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OpenAI Acquires New Domain for Over $15 Million 🌐
How to use Google Drive with ChatGPT
Gina Acosta
November 07, 2024
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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
OpenAI has just acquired one of the oldest and most well-known domains on the internet.
While Hollywood studios and unions continue to hotly debate AI's role in filmmaking, a major new release has fully embraced the technology to de-age iconic veteran actors.
Let’s get into it!
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
OpenAI Acquires $15+ Million Domain, Chat.com 🌐
$50 Million Movie De-Ages Tom Hanks With Generative AI
AI Tutorial: How to use Google Drive with ChatGPT
AI Tools to check out
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
AI Findings/Resources
AI News
OPENAI
OpenAI Acquires $15+ Million Domain, Chat.com 🌐
OpenAI has confirmed the acquisition of the domain Chat.com, previously owned by HubSpot's co-founder and CTO, Dharmesh Shah.
Details:
Last year, HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah acquired Chat.com for $15.5 million, ranking it among the top two all-time publicly reported domain sales.
Last March, Shah announced he’d sold Chat.com to an unnamed buyer, confirming that he sold the domain for more than he originally paid for it.
On Wednesday, he confirmed on X that OpenAI was the buyer, implying he was paid in OpenAI shares. The same day, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted the URL chat.com on X, which automatically redirects to ChatGPT.
Chat.com was one of the first domains registered on the internet, registered in 1996. The change is already active, although it doesn’t appear that OpenAI plans to change the name of ChatGPT or fully migrate the original domain to Chat.com.
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AI IN FILMS
$50 Million Movie De-Ages Tom Hanks With Generative AI
TriStar Pictures has released Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. This $50 million film uses generative AI to transform the actors' appearances across 60 years, marking a milestone in Hollywood's use of AI-driven visual effects.
Details:
The film employs real-time generative AI from Metaphysic to modify the actors' faces, allowing them to portray characters at various ages without traditional CGI.
During filming, the crew used dual monitors to view both the actors' real appearances and their AI-modified versions, enabling instant transformations.
Metaphysic's system was trained using extensive data from Hanks' and Wright's past films, capturing facial movements and skin textures under different conditions.
This AI approach eliminates the need for extensive post-production work, reducing costs and time compared to traditional methods.
"Here" showcases AI's potential in filmmaking and isn't the first film to use AI for de-aging. In 2023's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, ILM used Flux and infrared cameras to capture Harrison Ford's facial data and de-age him in postproduction.
AI Tutorial
How to use Google Drive with ChatGPT
ChatGPT's Google Drive integration makes it easier to add files.
*Note: ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Enterprise users have full access to Google Drive integration, while free accounts have limited file attachment access per day.
Visit the ChatGPT website and log in.
Click the paperclip icon in the chat.
Select Connect to Google Drive.
Click "Continue" to allow ChatGPT to access your Google account.
Go to the chat window and click the paperclip icon.
Click "Add from Google Drive."
Select a file and enter your prompt. ChatGPT-4 can handle more than just documents; it can also respond to audio and image inputs.
Make sure the documents you upload don't contain sensitive information, such as your address, banking details, or medical information.
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The latest in AI and Tech
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Microsoft has filed a patent for a method to reduce AI hallucinations, titled "Interacting with a Language Model Using External Knowledge and Feedback."
Perplexity AI is finalizing a $500 million funding round, led by Institutional Venture Partners. This investment will raise the startup's valuation to $9 billion.
Google briefly leaked its Jarvis AI on the Chrome Web Store, describing it as "a helpful companion that surfs the web for you."
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