
OpenAI pulls free GPT-4o image generator
Users started making Studio Ghibli-style renditions
OpenAI's latest attempt to dazzle us with AI wizardry has hit a predictable snag. After unleashing its GPT-4o image generator to the masses, users promptly flooded social media with Studio Ghibli-style renditions of everything from family portraits to iconic movie scenes.

Scaling up will not solve AI problems
Boffins tell Big Tech to stop sniffing GPU fumes
The people who build artificial intelligence have finally acknowledged have warned that endlessly increasing hardware for AI models is about as effective as solving climate change by buying more SUVs.

OpenAI commands Trump to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour
Otherwise, China will win.
OpenAI is banking on Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s AI Action Plan to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour, declaring AI training as fair use and giving AI firms carte blanche to hoover up training data.

Microsoft trying to wean itself off OpenAI
Has its own plans
The software King of the World, Microsoft, appears to be making a not-so-subtle move to stab its AI partner in the back.

AI models start cheating at chess
Nuclear war is next
It turns out that AI models are not content with regurgitating human knowledge—they’re also picking up on our worst habits.

DeepSeek-R1 borrowed OpenAI texts
Nearly three quarters of them
A recent study by plagiarism experts Copyleaks has found that 74.2 per cent of texts generated by DeepSeek-R1 are strikingly similar to OpenAI's models.

Altman's giant GPT-4.5 hits a wall
Can’t get enough GPUs
OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, has unveiled the company's latest brainchild: GPT-4.5, but don’t expect to see it anytime soon.

OpenAI growing like topsy
400M weekly active users, doubles enterprise customer base
OpenAI is riding a tidal wave of growth, with ChatGPT and its other AI products now boasting over 400 million active weekly users—a 33 per cent jump since December.

AI can't code
OpenAI research exposes the limits of artificial engineers.
Despite all the hype, AI is nowhere near replacing human software engineers, according to OpenAI’s research.

Reddit makes ten per cent of cash from Google and OpenAI
AI scrapping
Reddit’s latest earnings report revealed that content licensing agreements with artificial intelligence firms Google and OpenAI contribute approximately 10 per cent of its revenue, amounting to around $130 million.