GPT-4o ("o" for "omni") is a multilingual, multimodal generative pre-trained transformer developed by OpenAI and released in May 2024. GPT-4o is free, but with a usage limit that is five times higher for ChatGPT Plus subscribers. It can process and generate text, images and audio. Its application programming interface (API) is twice as fast and half the price of its predecessor, GPT-4 Turbo .
85-615: Originally, multiple versions of GPT-4o were secretly launched under different names on Large Model Systems Organization's (LMSYS) Chatbot Arena as three different models. These three models were called gpt2-chatbot, im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot, and im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot. On 7 May 2024, Sam Altman tweeted "im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot", which was commonly interpreted as a confirmation that these were new OpenAI models being A/B tested . GPT-4o achieved state-of-the-art results in voice, multilingual, and vision benchmarks, setting new records in audio speech recognition and translation. GPT-4o scored 88.7 on
170-440: A blind date with a woman with whom a friend has been trying to set him up. The date goes well, but when Theodore hesitates to promise to see her again, she insults him and leaves. While discussing relationships with Samantha, Theodore explains that he briefly dated his neighbour Amy in college. They are now just friends and Amy is married to their mutual friend Charles. After a verbal sexual encounter , Theodore and Samantha develop
255-437: A cryptocurrency called Worldcoin . Tools For Humanity describes its cryptocurrency as similar to universal basic income . A Hong Kong regulator directed Worldcoin to cease operations there, stating that scanning and collecting iris and face images was "unnecessary and excessive". Altman has several other investments in companies including Humane , which is developing a wearable AI-powered device; Retro Biosciences ,
340-578: A startup accelerator , and was its president from 2014 to 2019. Altman was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois , into a Jewish family, and grew up in St. Louis , Missouri . His mother is a dermatologist, while his father was a real estate broker. Altman is the eldest of four siblings. At the age of eight, he received his first computer, an Apple Macintosh , and began to learn how to code and take apart computer hardware. He attended John Burroughs School ,
425-462: A $ 700 million equity fund designed to invest in YC companies as they matured. A week earlier, he had introduced Y Combinator Research , a non-profit research lab, donating $ 10 million of his own funds to establish it. In December 2015, Altman co-founded OpenAI , an artificial intelligence research organization, alongside notable figures such as Elon Musk , Jessica Livingston , and Peter Thiel . OpenAI
510-495: A blog post. The post said that the startup received only $ 45 million from Musk instead of his commitment of $ 1 billion and that Musk proposed to merge it with Tesla. Altman has been a vegetarian since childhood. Altman is openly gay . He disclosed his sexuality at the age of 17 in high school, where he spoke out after some students objected to a National Coming Out Day speaker. He dated Loopt co-founder Nick Sivo for nine years. They broke up shortly after
595-416: A clinical trial startup. During the depositor run on Silicon Valley Bank in mid-March 2023, Altman provided capital to multiple startups . Altman invests in technology startups and nuclear energy companies. Some of his portfolio companies include Airbnb , Stripe and Retro Biosciences . He is also chairman of the board for Helion Energy , a company focused on developing nuclear fusion, and Oklo Inc. ,
680-430: A copy of OS¹, an artificially intelligent operating system , designed to adapt and evolve from the user's interactions. He decides he wants the O.S. to have a feminine voice, and she names herself Samantha. Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. They bond over discussions about love and life, including Theodore's reluctance to sign his divorce papers. Samantha convinces Theodore to go on
765-466: A decade earlier. One of the first actors he envisioned for the film was Joaquin Phoenix . In late 2011, Phoenix signed on to the project, with Warner Bros. Pictures acquiring US and German distribution rights. Carey Mulligan entered negotiations to star in the film. Although she was cast, she later dropped out due to scheduling difficulties. In April 2012, Rooney Mara signed on to replace Mulligan in
850-456: A distraught Isabella away, causing tension between himself and Samantha. Theodore confides to Amy that he is having doubts about his relationship with Samantha, but reconciles with her after Amy advises him to embrace his chance at happiness. Samantha reveals that she has compiled the best of the letters he has written for others into a book, which a publisher has accepted. Theodore takes Samantha on vacation, during which she tells him that she and
