Plus, OpenAI partners with defense-tech startup Anduril to include its technology in anti-drone systems. And OpenAI and Anthropic have opened offices in Switzerland to pursue employee talent. Danny Lewis hosts.
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[00:00:17] Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, December 4th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal.
[00:00:22] Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has struck a deal with defense startup Anduril to include some of its technology in anti-drone systems.
[00:00:31] It's a potentially lucrative reversal for the chat GPT developer, which until this year banned its AI from being used for military purposes.
[00:00:40] Anduril said OpenAI's technology could improve the accuracy and speed of its system's ability to respond to drone attacks.
[00:00:47] Both companies declined to comment on the financial terms of the partnership.
[00:00:51] Also, OpenAI and rival firm Anthropic have each opened offices in the Swiss city of Zurich.
[00:00:58] The move by the two top startups in the AI sector underscores their efforts to expand outside of Silicon Valley in their search for employee talent.
[00:01:06] An Anthropic spokesperson says the company has begun hiring locally.
[00:01:11] OpenAI says its new hires would focus on research into AI that can understand and combine different kinds of information, like text, images, and sound.
[00:01:19] We should note, News Corp., owner of The Wall Street Journal, has a content licensing partnership with OpenAI.
[00:01:27] And, a top U.S. security official says Chinese government hackers have compromised telecommunications networks in dozens of countries as part of a massive ongoing espionage campaign.
[00:01:37] The Biden administration's deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology, Ann Neuberger, says at least eight U.S. telecoms networks have been breached in the so-called Salt Typhoon campaign.
[00:01:49] Additionally, a senior administration official told the journal that hackers accessed a, quote,
[00:01:55] large number of Americans' cell phone metadata in a likely attempt to identify the phone lines of valuable senior government officials.
[00:02:03] The Chinese government has denied responsibility for the hack.
[00:02:07] For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech, check out Thursday's Tech News Briefing podcast.