New data shows just how badly OpenAI and Perplexity are screwing over publishers
AI companies promised publishers their AI search engines would send them more readers via referral traffic. New data shows that’s not the case.
Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes Staff
These startups are making sure AI companies pay up for taking content
With publishers scrambling to adjust to a world in which AI scrapes and repurposes their work, a new cohort of companies is emerging to forge licensing deals between content creators and AI companies.
Coders worry the AI from this $2 billion startup could replace their jobs
Backed by $200 million in funding, 28-year-old Scott Wu and his team of competitive coders at Cognition are building an AI tool that can program entirely on its own, like an “army of junior engineers.”
Father horrified by an AI Chatbot that mimicked his murdered daughter
Drew Crecente’s daughter was brutally murdered 18 years ago. Someone made a chatbot on unicorn startup Character AI’s platform using her name and yearbook photo.
This $2.1 billion AI company is making tens of millions in revenue by automating dull workplace tasks
Moveworks has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, a milestone that many hyped AI startups have not yet reached.
Engineers at OpenAI and Midjourney are using this $400 million startup’s AI coding software
Cursor’s AI code editing and autocompletion tools have gained popularity among engineers at leading AI startups like OpenAI and Midjourney.
‘Like Wikipedia and ChatGPT had a kid’: Inside the buzzy AI startup coming for Google’s lunch
Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, is backed by tech VIPs like Jeff Bezos, and counts billionaires like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang among its frequent users.
‘Not just the sellers’: eBay profiteering from AI nudes of celebs like Margot Robbie and Selena Gomez
“Top-rated sellers” on eBay are selling thousands of AI-generated and photoshopped pornographic images of at least 40 celebrities including Taylor Swift and Jenna Ortega.
Your child’s next playmate could be an AI toy powered by ChatGPT
A host of startups are building robots and stuffed toys that can have full-fledged conversations with children, thanks to generative AI.
How ChatGPT and Billions in investment helped AI go mainstream in 2023
As investors poured billions into generative AI tools, society started facing difficult questions about a technology that’s quickly becoming transformational.