A girl murdered in 2006 was just revived as an AI chatbot — and her family had no idea
Jennifer Ann Crecente was killed by her ex-boyfriend 18 years ago. Her father just discovered that an AI chatbot of her was ...
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After Logan Kilpatrick, Tim Brooks ‘Goes Back to the AI Roots’ leaving OpenAI
As competition intensifies, key figures are leaving OpenAI, signaling a broader shift in talent as rivals vie for dominance ...
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Google’s $2.7B Character.AI Deal ‘Elevates Gemini’ Vs. Microsoft, AWS: Partners
Google Gemini AI is boosted by $2.7 billion Character.AI deal and hiring Noam Shazeer in GenAI versus AWS and Microsoft, ...
Big AI thins out the competition as startups quit the race to build large language models
Character.AI said it’s abandoning its efforts to build LLMs because it’s gotten “insanely expensive” to compete with the big ...
Amazon's RTO push is an outlier — the tech world remains all in on hybrid work
Flexible work is still thriving in the tech industry, research from Flex Index has found.
Father Horrified By An AI Chatbot That Mimicked His Murdered Daughter
Drew Crecente’s daughter was brutally murdered 18 years ago. Someone made a chatbot on unicorn startup Character AI’s ...
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Character.ai Quits AI Model Race After $4 Billion Google Deal, Shifts Focus to Consumer Chatbot Platform
Character.ai, a popular chatbot platform, has dramatically shifted its business strategy following a significant deal with ...
Character.AI hires a YouTube exec as CPO, says it will raise money next year with new partners
Character.AI is starting a new chapter after its $2.7 billion licensing deal with Google, which involved CEO Noam Shazeer ...
Character.ai abandons making AI models after $2.7bn Google deal
In August, Google hired 20 per cent of Character.ai’s staff to join its AI arm DeepMind, and paid $2.7bn for a one-off license to the start-up’s models at the time with no access to future ...
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Google DeepMind Shares Plans for AI Lab Assistants After Noam Shazeer Returns in $2.7B Deal
Google DeepMind plans to build an “AI lab assistant” for scientific researchers. Several other AI developers are also working ...
After Google's $2.7B Acquisition Of Founders And Staff, This AI Startup Abandons Large Language Model Plans And Shifts Focus Away From Chatbots
In August, Google acquired 20% of Character.ai's staff and paid $2.7 billion for a one-off license to the startup's models.
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Google Pays $2.7 Billion To Rehire AI Researcher
Google has brought back its veteran researcher Noam Shazeer in a – wait for it – $2.7 billion agreement to co-lead its AI ...