monday, a day before Google is expected to give updates on its Gemini AI system at its annual developer conference.

Only 8% of Australians use ChatGPT daily, much less than the global average. 78% of Australians distrust news written entirely by generative AI. We dig into the data.