2026-08-31
OpenAI has started letting some customers pay only when the AI works
OpenAI has begun letting some of its largest customers pay only when its AI actually completes the job. Kevin McLaughlin and Amir Efrati reported the change to The Information, giving the example of a customer support interaction handled end-to-end. The arrangement is limited to select major accounts rather than offered generally, and OpenAI has not announced […]<br /> This story continue [...]
2026-08-31
AI scribes are getting drug names and diagnoses wrong in NHS records
A patient in England was told they had demyelination, the nerve damage that underlies conditions including multiple sclerosis. The test result had actually read “null demyelination”, and an AI scribe had dropped the word that reversed the meaning. That case appears in a warning from Healthwatch England, the statutory patient watchdog, reported by the Guardian today. […]<br /> This sto [...]
2026-08-31
Meta projected spending up to $10bn a year on Anthropic’s AI models
Meta has become one of Anthropic’s largest customers, at the same time as Mark Zuckerberg has been attacking the company in public. At one point this year Meta internally projected that it could spend as much as $10bn a year on Anthropic’s models, The New York Times reported, citing two people who declined to be […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-31
OpenAI and rival AI labs are buying tens of thousands of Mac minis to train computer-use agents
According to The Information, OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train computer agents. Anthropic also relies on Apple hardware. Demand is so high that the most powerful models have been sold out for months. Apple’s Mac revenue rose by nearly 29 percent to $10.4 billion in the June quarter.<br /> The article OpenAI and rival AI labs are buying tens of th [...]