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OpenAI Raising At $90B Valuation

OpenAI Raising At $90B Valuation

Plus the CIA is working on ChatGPT for intelligence agencies

Nathaniel Whittemore
September 27, 2023

The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday September 27, 2023

Today on the First Five:

5. AI Agent Open Interpreter Gets Biggest Update Since Launch
4. Apple is Quietly the Biggest Acquirer of AI Co’s Since 2017
3. CIA Building Its Own AI
2. OpenAI in Talks with iPod Designer on AI Hardware Device
1. OpenAI Raising At $90B?!

5. AI Agent Open Interpreter Gets Biggest Update Since Launch

Open Interpreter takes the capabilities of the ChatGPT Code Interpreter feature (now called “Advanced Data Analysis”) and puts it in the terminal window on a PC. The megahyped project has just released their Generator Update, which includes support for 100+ more LLMs and the ability to build Open Interpreter into apps.

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Open Interpreter's Generator Update came out today.
it's our biggest update by far.
- You can build Open Interpreter into your apps
- 100+ new LLMs supported, including Claude
- Custom settings, custom instructions
- Set spending limits
- Resume chats
↓ twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— killian (@hellokillian)
8:43 PM • Sep 26, 2023

4. Apple is Quietly the Biggest Acquirer of AI Co’s Since 2017

Apple’s relative quietness on generative AI certainly doesn’t mean the company isn’t thinking about artificial intelligence. According to Pitchbook data, the Cupertino giant has acquired more ML/AI companies (21) since 2017 than rivals like Google (8), Meta (11) and Microsoft (12).

Apple may be quiet on AI, but it’s also the biggest buyer of AI companies
— Quartz (@qz)
3:23 PM • Sep 26, 2023

3. CIA Building Its Own AI

In what genuinely has to be the least surprising news of 2023, the CIA is apparently working on its own version of ChatGPT custom designed for intelligence agencies. The tool is meant to help in the balance of power against China and will be available to all 18 agencies in the US intelligence community.

Well, this can’t be good.
trib.al/ak6F2Hs
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast)
9:20 PM • Sep 26, 2023

2. OpenAI in Talks with iPod Designer on AI Hardware Device

The top two slots belong to OpenAI today. The first is a report that Sam Altman and the crew at OpenAI have been talking with former Apple design exec Jony Ive on a new AI hardware device. There isn’t much more information than that, but that hasn’t stopped people from buzzing.

Exclusive: Jony Ive, renowned designer of the iPhone, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device.
By @Jessicalessin & @steph_palazzolo
— The Information (@theinformation)
2:43 PM • Sep 27, 2023

1. OpenAI Raising At $90B?!

WSJ is reporting that OpenAI is exploring a secondary sales share at an $80B to $90B valuation. The sale would allow existing company employees to get some liquidity while allowing some new participants (including maybe SoftBank) on the cap table. It would also mean some extreme paper gainz for Microsoft.

How I expect my girl to react when I tell her I got allocation in OpenAI at $90B
— Turner Novak 🍌🧢 (@TurnerNovak)
12:17 PM • Sep 27, 2023

BONUS: Because we haven’t had enough OpenAI — Sam freaks everyone with AGI joke

Lmao sama commented from his real reddit account "agi has been achieved internally" and gave everyone a heart attack
— AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️ (@AISafetyMemes)
5:24 PM • Sep 26, 2023

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