OpenAI now offers a more collaborative way of interacting with ChatGPT. ChatGPT Canvas is a new interface for conversations that makes it easier to iterate on a writing or coding project. When triggered, it opens a separate window where ChatGPT and the user can collaborate side by side. “People use ChatGPT every day for help … continue reading
OpenAI held its annual DevDay conference yesterday, where it announced its Realtime API, as well as features like prompt caching, vision fine-tuning, and model distillation. The Realtime API is designed for building low-latency, multimodal experiences, and it’s now available as a public beta. The company shared a couple of examples of companies that are using … continue reading
OpenAI is attempting to level up developers and enable them to use AI to solve issues in their communities and drive economic growth. OpenAI Academy is a new program that will provide technical guidance and support from OpenAI experts, distribute $1 million in API credits (with more potentially being added later), hold contests and incubator … continue reading
Back in May, OpenAI announced that it was forming a new Safety and Security Committee (SSC) to evaluate its current processes and safeguards and make recommendations for changes to make. When announced, the company said the SSC would do evaluations for 90 days and then present its findings to the board. Now that the process … continue reading
OpenAI has released the first preview for OpenAI o1, a new series of AI reasoning models that are able to handle more complex tasks than previous models. This is because they spend more time thinking through the problem before responding. “We trained these models to spend more time thinking through problems before they respond, much … continue reading
Developers will now be able to fine-tune GPT-4o to get more customized responses that are suited to their unique needs. With fine-tuning, GPT-4o can be improved using custom datasets, resulting in better performance at a lower cost, according to OpenAI. For example, developers can use fine-tuning to customize the structure and tone of a GPT-4o … continue reading
OpenAI is updating its API with support for Structured Outputs to ensure that the outputs of its models match the JSON Schemas provided by developers. According to OpenAI, one of the core use cases for AI today is the ability to generate structured data from unstructured inputs, but previously, developers needed to utilize open source … continue reading
OpenAI has announced that it is starting to roll out its advanced Voice Mode to a select group of ChatGPT Plus users. According to the company, this new mode “offers more natural, real-time conversations, allows you to interrupt anytime, and senses and responds to your emotions.” Advanced Voice Mode was tested by over 100 external … continue reading
Last month, Microsoft announced an official .NET library for OpenAI, which included full support for the OpenAI API. Now, the company is revealing that its Semantic Kernel team has been working on upgrading its connectors to use version 2 of the OpenAI library and Azure.AI.OpenAI library. According to the company, there were significant updates to … continue reading
OpenAI has announced a prototype for its upcoming AI search features that are intended to rival existing search engines. “Getting answers on the web can take a lot of effort, often requiring multiple attempts to get relevant results. We believe that by enhancing the conversational capabilities of our models with real-time information from the web, … continue reading
Yesterday Microsoft announced that it was giving up its observer board seat at OpenAI, a company it has invested over $10 billion in and whose AI models are heavily integrated across the Microsoft product line. Microsoft’s board seat was a nonvoting seat, meaning they were only on it to observe what the board was doing. The … continue reading
A number of companies have announced major changes to their executive leadership last month. Here are a couple of the moves across the industry this past month. Anthony Griffin named chief architect of Hazelcast He has extensive experience building systems for financial institutions, such as Danske Bank, Nomura, HSBC, and others. Throughout his 25+ year … continue reading