OpenAI made a significant move in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, acquiring the creator of the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger, according to VentureBeat. This acquisition signals a strategic shift towards autonomous agents capable of executing tasks and interacting with various platforms, moving away from conversational interfaces. The move highlights a major bet on the future of AI, emphasizing action and task completion over mere dialogue.
The acquisition of Steinberger and sponsorship of the OpenClaw foundation by OpenAI were key components of this strategic shift, VentureBeat reported. This move comes as the creators of the AI chatbot Claude, developed by Anthropic, grapple with ethical dilemmas, as reported by NPR News and Time. The implications of AI's widening use are being closely examined, with New Yorker writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus explaining how Anthropic is trying to make Claude more ethical.
Meanwhile, Apple's latest iOS, iPadOS, and macOS developer betas introduced significant updates, including a text-prompt playlist generator for Apple Music and video podcast support, according to Ars Technica. These updates also included the Creator Studio version of Freeform, integrating stock images and AI-generated image capabilities, signaling a focus on enhanced content creation tools.
In other news, a BBC investigation revealed that London gangs are exploiting teenage girls, as reported by Time. Simultaneously, the Victoria and Albert Museum is exhibiting a reconstruction of YouTube's original watchpage from December 2006, including the first video uploaded, "Me at the Zoo," to explore the platform's early design and the evolution of user-generated content, according to Nature News. Additionally, due to low Baltic Sea levels, a well-preserved 17th-century Swedish Navy shipwreck has resurfaced near Stockholm, providing a rare opportunity to study historical naval shipwrecks, Nature News reported.
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