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    OpenAI and Meta team up to teach AI African languages

    OpenAI and Meta are partnering with telecom giant Orange to fine-tune AI models for regional African languages currently ignored by mainstream GenAI. The project starts with West Africa's Wolof and Pulaar, training Whisper and Llama 3.1 to power voice support, with plans to release models under a free non-commercial license for local health and education. Why it matters: It’s a practical push for digital inclusion, bringing AI to millions who don't speak dominant global languages.

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    OpenAI's Whisper caught hallucinating in up to 80% of transcripts

    Researchers just revealed that OpenAI’s Whisper transcription model frequently hallucinates, with a University of Michigan study finding fabricated text in 80% of reviewed transcripts. Other engineers found widespread inventions, including fictional medical treatments. Why it matters: Whisper is already widely deployed across medical consultations and enterprise cloud platforms.

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    OpenAI sued for training models on scraped YouTube videos

    A YouTube creator just filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company secretly transcribed millions of YouTube videos to train ChatGPT and GPT-4 without consent, seeking over $5 million in damages. With high-quality web text rapidly drying up, video transcripts have become a crucial data well—and now, the latest front in AI copyright battles.

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    OpenAI tapped a million hours of YouTube audio for GPT-4

    OpenAI reportedly transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos using Whisper to train GPT-4 after burning through high-quality text data. The New York Times reports leadership knew it was legally risky but bet on fair use, while Google and Meta are similarly scrambling in legal gray zones.

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    Spotify clones podcaster voices for instant translation

    Spotify just teamed up with OpenAI to test a voice translation tool that translates podcasts into other languages using the creator's actual cloned voice. Powered by Whisper and OpenAI’s new speech synthesis tech, the pilot is rolling out Spanish versions of select English shows, with French and German coming next. Why it matters: It replaces awkward third-party dubs with the creator’s real voice, though safety concerns mean Spotify is keeping access tightly limited for now.

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    ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak

    OpenAI just added voice conversations and image analysis to ChatGPT. Users can now snap photos to troubleshoot broken grills or plan dinner recipes, and chat back and forth using five realistic synthetic voices. The multimodal upgrade rolls out to Plus and Enterprise users over the next two weeks.

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    OpenAI launches official ChatGPT app for iOS

    OpenAI just launched the official ChatGPT app for iOS, bringing the chatbot straight to mobile. The free app syncs conversation history across devices and integrates Whisper for voice input. It is rolling out first to US users, with broader international availability and an Android version coming soon.

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    OpenAI drops ChatGPT and Whisper APIs at 90% discount

    OpenAI just made GPT-3.5 Turbo and Whisper available via API, slashing ChatGPT costs by 90% down to $0.002 per 1,000 tokens. Whisper speech-to-text runs at $0.006 per minute, and OpenAI will no longer train on developers' API data by default.