EP-96 Openai’s $100b Funding Talks 💸, Google’s Custom Chatbots 🤖, Sec Targets Opensea 🎨

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, august 29th! check out today's top tech stories:

• openai’s massive valuation: openai is reportedly nearing a new funding round with a potential $100+ billion valuation, led by thrive capital and including microsoft. despite generating significant revenue, the company faces substantial losses due to heavy ai investments.
• google's custom chatbots: google introduces "gems," custom chatbots for various roles like gym buddy or cooking partner. available to gemini advanced, business, and enterprise users in over 150 countries.
• sec targets opensea: the sec issues a wells notice to nft marketplace opensea, hinting at potential formal charges. opensea’s ceo vows to challenge the claims and support nft creators with a $5 million legal fund.
• apple's new ios feature: apple rolls out "clean up," an ai-powered tool for removing objects from photos in its latest ios update, enhancing its suite of apple intelligence features.
• telegram ceo charged: telegram’s ceo pavel durov faces charges in france for enabling illegal transactions and facilitating the distribution of child sexual abuse material, released under judicial supervision with a €5 million bail.

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!