AI Shakes Up the World: Eyeball Scans, Startup Dreams, and a $120K Robot Art Auction!
Get ready for a whirlwind tour of the AI universe, where eyeballs meet crypto and startups dream big! This week, Sam Altman’s rebranded World is scanning humans (yes, really) with a sleek new device, while former OpenAI whiz Mira Murati is cooking up her own AI venture with a hefty funding goal. Meanwhile, Microsoft is eyeing a tasty slice of OpenAI's pie, and a robot artist is set to auction a mind-bending portrait that blurs the lines between human and machine. Dive in as we explore the quirkiest and most thrilling AI stories of the week!
AI Meets Eyeball Scans—World Gets a Glow-Up, but Simplicity Isn’t Included!
Sam Altman’s eyebrow-raising crypto project, formerly Worldcoin, is now just "World"—though it’s anything but simple. The project wants to verify humans online using their eyeballs (yes, really!) with a shiny new device called the Orb. It’s sleeker and cheaper to build, with 30% fewer parts and some Nvidia-powered AI magic. Altman’s grand vision? To distribute Orbs worldwide, so everyone can prove their humanity (and maybe grab some crypto while they’re at it).
World’s goal of scanning every unique human seems like something out of a sci-fi plot, with nearly 7 million scans already in the bag. You can even rent your own Orb now—delivered to your door like pizza! Despite expanding to new countries, privacy concerns have followed the project, with several governments still not thrilled about the idea of eyeball-based ID. World might be rebranded, but its controversies are far from over.
AI God on the Auction Block: Robo-Brushstrokes Break the Bank!
Ai-Da, the humanoid artist with bionic arms and AI smarts, is making history. Her painting "AI God," an eerie portrait of computing legend Alan Turing, is set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s for a whopping $120,000+. Get ready to rethink the art world!
Inspired by feminist cyborg manifestos and created with Oxford University’s help, Ai-Da’s work blurs the line between human and machine. The robot's creators embrace this "AI/human fusion," challenging what it means to create—and own—art. With "AI God," Turing's complex legacy of codebreaking, AI warnings, and personal tragedy takes on new life, leaving us to question: where will AI take us next?
AI Maven Mira Murati Steps Into the Spotlight—Startup Dreams and $100M in the Making
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is ready to build something big—her own AI startup! After leaving OpenAI, she’s reportedly raising over $100 million in VC funding to develop AI products using proprietary models.
Murati, who played a pivotal role in reshaping how AI systems tackle complex problems, left OpenAI to explore new horizons, but she’s keeping her cards close to the chest about what’s next. Her impressive resume includes stints at Tesla and Leap Motion, and being promoted to CTO in 2022 after joining OpenAI in 2018.
With other top execs also leaving OpenAI recently, Murati’s venture adds fuel to the AI startup buzz—especially since OpenAI just secured a massive $6.6 billion investment. Talk about shaking up the AI world!
AI’s Price Tag: Microsoft’s Billion-Dollar Bet on OpenAI Equity
Microsoft is eyeing a hefty slice of OpenAI’s pie! With the AI giant’s move to become a for-profit company, Microsoft’s nearly $14 billion investment in OpenAI could soon translate into some serious equity.
Investment banks are in the mix, working out how much control Microsoft, CEO Sam Altman, and OpenAI’s employees will get. OpenAI will still have its nonprofit roots, though — it’s restructuring as a public-benefit corporation with a twist.
And just as things heat up, OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, might be making a dramatic return from his extended leave next month. Stay tuned for more AI drama!
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