Didi announces plans for autonomous fleet by 2025, Sam Altman says OpenAI not currently training GPT-5

China-based ride-sharing service Didi announced plans to launch a 24/7 autonomous robotaxi service by 2025 - Link

Speaking at MIT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed his startup is not currently training GPT-5 and "won't for some time" - Link

Twitter Blue subscribers can now compose tweets with up to 10K characters and utilize bold or italic fonts - Link

ID.me, a Virginia-based identity verification startup, raised a $132M Series D led by Viking Global; the company has 100M registered digital wallets on its platform - Link

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Vinny and Sunny join Jason to discuss AI's blistering pace and compare its development to other product launches (2:47). They also break down the anxiety that artists and developers are feeling from AI advancement (14:47), the rise of AutoGPTs, Twitter's reported LLM project, and more (37:01). - Link

Meta open-sourced its Animated Drawings AI project, which uses AI to generate animations from user-submitted sketches and doodles - Link

Kepler Communications, a Toronto-based startup developing a constellation of communications satellites, raised a $92M round led by IA Ventures - Link

Chia Network, a startup that provides a more environmentally friendly blockchain, confidentially filed for an IPO; the company did not disclose its target price range - Link

Elevate, a Denver-based startup building a dashboard for employees to manage pre-tax benefits, raised $28M led by Anthemis - Link

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