OpenAI Races Toward AGI With Next-Gen AI Model in Training
- Written by Amar Cemanovic Cybersecurity Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
OpenAI revealed that it has started training its next frontier AI model. The announcement came in a post published on their website on May 28th, with no word on a planned release date yet. The company claims that the new model will bring “the next level of capabilities” as it aims to reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) levels in the future.
AGI is a hypothetical type of AI so advanced that it could outperform humans in a wide range of tasks, even those it was not explicitly trained for, as opposed to the current AI models that have a relatively narrow scope.
While it’s not clear whether the new model announced will be called GPT-5 or something else, it is understood that it aims to build on the success of GPT-4 and its latest iteration, GPT-4o, which was recently released .
OpenAI’s current flagship model brought the ability to analyze images and perform real-time language translations. The company has also teased additional features that are expected to be released soon, including improved voice responses and the ability to use a phone’s camera to get real-time help.
Developing and training AI models takes a lot of time. According to the New York Times , it may take nine months to a year (or more) for GPT-4o’s successor to go live. ZDNET argues that the new model is expected to bring improved accuracy in its responses, increased multimodality, and even be able to act autonomously to some degree.
Users are already speculating about the new model’s potential and sharing their expectations on OpenAI’s website. According to this discussion thread , some of the features they are eager to see include the ability to produce a wider range of outputs, solve equations, override its training data, and act like an agent.
PwC Becomes OpenAI’s First Reseller and Largest Enterprise User
- Written by Shipra Sanganeria Cybersecurity & Tech Writer
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced a new deal with OpenAI last week, making it the largest customer and first reseller of the ChatGPT Enterprise product aimed at large businesses.
PwC said that its US and UK firms have reached an agreement with OpenAI to offer ChatGPT Enterprise, its business-focused artificial intelligence tool to its employees and clients.
As part of the agreement, PwC’s US and UK workforce will gain access to the latest tools developed by OpenAI, including ChatGPT-4o model and new capabilities focused on voice and image.
“By embracing ChatGPT Enterprise across our workforce, we will bring our first-hand experience of our AI transformation to clients, complementing our audit, tax and consulting services with a broad array of business and industry solutions,” the firm said in its post.
The accounting and consulting firm will provide ChatGPT Enterprise licenses to its 75,000 US employees and 26,000 UK employees, according to The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the news. However, PwC did not disclose the number of employees who would use the artificial intelligence product.
PwC did not disclose the financial terms of the deal with Microsoft-backed OpenAI.
The deal builds on PwC’s April 2023 announcement , in which the firm revealed its US division would invest $1 billion over three years to enhance and scale its capabilities in generative AI. “The OpenAI agreement is part of the initial $1 billion investment,” a PwC spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal.
Additionally, the firm has been developing its GenAI capabilities by building its own custom GPT solutions and training its workforce to use AI responsibly to review tax returns, generate dashboards and reports, develop software and proposals.
