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OpenAI cuts its new funding round target by $10 billion to $20 billion as AI spending fears grow

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NEW A.I. News · 06:37

OpenAI cuts its new funding round target by $10 billion to $20 billion as AI spending fears grow

OpenAI is now seeking to raise up to $20 billion in its latest funding round, down from an earlier target of up to $30 billion, CNBC confirmed after the Financial Times first reported the cut. The round has not closed and the figures may still change. The move follows a week in which investors questioned whether the huge spending on artificial intelligence will pay off.

Source: Financial Times; CNBC; TechCrunch

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic back one shared signal that lets websites opt out of AI training

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NEW A.I. News · 06:37

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic back one shared signal that lets websites opt out of AI training

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic have pledged to honour a single, shared signal that lets publishers and other websites opt out of having their content used to train generative AI models. Today site owners must block each company's crawler separately. Anthropic has already started supporting the new rule, Microsoft will do so from 1 February 2027, Google in 2027 and OpenAI in the coming months.

Source: IETF; Microsoft; OpenAI; Google; The Verge; Engadget; AFP