OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world’s chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities.

The fundraising efforts are part of a broader strategy to address OpenAI’s growth constraints, particularly the scarcity of AI chips needed for training large language models like ChatGPT.

Altman’s proposal is said to include forming a partnership with investors, chip manufacturers, and power providers to finance the construction of chip foundries, which would then be operated by the chip manufacturers.

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    4 months ago

    i thought this was reddit when they sell all our content to fuel openAI. lol

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      4 months ago

      It’s much easier to do that with Lemmy. It’s simply less useful because there are fewer users.

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        4 months ago

        idk. yeah… probably.
        all (public) platforms are fcked.
        but at least it provides value to users.
        like: piracy, anonymity, and foss software.
        also general info and news.

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      4 months ago

      Here at lemmy is open and free to everyone!