OpenAI’s Sora and other AI video makers look amazing in their demos – why won’t they let us try them?
Artists Stick It to ‘AI Overlords’ and Leak OpenAI’s Sora Video Generator
OpenAI’s Sora video tool was leaked by a group of artists to protest ‘corporate AI overlords’
OpenAI faces critical test as Chinese models close the gap in AI leadership
In the fast-moving world of AI, competition is heating up—and nowhere is this more evident than in the battle over advanced reasoning models. In just the past few days, three new AI models from Chinese developers—Deepseek R1 (HighFlyer Capital Management),
OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest
OpenAI shut down its highly anticipated video generation service Sora, after artists invited to test its capabilities staged a protest that allowed anyone to use it.
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Alibaba’s new AI model goes head to head with OpenAI o1
AI from Alibaba has taken a dramatic leap, as its new model, QwQ-32B, brings a new reasoning challenger to the market.
Orange signs deal with OpenAI to get access to pre-release AI models
Orange has struck a multi-year partnership with OpenAI in Europe that will give the French telecoms operator access to pre-release AI models, group chief artificial intelligence officer Steve Jarrett said on Wednesday.
OpenAI's AI video generator Sora was leaked in 'artist protest' — here's what we know
OpenAI's yet-to-be-released flagship AI video generator Sora was leaked on HuggingFace yesterday. A group of disgruntled artists given early access decided to share it with the world in protest of being used as "PR puppets."
OpenAI is funding research into ‘AI morality’
OpenAI is funding academic research into algorithms that can predict humans’ moral judgements.
Orange partners with OpenAI, Meta to develop custom African-language AI models
Orange is working with OpenAI and Meta to build custom AI models that can understand West African languages not understood by most conversational systems.
Test of faith: 'AI Jesus' takes confessionals in Swiss chapel
Researchers and religious leaders have released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of "Jesus" on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture.
Orange partners with Meta and OpenAI for African languages AI models
LAGOS — French telecoms company Orange plans to partner with Meta and OpenAI to develop new artificial intelligence models trained on African languages.
OpenAI, Meta and Orange to Train AI Models on African Languages
OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc. will begin training artificial intelligence programs on African languages, addressing a shortage of models for the continent’s thousands of dialects.
Orange enlists Meta and OpenAI to develop AI language models in Africa
Orange will enlist OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune AI Large Language Models (LLMs) to translate regional African languages for the French telecoms operator, it said on Tuesday.