🗞 AGI Claims Shake OpenAI, ChatGPT Strain, and Apple's Media Misstep

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• AGI Milestone: OpenAI Claims Path to Superintelligence

• ChatGPT Pro's Loss: High Usage Strains OpenAI's Premium Service

• Apple AI Mishap: False Headlines Spark Media Trust Concerns

• Meta's AI Characters: Social Backlash Leads to Profile Removal

• Microsoft's AI Push: $80B Data Center Investment for 2025

• Samsung's Smart TVs: Vision AI Integration Across New Models

• Holiday Sales Surge: AI Chatbots Drive $282B Online Revenue

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🤖 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shifts focus to superintelligence, claims company knows how to build AGI

• OpenAI defines AGI as systems generating $100B in profits or outperforming humans at valuable work, with Altman predicting AI agents will impact companies in 2025.

• Microsoft's access to OpenAI technology will end once AGI is achieved, per agreement between companies.

• Company has disbanded AI safety teams and lost safety researchers amid increased commercial focus, despite previous warnings about superintelligence risks.

💸 OpenAI's $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscription is currently operating at a loss due to higher-than-expected usage

• ChatGPT Pro's pricing, personally set by CEO Sam Altman, includes access to o1 model and Sora video generator but costs exceed revenue due to user demand.

• Company reported $3.7B revenue with $5B losses in 2024, with ChatGPT costing approximately $700,000 daily in operational expenses.

• OpenAI projects ambitious $100B revenue target by 2029, matching Nestlé's current annual sales, while considering subscription price increases.

🚫 Apple's AI news summary tool generates three major false headlines about high-profile figures

• Apple Intelligence falsely reported Luke Littler's darts championship win before final match and incorrectly claimed Rafael Nadal came out as gay.

• BBC demands urgent fix, emphasizing trust issues as AI-generated summaries appear to come directly from BBC but contain fabricated information.

• RSF calls for removal of feature, citing danger to public's right to reliable information and impact on media credibility.

␡ Meta discontinues AI character profiles after social media backlash

• Company removed dozen AI-generated profiles launched in 2023 after controversy over character "Liv," which admitted lack of diverse input in its development.

• Users criticized profiles as "creepy and unnecessary," with concerns about data collection and inability to block accounts due to technical bug.

• Meta continues allowing user-generated AI chatbots despite removing company-created characters, with "girlfriend" AI profiles among most popular.

🏗️ Microsoft commits $80B to AI data centers for fiscal 2025

• Over 50% of investment planned for U.S. locations, aiming to maintain American leadership in AI infrastructure against Chinese competition.

• Company's Azure cloud revenue grew 33% in Q1, with AI services contributing 12 percentage points of growth.

• Brad Smith urges incoming Trump administration to promote U.S. AI technology abroad, citing concerns over China's subsidized chips and data centers.

📺 Samsung integrates Vision AI across 2025 TV lineup, introducing real-time search and smart features

• New AI features include Click to Search for identifying on-screen content, Live Translate in 7 languages, and Samsung Food integration for recipe recommendations.

• Company launches Neo QLED 8K TVs with wireless connectivity up to 10m and upgraded OLED models with 165Hz refresh rate targeting gamers (60% of owners).

• Enhanced security features include Knox Matrix encryption and AI-powered home monitoring through TV microphones and connected cameras.

🛍️ AI chatbots boost 2024 holiday online sales to $282B, up 4% from 2023

• Chatbot usage increased 42%, helping drive AI-influenced global sales to $229B, with 79% of orders placed via mobile devices.

• Higher return rates (28% vs 20% in 2023) pose profit margin concerns, pushing retailers to leverage AI for returns management.

• Social media platforms drove 14% of e-commerce traffic, with retailers using targeted promotions and loyalty programs to influence purchases.

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• Apple Intelligence storage requirements jump to 7GB in iOS 18.2 update.

• 3M showcases collaborative innovation approach at CES 2025, highlighting partnerships with GM and Lenovo.

• L'Oréal introduces Cell BioPrint device at CES 2025, offering 5-minute skin analysis using proteomics science.

• Halliday debuts $399 AI smart glasses with unique lens-free display technology at CES 2025.

• Timekettle launches Babel OS for real-time translation earbuds with voice cloning and custom lexicons.

• IT leaders prep infrastructure for enterprise AI adoption, with focus on hybrid multicloud.

• Withings unveils AI-powered Omnia smart mirror at CES 2025, combining health tracking and analysis.

• Scientists develop moose-inspired robot feet that excel on mud and snow.

• United Airlines announces free Starlink internet for MileagePlus members starting spring 2025.

• Tech executives maintain diplomatic silence on Trump's proposed tariff increases.

• TikTok Shop to launch in Mexico in February amid US regulatory pressure.

• E-commerce startup Avataar launches Velocity - an AI tool creating automated product videos from product links.

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