Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)-backed OpenAI is planning to launch a new ChatGPT feature this week that will automate complex tasks usually done via a web browser, such as undertaking restaurant reservations or planning trips,

Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has agreed to a new investment of more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic, according to sources. The fresh funding builds on Google’s past investments of $2 billion in Anthropic and 10% ownership stake in the

Shares of Google parent Alphabet ( GOOG -1.14%) ( GOOGL -0.98%) surged 35.5% in 2024, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . Alphabet entered 2024 under a cloud of skepticism regarding its competitiveness in the artificial intelligence (AI) races and amid pressure from antitrust authorities.

OpenAI has hired Meta's head of AI compute and storage supply chain as part of its infrastructure strategy and leadership team. Keith Heyde joined the generative artificial intelligence startup in November, but the move has not been previously reported.

The new o3 and o3 mini models would be more powerful than the previously launched o1 models, the company had said previously

The commission noted that the investment may extend Microsoft's dominance in cloud computing into the emerging AI market.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a staff report issued Friday that there are potential competitive issues in partnerships between Big Tech

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday found that the partnerships between Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ), Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet's ( NASDAQ: GOOGL ) ( NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google with OpenAI and Anthropic allows for the potential of the artificial intelligence (AI) developers being "fully acquired" by the tech giants.

Three former engineering leaders from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have raised $10 million for a new startup focused on making artificial intelligence-powered customer sales agents more emotionally attuned.

Google is deepening its partnership with Anthropic after it invested an additional $1 billion in the AI startup, a contender of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.