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Aug 30, 2024

NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft in talks to join OpenAI’s ongoing $100B+ round

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  1. NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft in talks to join OpenAI’s ongoing $100B+ round
  2. ChatGPT now has 200M+ weekly active users, 2x from Nov. 2023
  3. Brazil blocks Starlink accounts to force X to pay fines
  4. Alibaba launches Qwen2-VL vision AI model, claiming #1 worldwide
  5. Q2 GDP revised up from 2.8% to 3.0%

0. Data and calendar

All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 and NASDAQ close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).

All times are ET.

1. NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft in talks to join OpenAI’s ongoing $100B+ round

  • -$5B net result is what OpenAI is estimated to be losing per year.

  • More compute and general expenses would be where the money is spent.

  • Apple recently partnered with OpenAI for its AI features.

  • OpenAI CFO informed employees about the round, without sharing specifics.

2. ChatGPT now has 200M+ weekly active users, 2x from Nov. 2023

  • 2x usage of OpenAI’s automated API since GPT-4o mini release.

  • Meta’s Llama models usage also grows “sharply.”

  • Llama 3.1 release 2x’d cloud service providers’ usage between May–Jul.

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4. Brazil’s supreme court justice unilaterally blocks Starlink accounts to force X to pay fines

X: Elon Musk.

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