BitcoinWorld Spotify opens its platform to AI-generated personal podcasts via new CLI tool Spotify is taking a significant step into the world of generative audio by allowing users to create and host AI-generated personal podcasts directly within its app. The feature, currently available in beta, is designed for users who already work with AI coding …
BitcoinWorld OpenAI adds GPT-5-level voice reasoning and real-time translation to its API OpenAI announced Thursday that its API now includes a suite of new voice intelligence features, giving developers tools to build applications capable of natural conversation, live transcription, and real-time translation. The updates center on three new models — GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper — …
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BitcoinWorld Voi founders raise $16M from a16z for new AI startup Pit, aiming to automate enterprise back offices Stockholm has produced another artificial intelligence startup worth watching. Pit, founded by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi, has secured a $16 million seed round led by prominent venture capital firm a16z. The company is building …
BitcoinWorld OpenAI rolls out ‘Trusted Contact’ safety feature to alert loved ones of self-harm risk in ChatGPT conversations OpenAI has introduced a new safety feature called Trusted Contact, designed to automatically alert a designated friend or family member when a ChatGPT conversation involves mentions of self-harm. The optional feature, announced on Thursday, allows adult users …
BitcoinWorld Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with this editor about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the …
BitcoinWorld Barry Diller on AI trust: Sam Altman is sincere, but ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI approaches Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller has offered a nuanced defense of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, saying he believes Altman is sincere and decent — but warning that trust in any individual may ultimately be irrelevant as artificial general …
BitcoinWorld Snap confirms $400M Perplexity AI deal ended amicably in Q1 Snap confirmed on Wednesday that its $400 million partnership with AI search startup Perplexity has been terminated, revealing the news as part of its first-quarter earnings report. The deal, originally announced in November 2024, was set to integrate Perplexity’s conversational AI search engine directly …
BitcoinWorld Is xAI becoming a neocloud? Anthropic deal signals strategic pivot In a move that caught many in the AI industry off guard, xAI and Anthropic announced a surprise partnership this week. Under the deal, Anthropic will lease the entire compute capacity of xAI’s Colossus 1 data center — roughly 300 megawatts of power — …
BitcoinWorld Samsung crosses $1 trillion valuation as AI chip boom reshapes global semiconductor market Samsung Electronics became the second Asian company ever to reach a $1 trillion market valuation on Wednesday, as shares surged more than 10% amid surging demand for memory chips used in artificial intelligence systems. The milestone places Samsung alongside TSMC, which …
