OpenAI to secure $40B in SoftBank-Led funding

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OpenAI’s Latest Funding Round Comes With a $20 Billion Catch
A stipulation of the funding round, led by SoftBank, is adding pressure to OpenAI’s efforts to convert to a for-profit company.
OpenAI Close to Finalizing $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding
OpenAI is close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp. — with investors including Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund and Altimeter Capital Management in talks to participate,
OpenAI Is Set to Close $40B SoftBank-Led Funding at $300B Valuation
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank (SFTBY), according to Bloomberg. This

OpenAI, image generator

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OpenAI peels back ChatGPT’s safeguards around image creation
OpenAI updated ChatGPT's content moderation policies to allow AI images depicting public figures, hateful symbols, and racial features.
OpenAI’s new AI image generator is potent and bound to provoke
The arrival of OpenAI's DALL-E 2 in the spring of 2022 marked a turning point in AI, when text-to-image generation suddenly became accessible to a select group of users, creating a community of digital explorers who experienced wonder and controversy as the technology automated the act of visual creation.
OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers
The model can depict legible text and is more practical than the surrealistic generators of the past. But who will use it?
OpenAI must complete for-profit transition by year-end to raise full $40 billion
OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full $40 billion funding led by SoftBank ...
OpenAI Agents Now Support Rival Anthropic’s Protocol, Making Data Access ‘Simpler, More Reliable’
Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol is effectively a universal language that can be used to develop two-way connections ...
OpenAI, Google AI data centers are under stress after new genAI model launches
New generative AI (genAI) models introduced this week by Google and OpenAI have put the companies’ data centers under stress ...
The Real Story Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI
Secrets, misdirection and broken trust. The inside story of how the CEO of the hottest tech company was ousted and, just as ...
Studio Ghibli portraits from OpenAI spark outrage
OpenAI's new image generator allows users to make portraits in the style of Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki. Reactions are ...
OpenAI’s viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns
ChatGPT's new AI image generator is being used to create memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, reigniting copyright concerns.
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OpenAI just made it harder to turn your pics into Studio Ghibli-style images
The internet was flooded with Ghibli-esque photos after ChatGPT's image generator update this week.
OpenAI Expects Revenue Will Triple to $12.7 Billion This Year
OpenAI expects to more than triple its revenue this year to $12.7 billion, fueled by the strength of its paid artificial ...