Developer AI coding tool Cursor continues to swallow venture capital as its valuation continues to soar. On Thursday, Cursor announced a $2.3 billion funding round, valuing the company at $29.3 billion, as originally reported. wall street journalThe round is more than double the company’s previous valuation of $9,9 billion, which it had achieved during its…
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the country’s copyright laws by training its language model on a licensed musical work without permission, including several news outlets. The Guardian reported. The decision comes from a lawsuit that GEMA, the organization that handles music rights in Germany, filed against OpenAI last November. The company was…
SoftBank and OpenAI announced A new 50-50 joint venture To sell enterprise AI tools under the “Crystal Intelligence” brand in Japan this week. On paper, it’s a straightforward international expansion deal. But SoftBank’s role as a major investor in OpenAI is raising questions about whether the biggest AI deals are creating real economic value or…
OpenAI has not finished securing the AI infrastructure needed to rapidly scale agentive workloads. ChatGPT-maker said on Monday that it has reached Deal with Amazon Purchasing $38 billion in cloud computing services over the next seven years. OpenAI said it will begin using AWS compute immediately, with the goal of deploying all capacity before the…
OpenAI is working on a new tool that will generate music based on text and audio signals a report in information, Sources said such tools could be used to add music to an existing video or add guitar accompaniment to an existing vocal track. It’s unclear when OpenAI plans to launch such a tool or…
“Hoisted by their own GPTards.” This is what Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann Lecan said It has been told The setback comes after OpenAI researchers trumpeted GPT-5’s reported math successes. Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind couple“It’s shameful.” decoder reports In a since-deleted tweet, OpenAI VP Kevin Weil announced that “GPT-5 found solutions to 10…
Silicon Valley rules? It is not good to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it is becoming clear who the industry thinks should shape AI development. on this issue of equityKirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how to toe the line between…
