OpenAI launching ‘ChatGPT Agent’—Here’s what to know
The digital assistant will be capable of completing web-based tasks like updating spreadsheets, purchasing ingredients or submitting expenses, according to OpenAI.
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The Aussie investment in Mira Murati’s $18.5b ‘Thinking Machines Lab’
Australian founder and VC Paul Bassat’s Square Peg Capital is backing Murati’s record-breaking AI startup that aims to ‘advance collaborative general intelligence.’
Reddit down: Company says it implemented fix for outage
More than 120,000 users had reported outages as of 12:10 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.
This AI founder became a billionaire by building ChatGPT for doctors
Daniel Nadler started OpenEvidence to help physicians sort through a deluge of medical research. Now, he’s raised $210 million at a $3.5 billion valuation.
‘Entry-level jobs are under threat’: Inside the AI shift reshaping the workforce
Gaining and refining skills anyway you can get them is the new path forward, say tech insiders.
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max: New leak confirms major design upgrade
A new leak suggests that this fall’s Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max (expected in September, read this for exactly when) will have a bigger-capacity battery than any iPhone has ever seen. More details have now emerged as to what this will mean.
Can Meta hire its way to superintelligence?
As the race to build powerful AI models and launch impressive products intensifies, companies are shelling out top dollar for the researchers making these systems.
Ikea, Fortescue, Lendlease: The ‘real zero’ leaders leaving net zero behind
Climate Integrity and UTS have named three companies as global decarbonisation leaders. They have surpassed net-zero sustainability commitments — and are achieving ‘real zero’ ones.
Australia’s AI advantage? Policy, land—and $115 billion in potential, says OpenAI
Our land availability, policy stability and access to renewables are valuable building blocks for the AI future, OpenAI’s Australian Blueprint states. But is the report written for Australians, or for the bottom line of the company that wrote it?
Birth rates are plummeting globally — this Australian IVF trial wants to change that
With IVF success rates dropping after 35, Aussie firm JumpStart is trialling a new treatment to help improve fertility outcomes.