Plus, another car maker includes ChatGPT, and OpenAI says don't worry about biological weapons
It was another busy week in artificial intelligence news, from word of a coming Apple $AAPL announcement to Taylor Swift AI deepfakes taking over the internet.
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We are one step closer to knowing what Apple $AAPL is developing on the generative AI front.
Tech layoffs are happening—and Microsoft $MSFT is no exception. But Microsoft’s bottom line is thriving. In the last three months ending Jan. 30, the company recorded revenue of $62.0 billion, up 18% from the same period last year. The tech giant’s cloud business, which includes its Azure division, posted revenue of $25.9 billion, up 20%.
Nvidia $NVDA—which roughly translates to “envy” in Latin—has been having its AI moment. The chip maker’s stock is up almost 30% year-to-date, closing at $624.65 on Monday, Jan. 29.
Mark Zuckerberg is on a mission to make the metaverse happen. In the last three months ending Dec. 31, Meta $META’s Reality Labs division hit $1 billion for the first time — while also recording $4.65 billion in losses. To be sure, the VR headsets still make up a slither of Meta’s overall revenue, which continues to be driven by the company’s ad business.
OpenAI’s most advanced AI model, GPT-4, doesn’t pose a risk of helping people create biological threats, according to early research from the company. But that doesn’t mean we’re in the clear.
Last week, explicit AI-generated photos of Taylor Swift flooded X $TWTR, marking the latest high-profile deepfakes and highlighting the challenge of stopping them.
