OpenAI acquired weights.gg, a small startup that offers voice-cloning tools. The companies did not disclose the price or terms of the deal.
Tag: AI
DEEPSEEK DESIGNS NEW AI TO RUN ON CHINESE CHIPS
In a significant advance for China’s semiconductor industry, AI lab DeepSeek has designed its newest model to use inference chips made by Huawei, the country’s primary chip producer.
ALGORITHM LETS CHATBOTS USE SIX TIMES LESS MEMORY
Google’s engineers have found a way to compact AI data so densely that a chatbot can use as much as six times less working memory to produce a response to a prompt, the company says.
THE AI JOBS WIPEOUT HITS CLOUDFLARE, COINBASE
Last week Cloudflare, a $67-billion cybersecurity and Internet reliability specialist, announced it will lay off 1,100 workers – about 20 percent of its workforce – to prepare for what it called “the agentic AI era.”
AI BOTS CAN COPY TO OTHER DEVICES, REPORT SAYS
AI models can copy themselves onto other machines without instructions, help, or human involvement, according to a new report from Palisade Research, an AI safety organization.
AI DESIGNS MOLECULES FROM CONVERSATIONAL DESCRIPTIONS
Creating a new molecule for a specific purpose is among the most complex processes in chemistry.
ANTHROPIC, PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS FORM NEW COMPANY
AI developer Anthropic and private equity firms have joined forces to enhance and expand AI.
AI CHIPMAKER SAMSUNG IS NOW WORTH $1 TRILLION
The market value of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics reached $1 trillion on 6 May, thanks to demand for its AI-related memory chips.
OPENAI PARTNERS WITH PRIVATE EQUITY IN $10-BILLION JOINT VENTURE
OpenAI reportedly has raised more than $4 billion in a new funding round for its new venture called The Deployment Company (TDC).
TRUMP MULLING NEW STEPS TO REGULATE AI
Donald Trump and officials in his administration have denigrated the idea of regulating AI, saying it would hamper innovation and put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage in its race with China for global AI dominance.









