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OpenAI is reportedly on the verge of a roughly 500 billion valuation, a figure that would make it the most valuable private company in the world--bigger than SpaceX, TikTok's parent company Bytedance, and even public giants like Palantir. It's a staggering number for a company with an "astronomical burn rate." How is this even possible? As Axios reports, there are actually two deals in play: a SoftBank-led round valuing the company at 300 billion, which won't close until year's end, and a secondary sale of employee shares at a far steeper 500 billion valuation. Most of the cheaper shares have already been snapped up, leaving investors to fight over the pricier ones.

After school, Karandeep Anand often finds his 6-year-old daughter deep in conversation with an AI chatbot as she eats snacks at their kitchen counter. She's too young to type--let alone have her own account on Character.AI--but that hasn't stopped her from nabbing his phone to have voice conversations with a Sherlock Holmes bot, which she uses to build her own mystery stories. Character.AI is an AI companion startup (though Anand likes to say it's an AI role-play startup, which we'll get into later). He took over as the CEO in June in the midst of a potentially devastating lawsuit for its parent company and looming questions about child safety. When I ask if he's concerned about his daughter connecting with an AI chatbot rather than a real human, he's quick to say no.

But how do we retain control over our bodies when corporations and the medical establishment have access to our most personal information? What happens when humans stop relying on their village, or even their family, for advice on having a kid and instead go online, where there's a constant onslaught of information? How do we make sense of the contradictions of the internet--the tension between what's inherently artificial and the "natural" methods its denizens are so eager to promote? In her new book, Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age (Doubleday, 2025), Hess explores these questions while delving into her firsthand experiences with apps, products, algorithms, online forums, advertisers, and more--each promising an easier, healthier, better path to parenthood. After welcoming her son, who is now healthy, in 2020 and another in 2022, Hess is the perfect person to ask: Is that really what they're delivering?

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With the launch of Refresh 2024, Squarespace has made significant improvements to its web design and content management platform. The update, released at the end of September, marks a new era for the service by offering even greater design flexibility and a smoother workflow for its users. The most tangible change with Refresh 2024 is the increased freedom in how you can customize your website. Squarespace has always been known for its elegant templates and ease of use, but with this update you get even more tools to create a unique page that truly reflects your brand. The new version gives you more options to adjust layouts, color schemes, and fonts in a simple and intuitive way.

AI art has got the internet buzzing. The ability to create breath taking works of art through a prompt is a great way for anyone to express their creativity. However, there is another side to the AI art process, one that is not talked about enough. The artists whose works enables these generators are not compensated for their work in any way. In this article, I will cover why this the case, the debate around artist compensation in AI art, and some possible solutions to the problem.

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Opinion When OpenAI released ChatGPT 3.5 in late November 2022, no one expected much from the new release. It was just a "research preview," explained Sandhini Agarwal, an AI Policy researcher at OpenAI. "We didn't want to oversell it as a big fundamental advance," added Liam Fedus, a scientist at the org. Unless you've been living under a rock, you know ChatGPT has since become the hottest technology development this decade, heck, maybe this century. At least Bill Gates – you remember him, right?

Cryptocurrencies have been making waves in the financial industry for quite some time, but did you know they're also starting to make their way into the world of art? Specifically, the integration of cryptocurrencies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is starting to transform the art industry in new and exciting ways. One of the main ways cryptocurrencies are impacting the art world is through the use of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), which are digital assets that can represent ownership of unique items, such as artwork. NFTs are based on blockchain technology, which provides a secure and decentralized way to verify ownership and authenticity of digital assets. NFTs are being used to sell and trade digital art pieces, allowing artists to receive payment for their work and for collectors to own a unique and valuable piece of digital art.