OpenAI claims that o3-pro exhibited significantly improved performance over o3 in evaluations regarding science, education, programming, business, and writing. While the model is crushing benchmarks, there are still some things o3-pro can’t do, such as generating images.

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The toymaker and ChatGPT developer are teaming up to develop toys and games that incorporate artificial intelligence.

A series of outages plagued various websites, services, and platforms throughout the week, ultimately affecting productivity for users around the globe.

Under the new deal, Google Cloud will provide additional computing capacity to help OpenAI train and run its AI models. For OpenAI, the partnership addresses growing demands for computing power as the company's annual revenue reached $10 billion as of June, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters.

OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil said that if the company can "speed up coding," its engineers will benefit from increased efficiency.

Before OpenAI can go public via an IPO, it needs to come to an agreement with Microsoft about what Microsoft’s investment will be worth. Both companies are very different today than when that investment was made. OpenAI is now a big and successful operation, valued at $300 billion, with arguably the most advanced AI capabilities in the world.

Google, OpenAI and Spotify were down on Thursday after a widespread technology outage.

Barbie's going AI. Mattel, the company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, is teaming up with OpenAI to build AI-powered toys.

To OpenAI chief Sam Altman, the point of singularity — where artificial intelligence surpasses that of humans — may have already passed.

The latest version of OpenAI’s most intelligent AI model, o3-pro, outperforms previous models on benchmarks for math, science, and coding.

OpenAI is actively seeking an additional 200,000 to 300,000 square feet of office space in San Francisco, expanding its current portfolio of over 1 million square feet. AI startup Glean has secured a 45,