OpenAI’s CTO and several other executives have resigned from the company, leaving CEO Sam Altman to lead a restructuring effort.
Despite the turmoil, OpenAI’s new funding round is set to close, with reports suggesting it will be oversubscribed at a $150 billion valuation.
In a blog post, Altman noted that AI will eventually deliver a superintelligence, but acknowledged that there are still limitations with large AI models.
Anthropic, a start-up specialising in AI ethics and governance, has raised funding at a reported $40 billion valuation.
Google has added more AI capabilities to its suite of products, while open-source AI models continue to improve, offering a potential challenge to commercial offerings.
Meta has launched a new mixed reality Quest 3S headset and is close to AR glasses.
Also this week, Smartsheet agreed to go private in an $8.4bn deal, while NetApp has said data management is the key unlocking AI's potential.
Elsewhere, cybersecurity firm Tails has merged with The Tor Project, while the US Department of Justice is probing Supermicro over its accounting and reports suggest that Intel is set to receive additional funding from NASA.
Meanwhile, Google has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft over software licensing in the EU.
Finally, a report suggests that Arm inquired about acquiring a product unit of Intel, only to be rebuffed.