OpenAI postpones new product reveal; understand the reason

A OpenAI postponed the planned presentation at its headquarters until next Monday. It is on that day that the company must reveal a new product artificial intelligence (AI) related to search, to compete with giants like Google and Perplexity.

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• A OpenAI had scheduled an event to share updates and product demonstrations this Thursday (09/05), but postponed it until Monday.
• The exact focus of the event has not been disclosed, but recent rumors suggest that the OpenAI is developing a search engine to rival the Google and Perplexity.
• The postponement may also be related to “tougher competition” in the Microsoft, a close partner of OpenAI, which is reportedly also training its own large in-house AI model called MAI-1.
• A OpenAI has been active in the media recently, with Brad Lightcap declaring that current technology will be “laughably bad” within a year and Sam Altman calling GPT-4 “slightly embarrassing.”

Why does it matter

As the world awaits the next big reveal of OpenAI, it looks like the company is going to keep us waiting a little longer. Despite speculation about announcements from Microsoft e Apple as the cause of the postponement, the confident comments of the OpenAI do not suggest a company very concerned about competition.

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