March 2023

Free, ad-supported creator content comes to The Roku Channel

March 1, 2023

Roku struck a deal with creator company Jellysmack to launch new content featuring 17 popular YouTube and TikTok creators like Brad Mondo, Lauren Riihimaki (LaurDIY), Emmy Cho (Emmymade), Karina Garcia and more. The company announced yesterday that it’s launching two free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, “Hello Inspo” and “Mysteria,” to The Roku Channel’s Live TV […]

Free, ad-supported creator content comes to The Roku Channel by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI debuts Whisper API for text-to-speech transcription and translation

March 1, 2023

To coincide with the rollout of the ChatGPT API, OpenAI today launched the Whisper API, a hosted version of the open source Whisper speech-to-text model that the company released in September. Priced at $0.006 per minute, Whisper is an automatic speech recognition system that OpenAI claims enables “robust” transcription in multiple languages as well as […]

OpenAI debuts Whisper API for text-to-speech transcription and translation by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers

March 1, 2023

To call ChatGPT, the free text-generating AI developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, a hit is a massive understatement. As of December, ChatGPT had an estimated over 100 million monthly active users. It’s attracted major media attention and spawned countless memes on social media. It’s been used to write hundreds of ebooks in Amazon’s Kindle […]

OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Addressing criticism, OpenAI will no longer use customer data to train its models by default

March 1, 2023

As the ChatGPT and Whisper APIs launch this morning, OpenAI is changing the terms of its API developer policy, aiming to address developer — and user — criticism. Starting today, OpenAI says that it won’t use any data submitted through its API for “service improvements,” including AI model training, unless a customer or organization opts […]

Addressing criticism, OpenAI will no longer use customer data to train its models by default by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing

March 1, 2023

Sesamm, a French startup that helps financial firms and corporates adhere to their ESG goals by using natural language processing (NLP) to generate insights from digital content, has raised €35 million ($37 million) in a round of funding to expand internationally. Despite a growing backlash against ESG efforts from some politicians and vocal executives, companies […]

Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch