OpenAI is expanding its Custom Model program to help enterprise customers develop custom generative AI models using its technology for specific use cases, domains, and applications. Custom Model was launched last year at OpenAI's inaugural developer conference, DevDay, offering companies the opportunity to work with a group of dedicated OpenAI researchers to train and optimize models for specific domains. “Dozens” of customers have signed up for the custom form since then. But OpenAI says that by working with this initial group of users, it recognized the need to “evolve” the software to “maximize performance.” It then helped with fine-tuning. Assisted…
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Ford CEO Jim Farley at the automaker's battery lab in suburban Detroit, announcing a new $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in the state to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries, February 13, 2023.Michael Wayland/CNBCDetroit — “ ford motor The company is delaying production of a large SUV and an all-electric pickup truck, as it shifts to offering hybrid options across its entire North American lineup by 2030.The Detroit automaker said Thursday it will continue to invest in electric vehicles, but is delaying production of the three-row SUV at a factory in Canada until 2027 from its initial 2025 plan. It…
Activia yogurt pots, manufactured by Danone SA, are displayed on display.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCEO of the French consumer goods giant Danone Amazon has played down the risk of obesity drugs to its nutritional business, arguing that consumers are more likely to turn to healthier products as part of their new weight-loss regime.Antoine de Saint-Afrique said the increasing demand for medicines such as Wijovi and Mongaro will only increase consumers' appetite for more food products.“We consider ourselves very complementary to GLP-1s,” de Saint-Afrique told CNBC's Charlotte Reed on Wednesday.GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists, are the primary class of drugs used…
Good morning. It's Thursday, April 4th. This is Ryan Fonseca and I'm joined by our fellow journalist Daphne Karabatore. Here's what you need to know to start your day. the news Start your day right Sign up for Essential California to get news, features and recommendations from the LA Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. Enter your email address Involve me You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. What $20 an hour means, according to fast food workers, franchisees and customers A sweeping change occurred this week within fast food chains like…
the news Get the LA Times Politics newsletter The latest news, analysis and insights from our politics team. Enter your email address Involve me You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Gov. Gavin Newsom has been one of the most progressive governors on criminal justice reform, but he doesn't really want to overdo it now. There is no greater example of this than Death Row, which I had the opportunity to visit last week. A Hollywood designer can't do better when it comes to ragtag horror. The men are detained for up to 148 hours each…
Welcome to today's edition of Boiling Point. I'm Ian James, climate and environment correspondent at The Times, replacing my colleague Sammy Roth.Salmon is king.It's a phrase I've heard more than once when I've interviewed people who depend on fishing and asked them what the closure of the salmon fishery last year meant to them.Along the California coast from May to October, commercial fishing boats and sport fishing vessels chartered are usually in the ocean transporting salmon. But declining populations led to the cancellation of last year's season, and this year's fisheries regulators will soon consider whether to ban fishing for…
BYD has teased its upcoming electric pickup truck, which the Chinese auto giant said it will launch in 2024.BYDBYD The company plans to launch its first electric pickup truck this year, as the Chinese giant works to increase competition with global car companies, from Ford to Tesla.The mid-sized to large pickup truck was developed for the global market, BYD said in a press release.BYD showed off images of the truck covered in orange and blue camouflage, with very little visible detail inside or outside the vehicle. The selling price of the car was not revealed.The pickup truck will look to…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Hertz Global – The car rental stock fell nearly 5% after a rating downgrade to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Analyst Lizzie Dove believes investors have not yet fully priced in some of the near-term pressures. Nugget – Shares of the financial services platform fell 3% after a rating downgrade to underweight from equal weight at Morgan Stanley. The company cited “high market penetration and limited additional opportunities” as reasons for the change. Zeta Global – The stock rose 5% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the software company to an overweight…
After years of being overshadowed by flashy electric cars from… Tesla In addition, the hybrid car – a gas tank containing an engine and an electric motor – is back in the spotlight again.Electric vehicle sales have slowed in the United States, according to auto and data tracking site Edmunds, as the time it takes to sell a car once it arrives on a dealer lot rose from 25 days at the start of 2023 to 72 days over the course of just over a year. After one year. This metric, called “days remaining,” is a good measure of popularity.The…
Open Editor's Digest for freeRula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.Seventy-one years ago, Francis Crick stormed into the Eagle pub in Cambridge to announce to astonished lunchtime drinkers that he and fellow researcher James Watson had discovered “the secret of life.” Deciphering the structure of DNA launched a new era of scientific research and won them the Nobel Prize in Medicine.Nowadays, finding out your DNA is very cheap and easy. Spit into a tube, send it to a lab and a genetics testing company will email you the results for as little…