ChainCatcher news, according to The Wall Street Journal, a group of investors led by Musk has proposed to acquire the nonprofit organization that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion, hoping to restore it as a "public benefit organization focused on open source and safety." In response, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on the X platform, "No, thank you, but if you’re willing, we can acquire Twitter for $9.74 billion."The acquisition proposal is led by Musk's AI company xAI, with investors including Valor Equity Partners, Baron Capital, Atreides Management, Vy Capital, 8VC, and Ari Emanuel's investment fund. OpenAI has not responded.

ChainCatcher news, according to techinasia, OpenAI announced plans to open its first office in Germany, with the Munich office set to begin operations in the coming months. Germany is the country with the largest number of OpenAI users, paying subscribers, and developers in Europe, making it a key market for expansion. This decision was made after discussions with German officials since 2023 and is supported by the government agency Germany Trade & Invest, which promotes international business.This move aligns with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, which aims to establish global regulatory standards for artificial intelligence. In addition to the Munich office, OpenAI has previously established offices in Paris, Brussels, and Dublin.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, hackers have posted on dark web forums claiming to hold login credentials for 20 million OpenAI user accounts and have begun to publicly sell them.Security researchers have verified sample data and found that at least two email addresses are invalid, and other posts by the user on the forum are also related to stolen logs. The relevant posts have now been deleted, raising doubts about the authenticity of this leak incident.OpenAI has stated that it has urgently launched an investigation, and preliminary evidence suggests that its systems have not been compromised, but users should remain vigilant about potential risks and take necessary security measures.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techstartups, the artificial intelligence startup Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever last year, is in talks for a new round of financing, with a valuation of at least $20 billion.This valuation has increased fourfold from the $5 billion valuation during its $1 billion financing completed in September last year. The specific amount of financing has not yet been determined, and the negotiations are still in the early stages.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, OpenAI has stated that it is investigating a hacking incident in which a hacker claims to have stolen login credentials for 20 million user accounts from the AI company and is selling them on dark web forums. The pseudonymous intruder posted a mysterious message in Russian, advertising "access codes for over 20 million OpenAI accounts," referring to it as a "gold mine," and also provided potential buyers with sample data that allegedly includes email addresses and passwords. It is reported that the complete dataset is being sold for "just a few dollars."If this incident is true, it would be the third major security incident OpenAI has faced since the public release of ChatGPT. However, this time, security researchers are even uncertain whether a hacking attack actually occurred. An OpenAI spokesperson responded, stating, "We take these allegations seriously, and so far, we have not seen any evidence that suggests this is related to a breach of OpenAI systems."

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, SoftBank is set to invest $40 billion in OpenAI, valuing it at $260 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the open-source large model project DeepSeek-V3 has received 77,700 stars on the GitHub platform, surpassing OpenAI to become the most popular AI project on the platform.As of 2 PM on February 7, statistics show that among other mainstream open-source large model projects, Meta's Llama series has received a maximum of 57,500 stars, Alibaba Cloud's Qwen2.5 has received 14,900 stars, and Zero One's Yi has received 7,800 stars.

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI officially announced that the ChatGPT search feature is now available to all users on its official website, and users can use this feature without registering an account.

ChainCatcher news, following the American AI leaders such as OpenAI and Meta allowing their models to be used for military purposes, Google has also "sneakily" joined this camp recently.Local media discovered on Tuesday that Google has removed a commitment from its AI principles that promised to avoid using AI technology for weapons and other potentially harmful applications. Google's Senior Vice President James Manyika and DeepMind head Demis Hassabis subsequently defended this move in a blog post. They argued that businesses and governments need to collaborate on AI that "supports national security."

ChainCatcher news, India's Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw has just posted on the social media platform X that he met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss AI strategies involving GPUs, models, and applications.Vaishnaw stated that OpenAI intends to collaborate with India in these three areas and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of promoting technology democratization.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, SoftBank Group announced a partnership with OpenAI to jointly develop and sell an advanced enterprise artificial intelligence named "Cristal intelligence." SoftBank will invest $3 billion annually to deploy OpenAI's solutions across its group companies.SoftBank and OpenAI also announced the establishment of a new joint venture called "SB OpenAI Japan," which will specifically promote OpenAI's enterprise technology to large companies in Japan, with both parties holding a 50% stake.SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son stated that he believes general artificial intelligence (AGI) will become a reality in less than 10 years and that "AGI can first be realized in large enterprise businesses." To achieve this goal, "a considerable amount of funding is needed," and this funding "is currently only available to large enterprises."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi citing the tech media TechCrunch, in a Reddit AMA Q&A, OpenAI CEO Altman admitted that DeepSeek has weakened OpenAI's leading position in the AI field.He stated: "We have stood on the wrong side of history regarding open source. I think we need to find a different open source strategy, and not everyone at OpenAI agrees with this view, nor is it our top priority at the moment. We will produce better models, but the competitive advantage will not be as significant as before."

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times of the UK, SoftBank is in talks with OpenAI for a direct investment of $15 billion to $25 billion, having previously committed to invest over $15 billion in the "Interstellar Gateway" project.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 reports, based on market news, Microsoft (MSFT.O) is investigating whether organizations related to DeepSeek have obtained data from OpenAI.

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X: "The R1 model from DeepSeek is an impressive model, especially considering the cost-performance ratio. We will obviously provide better models, and the emergence of new competitors is indeed exciting. We will release some new versions.But most importantly, we are thrilled to continue executing our research roadmap and believe that more computation is needed now more than ever to successfully accomplish our mission.The world will need to use a vast amount of artificial intelligence, and the emergence of next-generation models will be astonishing. Looking forward to bringing you updates on AGI and more."

ChainCatcher news, ai16z founder Shaw stated, "I really hope to see tokens enter a new era, providing funding support for tangible technology and research projects with clear investment returns.This should not be limited to mindshare or purely meme plays, but rather a real way executed through smart contracts, allowing ordinary people to invest in the next Uber or OpenAI and gain returns from it.Currently, only a few people have access to high-value return companies, which is unfair. Everyone should have the opportunity to participate. Everyone should be able to help ambitious founders guide their ideas from zero to growth."