OpenAI slammed for app suggestions that looked like ads

OpenAI slammed for app suggestions that looked like ads

ChatGPT’s unwelcome suggestion for a Peloton app during a conversation led to some backlash from OpenAI customers. People feared that ads had arrived, even for paid customers. OpenAI, however, clarified that the app suggestion was not an advertisement, but instead a poor attempt to integrate an app discovery feature within conversations. In a post on…

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What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out

What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out

The Trump administration has agreed to inject up to $150 million into xLight, a semiconductor startup developing advanced chip-making technology, marking the third time the U.S. government has taken an equity position in a private startup and further expanding a controversial strategy that has put Washington on the cap tables of American companies. The Wall…

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AWS is spending B build AI infrastructure for the US government

AWS is spending $50B build AI infrastructure for the US government

Amazon Web Services is making a sizable new investment in infrastructure designed to boost AI capabilities for U.S. government organizations. AWS announced Monday it is investing $50 billion to build AI “high-performance computing infrastructure” purposefully built for the U.S. government. The buildout is meant to expand federal government agencies’ access to AWS AI services. The…

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