OpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a new AI search experience to compete directly with Google. The feature aims to elevate search queries with “timely answers” from across the internet and allows the user to ask follow-up questions. The temporary prototype is currently only available to a small group of users and its publisher partners for testing […]
With Google in its sights, OpenAI unveils SearchGPT
OpenAI may have designs to get into the search game — challenging not only upstarts like Perplexity, but Google and Bing, too. The company on Thursday unveiled SearchGPT, a search feature designed to give “timely answers” to questions, drawing from web sources. UI-wise, SearchGPT isn’t too far off from OpenAI’s chatbot platform ChatGPT. You type […]
TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI shrinks its flagship model
OpenAI is launching a mini version of its latest AI model. These small AI models are meant to be faster and more affordable than the full version — making them particularly useful for simple, high volume tasks. That should appeal smaller developers who don’t necessarily have a lot of money for AI costs, but want […]
After Tesla and OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy’s startup aims to apply AI assistants to education
Andrej Karpathy, former head of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI, is launching Eureka Labs, an “AI native” education platform. In tech speak, that usually means built from the ground up with AI at its core. And while Eureka Labs’ AI ambitions are lofty, the company is starting with a more traditional approach to […]
TechCrunch Minute: Whistleblowers say OpenAI employs ‘illegally restrictive’ NDAs
Trouble could be on the horizon for OpenAI. A group of whistleblowers accused OpenAI of requiring its employees to sign illegally restrictive non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs. The lawyers representing these whistleblowers sent a letter to SEC chair Gary Gensler, alleging that OpenAI’s contracts with current and former employees could illegally prevent them from alerting government […]