OpenAI has officially launched its new AI-powered web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, marking its latest effort to challenge Google in the core area of web interaction and search. The browser was unveiled during a livestreamed demo, following a mysterious teaser earlier in the day. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: WhatsApp in-app translation! ChatGPT…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is doing all it can to keep pace with larger rival OpenAI, which is spending money at a historic pace with backing from Microsoft and Nvidia. Of late,…
OpenAI is set to introduce significant changes to the capabilities and guardrails of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, including the allowance of “erotica” for users who successfully verify their age on the platform. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: EV breaks Bugatti’s speed record OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the policy change in a…
OpenAI is hoping to expand its reach in Africa with the launch of ChatGPT Go, a new subscription tier aimed at making its advanced AI tools more affordable and accessible – and for the first time, its subscription plans are priced in rands for South African users. The new plan, powered by GPT-5, offers most…
AMD is dramatically escalating its challenge to Nvidia’s AI chip market dominance by announcing a massive partnership with OpenAI. The five-year agreement will see AMD supply six gigawatts (GW) worth of processors for OpenAI’s AI data centres, aiming to bolster the infrastructure needed for demanding applications like ChatGPT. Read: Sony ULT Field 5 Review: ULTimately…
Just one day after overtaking SpaceX as the world’s most valuable private company, OpenAI announced its latest acquisition: Roi, a personal finance startup. Roi offered a “one-stop shop” for managing financial portfolios and featured an AI chatbot that provided personalized investing advice. Read: Sony ULT Field 5 Review: ULTimately Based While the details of the…
Keith Heyde stands on site in Abilene, Texas, where OpenAI’s Stargate infrastructure buildout is underway. Heyde, a former head of AI compute at Meta, is now leading OpenAI’s physical expansion push. OpenAI It wasn’t how Keith Heyde envisioned celebrating the holidays. Rather than hanging out with his wife back home in Oregon, Heyde spent late…
The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi index jumped more than 3% Thursday to hit an all-time high, lifted by gains in heavyweight Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Shares in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which announced a partnership with OpenAI late Wednesday to supply memory chips, rose over…
Nvidia has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, a move that signifies a major partnership between two of the most influential companies in the global artificial intelligence race. The investment will focus on deploying Nvidia’s chips for OpenAI’s advanced AI infrastructure. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Packaging from…
OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Nvidia is set to invest $100 billion (about R1.85 trillion) in OpenAI, as part of a strategic partnership to build one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure deployments in history. “This is the biggest AI infrastructure project in history….
