Archive: October 2019

ChatGPT Pro: Amid the controversy, OpenAI abandons plans to scale back the subscription.

October 30, 2019 | 01net IA
ChatGPT Pro: Amid the controversy, OpenAI abandons plans to scale back the subscription.
Published on October 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Comment 0 𝕏 Print OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro subscriptions © ChatGPT's most loyal subscribers were set to see their usage limits halve as of this Friday. On the eve of the deadline, OpenAI throws in the towel and doubles down. OpenAI had planned to halve, starting October 30, the usage allowance included in its Pro 200 subscription, priced at more than €200 per month, without changing the price. The decision had trigger

2026 Developer AI Usage Report: 83% Are Already Using AI #C# - Qiita

October 29, 2019 | Qiita AI
2026 Developer AI Usage Report: 83% Are Already Using AI #C# - Qiita
@axzxs2001(suwei gui)2026 Developer AI Usage Report: 83% Are Already Using AIC#AIOpenAIAgent0 2026 Developer AI Usage Report: 83% Are Already Using AI Last updated at 2026-11-11 Today, if you ask programmers, “Do you use AI at work?”, the answer is essentially a foregone conclusion. The questions genuinely worth asking are several others. What are they using it for? How deeply are they using it? How much do they trust it? How widely are the much-discussed

Sony MDR-3R Review: Walkman Nostalgia Wins Again

October 2, 2019 | Gizmodo AI
Sony MDR-3R Review: Walkman Nostalgia Wins Again
There’s something about those stupid little orange foam ear cushions. When I see a throwback to Sony’s iconic Walkman headphones, my eyes are at attention, like when a bird sees a worm or when Cookie Monster gets a whiff of something that makes nutritionists frown. I can’t help it; I’m conditioned to appreciate retro vibes—by my generational peers, by the seemingly endless/shameless cheap ripoffs from audio brands, and now, once again, by Sony itself. Sony

Anthropic sets preliminary IPO terms at $70–$78 per share; offering size up to approximately $64.4 billion, with Google and NVIDIA each making separate $10 billion investments - ITmedia NEWS

October 29, 2019 | ITmedia NEWS
Anthropic sets preliminary IPO terms at $70–$78 per share; offering size up to approximately $64.4 billion, with Google and NVIDIA each making separate $10 billion investments - ITmedia NEWS
U.S. Anthropic announced on November 10 (local time) that it had begun a roadshow for institutional investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). On the same day, it filed an amended registration statement (Form S-1/A) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), revealing the number of shares being offered and the expected price range (indicative terms), which had not previously been disclosed. Cover of the prospectus dated November 10

OpenAI's reveals a new ChatGPT that looks less like a chatbot and more like an operating system

October 16, 2019 | The Decoder
OpenAI's reveals a new ChatGPT that looks less like a chatbot and more like an operating system
OpenAI's reveals a new ChatGPT that looks less like a chatbot and more like an operating system View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Sep 29, 2026 OpenAI Key Points OpenAI is opening its internal plugin platform to outside developers and adding team features like the shared workspace "ChatGPT Space," collaborative documents called "Pages," and a slide deck tool. With the MCP Events specification and Team Tasks, ChatGPT can trigger automated workflo

The era of treating generative AI invoices alongside labor costs: The current state of “token management” as discussed by AI leaders at five Japanese companies (1/4 page) - ITmedia NEWS

October 15, 2019 | ITmedia NEWS
The era of treating generative AI invoices alongside labor costs: The current state of “token management” as discussed by AI leaders at five Japanese companies (1/4 page) - ITmedia NEWS
Effective price increases are occurring one after another for AI services such as “GitHub Copilot” and “Claude.” The true cost of generative AI, previously hidden in subscription fees, has finally begun to appear on corporate invoices. Fixed monthly fees were like time bombs that would eventually spike once fully utilized. Now multiple companies are beginning to measure token costs on the same footing as labor costs. This is not a question of technology, b

China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta

October 9, 2019 | TechCrunch AI
China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and others also participated. The AI company said it will continue hiring both at home and abroad. Manus did not disclose its valuation, but last month was said to be in talks with investors to raise $500 million at a $4 billion valuation. Manus, which went viral following a demo of its AI agent last year, relocated its st

OpenAI says it stopped a campaign to steal its models' reasoning, but the trick still worked on Azure

October 11, 2019 | The Decoder
OpenAI says it stopped a campaign to steal its models' reasoning, but the trick still worked on Azure
OpenAI says it stopped a campaign to steal its models' reasoning, but the trick still worked on Azure Maximilian Schreiner View the LinkedIn Profile of Maximilian Schreiner Oct 1, 2026 GPT-Image-2 prompted by THE DECODER AI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans Subscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive "AI Radar" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section. Subscribe

Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background

October 20, 2019 | TechCrunch AI
Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
There’s obviously privacy and data security concerns with anything that’s collecting data about you continuously. But startups are building such apps undeterred anyway, arming themselves with the belief that the market for personalized assistance is big enough to swallow such concerns. Former Plaud exec Peter Mo is building Ambi to do something similar. The app aims to provide real-time intelligence and insights to people by listening to them all the time.

Debut After AMD Acquisition! Fei-Fei Li Unveils “Atlas Turbo Edition,” Bringing Real-Time World Models to Your Browser

October 17, 2019 | 智东西
Debut After AMD Acquisition! Fei-Fei Li Unveils “Atlas Turbo Edition,” Bringing Real-Time World Models to Your Browser
Zhidx (WeChat Official Account: zhidxcom) Author | Wang Han Editor | Yun Peng Zhidx reported on November 6 that World Labs, the world model team of “AI godmother” Li Fei-Fei, had just releasedFrameboy, a real-time streaming generation demo optimized on the basis of Atlas. Frameboy streams frames from cloud GPUs, with speeds of up to 15 FPS, meaning that a new frame can be obtained roughly every 67 milliseconds. In comparison, Genie 3, the world model relea