Efforts by tech giants to boost AI adoption in India could mark a turning point as companies end free promotions in hopes of converting the world’s fourth-largest economy to windfall paid subscribers. India will become the world’s largest download market for generative AI apps in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, extending its … Read more
OpenAI seems to have found a product market that suits young Indians. The company said on Friday that users between the ages of 18 and 24 account for nearly 50% of messages sent on ChatGPT in the country, and users under the age of 30 account for 80%. The AI lab said Indians use ChatGPT … Read more
Move over, PayPal mob: There’s a new tech mob in Silicon Valley. As the startup behind ChatGPT, OpenAI is arguably the biggest AI player in town. The company is now reportedly in talks to complete a $100 billion deal that values the company at more than $850 billion. Many employees have come and gone since … Read more
India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making the country one of the largest OpenAI markets in the world, CEO Sam Altman said ahead of a government-sponsored AI summit. On Sunday, Altman outlined the growing adoption of ChatGPT in India in an article published in India’s English-language newspaper Times of India, as OpenAI prepares … Read more
OpenAI has disbanded a team focused on, as the company described itself, ensuring that its AI systems are “secure, trustworthy and consistently aligned with human values.” At the same time, the former team leader was given the new role of “Chief Futurologist” of the company. OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that team members have now been … Read more
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused her of gender discrimination, the Wall Street Journal reported. “The allegation that I discriminated against anyone is absolutely false,” Beiermeister told the paper. TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for comment and also contacted an email … Read more
Less than a month after its initial announcement, ChatGPT began running ads for users on its free and Go tiers. For now, ads will only be shown to users 18 and older in the US. The move makes ChatGPT the first major AI chatbot to introduce advertising. Ads will now appear in your ChatGPT conversations … Read more
ChatGPT users in the US who have a free account or a low-cost Go subscription will start seeing ads starting today, according to OpenAI. Ads will be limited to Free and Go subscription levels and will be shown to logged in adult users. OpenAI has no plans to serve ads to minors, and the company … Read more
Apple CarPlay users may soon be able to talk to their favorite AI chatbot. According to Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, Apple is reportedly working on how to support AI chatbot applications within CarPlay. Apple CarPlay is an application that runs on the iPhone and communicates wirelessly with the vehicle’s infotainment system. It projects some apps … Read more
As OpenAI plans to introduce ads to ChatGPT, competitor Anthropic has promised to make Claude ad-free. In a blog post today, the company said there are “many good places to advertise” but “an interview with Claude is not one of them.” According to Anthropic, including ads in Claude would be inconsistent with its mission to … Read more