SoftBank is considering a new investment in OpenAI that could amount to $30 billion. This would further strengthen the Japanese technology conglomerate's position with one of the most influential AI developers. The plans were reported on by Bloomberg. The talks are still in the early stages, but they once again underscore the scale of founder Masayoshi Son's ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence.
The Canadian film-maker, who won an Oscar in 2023 for the documentary Navalny, first became interested in the topic while experimenting with tools released by OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot ChatGPT. The sophistication of the public tools the ability to produce whole paragraphs in seconds, or produce illustrations both thrilled and unnerved him. AI was already radically shaping the filmmaking industry, and proclamations on the promise and peril of AI were everywhere, with little way for people outside the tech industry to evaluate them.
to break through language barriers and offer more natural interactions. With the latest OpenAI models including GPT-5.2, ServiceNow will unlock a new class of AI-powered automation for the world's largest companies.
Advertisements are coming to ChatGPT. The world's most popular chatbot will soon serve up advertisements influenced by its conversations with users. OpenAI says it will not sell user data to advertisers and that conversations will be kept private, but the decision reorients the financial incentives of one of the most widely used products in artificial intelligence.