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šŸ’°ļø Sam Altman rejects Elon Musk's $97.4B offer to buy OpenAI

Plus: AI chatbots are distorting news stories!

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Apple Reportedly Teams Up with Alibaba to Bring AI to iPhones in China, Rejects DeepSeek

Apple is teaming up with Alibaba to bring AI features to iPhones in China. Before this, Apple considered partnering with DeepSeek but found it lacked the resources for large-scale support. In 2024, Apple initially chose Baidu as its main AI partner, but Baiduā€™s model development did not meet Appleā€™s expectations.

AI chatbots are distorting news stories, BBC finds

A BBC study found that AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity, often produce inaccurate news summaries. Researchers had the chatbots summarize 100 BBC articles, with journalists reviewing their accuracy. The results showed that 51% of responses had major issues, 19% contained incorrect facts, numbers, or dates, and 13% included misquoted or fabricated statements.


Adobe just launched its new GenAI Firefly Video Model in public beta

Adobe has launched its Firefly Video Model in public beta, introducing AI-powered video generation to creators. This model enables users to generate video clips from text prompts, animate still images, and translate audio and video into multiple languages, positioning it as a competitor to OpenAIā€™s Sora and Metaā€™s Movie Gen. Integrated into the new Firefly web app, which consolidates Adobeā€™s AI tools like Text to Image and Generative Fill, Firefly is available through two subscription tiers: Firefly Standard ($9.99/month) and Firefly Pro ($29.99/month). This release marks a significant expansion of Adobeā€™s AI-driven content creation capabilities.

'We are not for sale,' ChatGPT boss says after Musk bid

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid from an investor group led by Elon Musk, stating that OpenAI is "not for sale." Speaking at the AI Action Summit in Paris, Altman emphasized the companyā€™s mission to develop AGI for the benefit of humanity. Muskā€™s lawyer confirmed the bid was submitted to OpenAIā€™s board, but Altman dismissed it with a playful response on X, offering to buy Twitter for $9.74 billion instead.

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