OpenAI partners with Condé Nast to enhance AI-powered content

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OpenAI has announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Condé Nast, the publisher behind renowned brands like Vogue, The New Yorker, Bon Appétit, Vanity Fair, and Wired. The partnership will enable OpenAI to incorporate content from Condé Nast's extensive library into its artificial intelligence products, including ChatGPT and the experimental SearchGPT.

This collaboration aims to enhance the quality and relevance of AI-generated responses, providing users with more accurate and detailed information. While the specific terms of the deal remain undisclosed, OpenAI has indicated that it is similar in structure to recent agreements with The Atlantic and News Corp.

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Time magazine teams up with OpenAI to 'expand access to trusted info'

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Time has joined forces with OpenAI in a strategic partnership to bring the magazine's extensive journalistic archive, spanning over 101 years, to OpenAI's AI-powered products (including ChatGPT).

Through a multi-year licensing agreement, OpenAI gains access to Time's vast collection of articles, covers, and historical scans. This will enhance OpenAI's ability to generate informative and well-sourced content. Importantly, citations and links to the original Time.com articles will be included, ensuring transparency and supporting reputable journalism.

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OpenAI releases ChatGPT desktop app for all Mac users

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OpenAI has finally made its official ChatGPT app available for all macOS users running macOS Sonoma or later. Previously, it was only accessible to paying subscribers.

The Mac app mirrors the web app's functionality, offering a desktop window for back-and-forth conversations with different AI models. Choose from GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and GPT-4o. And like the web app, it even supports specialized models, like the DALL-E image generator.

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Scarlett Johansson questions alleged voice mimicry in OpenAI's ChatGPT

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Actress Scarlett Johansson is locked in a dispute with OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Johansson claims OpenAI used a voice in their system that sounds eerily similar to hers, despite her declining a request to be the official voice.

According to Johansson, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman contacted her in September 2023 to voice ChatGPT 4.0. She refused but says Altman persisted even days before the public demo. 

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