OpenAI’s Altman Urges US to Support AI Investment
The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that bet is having an impact.
Meta's top AI scientist, Yann LeCun, said there was a "major misunderstanding" about how billions in AI investment will be used.
The announcement comes as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintains the company’s ambitious AI strategy, which will require hefty capital investments in data centers.
Meta and other AI competitors are facing challenges from China's DeepSeek as its new AI model outperforms competitors at lower costs.
Alibaba says the latest version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model can take on fellow Chinese firm DeepSeek's V3 as well as the top models from U.S. rivals OpenAI and Meta.
Nvidia stock could benefit from these massive AI infrastructure investments.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Friday said his high-profile artificial intelligence company is "on the wrong side of history" when it comes to being open about how its technology works.
OpenAI launched its cost-efficient o3-mini model in the same week that DeepSeek's R1 disrupted the tech industry.
President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported revenue and profit growth for the fourth quarter.
OpenAI is in talks for an investment round to raise nearly $40 billion that would value the AI startup at up to $340 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Mark Zuckerberg’s confidence: The Meta chief executive officer predicted a “really big year” in which the social media company’s “highly intelligent and personalized AI assistant” will reach more than 1 billion people on its platforms.