OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise an eye-popping $100 billion at a valuation of $750 billion or more, according to Forbes. ChatGPT now tops 800 million weekly active users with over $13 billion in revenue last year. Sam Altman is betting big on energy, chips, and foundational infrastructure to fuel AI's exponential climb.
Perplexity is facing fierce backlash from Forbes and Wired, with both outlets accusing the AI search startup of covertly ignoring robots.txt rules to scrape content and republishing original scoops verbatim. Perplexity defends its actions as fair use tied to direct user queries, but the tension between web scrapers and original creators is escalating quickly.
AI companies are quietly bypassing the decades-old robots.txt protocol to scrape publisher sites without permission, according to licensing startup TollBit. The finding follows Forbes recently calling out Perplexity for lifting its investigative work. With web scrapers ignoring traditional courtesy standards, publishers' primary defense against AI crawlers is essentially breaking down.
Forbes just launched Adelaide, a generative AI search tool powered by Google Cloud's Vertex AI. Built exclusively on the publisher's articles from the past 12 months, it generates conversational answers and personalized recommendations without hallucinating from the wider web. A beta is now live for select visitors.
Tyler Barnett argued in Forbes that successful enterprise AI adoption hinges on hiring dedicated "AI prompters" to craft inputs and bridge technical gaps. With output quality tied directly to prompt precision, the role focuses on augmenting workers rather than displacing them. Why it matters: As models proliferate, prompt craftsmanship is turning into a standalone corporate discipline.
Forbes just mapped out where the real jobs are in artificial intelligence, spanning research scientists, data analysts, specialized consultants, and sales reps. While automation threatens routine work, most deployments still require humans to guide them—meaning domain experience can be just as valuable as pure coding skills.
Forbes explored how digital workers could theoretically decouple economic growth from human population constraints. If AI joins the workforce and operates around the clock, GDP limits could practically disappear. Why it matters: the ultimate economic boost will depend on how aggressively industries actually adopt and integrate these systems.
