OpenAI DevDay announcements, Bumble CEO to step down

OpenAI announced GPT-4 Turbo, a new model, at its developer day; features: 128K token context window, 2.75x cheaper than GPT-4, updated knowledge cutoff to April 2023 - Link

OpenAI also announced custom GPTs and an App Store-style GPT Store with a rev share model coming later this month - Link

Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd will step down as CEO but remain as exec chair; Slack CEO Lidiane Jones is set to take over as CEO on January 2 - Link

TechCrunch sources: Palo Alto Networks acquired Talon Cyber Security for ~$625M - Link

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Sunny joins Jason to discuss OpenAI’s DevDay announcements (1:33). Then, Sunny demos an AI-driven chatbot creator (32:49), an AI email-first Chief of Staff (39:12), and much more! - Link

Aleph Alpha, a German generative AI startup focused on customers in sensitive sectors like healthcare and law enforcement, raised $500M+ from Bosch, Schwarz Group, and others - Link

01.AI, a Chinese startup founded by Kai-Fu Lee, launched its new AI model Y-34B in both Chinese and English and was valued at $1B+ in a new round of funding - Link

Changxin Xinqiao, a Chinese semiconductor startup, has raised ~$5.4B from state-backed investors - Link

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