EP-103 Openai’s Controversies 🤖, Google’s Legal Battles ⚖️, Roblox’s Creator Boom 💼

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, september 9.

• openai's dominance: chatgpt is now used by over 92% of fortune 500 companies, but faces challenges with its new gpt-4o model due to voice feature controversy and a significant copyright lawsuit from alden global capital-owned newspapers.
• google's legal battles: google is in court defending its advertising model against federal monopoly accusations, following a landmark ruling in august that confirmed google's monopoly in internet search.
• roblox developers conference: unveiling new earning opportunities for creators, including increased revenue shares, shopify integrations for merchandise sales, and a teaser of a generative ai project aimed at simplifying 3d content creation.
• venture capital and ai investment: traditional vcs struggle to keep up with the $26.8 billion ai investment boom led by tech giants, leading to a market distortion with few ipos and exits.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow