In other news, Oprah Winfrey hosted an AI special featuring interviews with Bill Gates, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and others. TechCrunch's Brian Heater had a one-on-one with Figure's latest humanoid robot, and Uber users in Austin and Atlanta will be able to hail Waymo robotaxis through the app in early 2025. OpenAI is reportedly in talks with investors to raise $6.5 billion at a $150 billion pre-money valuation, significantly higher than its previous valuation.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI unveiled a preview of OpenAI o1, also known as Strawberry, which can reason through math and science and fact-check itself. It is available in ChatGPT and via OpenAI’s API, with plans to bring o1-mini access to all free users of ChatGPT in the future.
- Apple's "It's Glowtime" event revealed the iPhone 16 lineup with a new dedicated camera control feature, an A18 chip, and AI integration with Apple Intelligence. New features in AirPods Pro 2 were also highlighted.
- Oprah Winfrey hosted an AI special featuring interviews with Bill Gates, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, tech influencer Marques Brownlee, and FBI director Christopher Wray, with a dominant tone of skepticism and wariness towards AI.
- OpenAI is reportedly in talks with investors to raise $6.5 billion at a $150 billion pre-money valuation, significantly higher than its previously reported valuation of $86 billion.