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OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, and while you might think that after being on the market for nearly two years, its initial popularity would settle down, the number of users keeps increasing exponentially.

On Thursday, OpenAI shared that ChatGPT has 200 million weekly active users. Compared to the 100 million weekly ChatGPT active users OpenAI reported having in November 2023, the number of active weekly users doubled in about a year. 

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The continued increase in users can partly be attributed to OpenAI’s continued investment in developing upgrades, such as new large language models (LLMs), highly requested features, and more offerings for free ChatGPT users, which make using the chatbot more…

When OpenAI held its Spring Launch event in May, one of the biggest standouts was its demo of the new Voice Mode on ChatGPT, supercharged with GPT-4o’s new video and audio capabilities. The highly anticipated new Voice Mode is finally here (kind of). 

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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced via an X post that the startup was rolling out Voice Mode in alpha to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users, offering them a smarter voice assistant that can be interrupted and respond to their emotions. 

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Multi, a startup formerly known as Remotion, which creates multiplayer collaboration, screen-sharing and video conferencing software.

The deal follows OpenAI’s recent purchase of databased technology firm Rockset, highlighting its expansion beyond generative AI chatbots into the enterprise online collaboration market.

The market is up today, but Alphabet(NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares traded as much as 2.8% lower in early trading, cutting more than $50 billion off the company’s valuation. The stock recovered slightly but it was still down 2% at 11 a.m. ET.

OpenAI stirs the pot

Artificial intelligence (AI) rival OpenAI is holding an event at 1 p.m. ET today and is expected to release a new product. But it’s not clear what that product will be after CEO Sam Altman tweeted late last week that it wouldn’t be a search engine.

OpenAI and its partner Microsoft have been working to disrupt Google search for years with little success. And with Microsoft now launching services with other AI models, OpenAI needs to find a way to engage both developers and users on its terms. We will see what they introduce,…

OpenAI has openly shared that it can’t train advanced AI models like ChatGPT without using copyrighted material.

OpenAI has been upfront about its position on the use of copyrighted material in AI training. In a document submitted to the UK’s House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee, OpenAI shared that training large language models such as GPT-4, the tech behind ChatGPT, would be impossible without access to copyrighted work.

“Because copyright today covers virtually every sort of human expression — including blog posts, photographs, forum posts, scraps of software code, and government documents — it would be impossible to train today’s leading AI models without using copyrighted materials,” OpenAI said in its submission. OpenAI’s position…