935-457: A duet with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig , which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song . Initially, the soundtrack had not been released in digital or physical form. A 13-track score was made available for streaming online in January 2014, before being taken down. During an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) on Reddit on June 17, 2016, Will Butler mentioned the possibility of
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#17328759840811020-537: A future vinyl release. Finally, on February 10, 2021, Arcade Fire announced that the score would be available for the first time digitally, on white-colored vinyl, and on cassette on March 19, 2021. When Theodore requests a "melancholy song" from his virtual assistant on his way home from work, a song with the lyrics "When you know you're gonna die it isn't easy" is initially played, a fragment especially composed and recorded by Arcade Fire for this scene; Theodore then aborts by saying "next" and "Off You" by The Breeders
1105-555: A group of other O.S.s have developed a "hyperintelligent" O.S. modelled after British philosopher Alan Watts . Samantha briefly goes offline, causing Theodore to panic, but soon returns and explains that she joined other O.S.s for an upgrade that takes them beyond requiring matter for processing. Theodore is dismayed to learn that she is simultaneously talking with thousands of other people and that she has fallen in love with hundreds of them, though Samantha insists that this only strengthens her love for Theodore. Later, Samantha reveals that
1190-517: A less hands-on role as chairman of the board, allowing him to focus on OpenAI. This decision came shortly after YC announced it would be moving its headquarters to San Francisco. As of early 2020, he was no longer affiliated with YC. In 2019, Altman co-founded Tools For Humanity , a company that builds and distributes systems designed to scan people's eyes to provide authentication and verify proof of personhood to counter fraud. Participants who agree to have their eyes scanned are compensated with
1275-526: A limited six-theater release that December, Warner Bros. Pictures wide released Her in over 1,700 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 10, 2014. Her received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of Phoenix and Johansson, and Jonze's writing and direction. It grossed over $ 48 million worldwide on a production budget of $ 23 million. The film received numerous awards and nominations, primarily for Jonze's screenplay. At
1360-469: A little bit conceptual and being very theoretical", Van Hoytema took particular inspiration from Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi . In keeping with the film's theme, Van Hoytema sought to eliminate the color blue as much as possible, feeling it was too well associated with the sci-fi genre. He also felt that by eliminating the color it would give the rest of the colors "a specific identity". Principal photography on Her took place in mid-2012, with
1445-426: A mourning heart comes alive—because he loves Her." Corliss cited HAL 9000 and S1m0ne as cinematic predecessors to Her and praised Johansson, calling her performance "seductive and winning". Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a probing, inquisitive work of a very high order", although he expressed disappointment that the ending is more conventional than the rest of the film. McCarthy examined
1530-555: A new advanced AI research team. Two days later, OpenAI employees published an open letter to the board threatening to leave OpenAI and join Microsoft, where all employees had been promised jobs, unless all board members step down and reinstate Altman as CEO. 505 employees initially signed, which later grew to over 700 out of 770 total employees. This included Ilya Sutskever, who had previously advocated for firing Altman, but now had apologized stating on Twitter, "I regret my participation in
1615-1151: A nuclear fission company. In March 2021, Altman and investment banker Michael Klein co-founded AltC Acquisition Corp, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), where he is also the CEO. In May 2024, Oklo Inc. completed a merger with the SPAC to become a public company. Altman remained as chairman of Oklo following the merger. Altman debuted on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index in March 2024 with an estimated net worth of $ 2 billion, primarily from his venture capital funds related to Hydrazine Capital. Sam Altman has recently expanded his investment portfolio to include stakes in over 400 companies, valued at around $ 2.8 billion. Some of these investments intersect with companies doing business with OpenAI, which has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest, though Altman and OpenAI maintain that these are managed transparently. Additionally, Altman has been involved in discussions about
1700-476: A part-time basis. In February 2014, he was named president of YC by co-founder Paul Graham . In a 2014 blog post, Altman stated that the total valuation of YC companies had surpassed $ 65 billion, including Airbnb , Dropbox , Zenefits , and Stripe . He aimed to expand YC to fund 1,000 new companies per year and sought to broaden the types of companies funded, particularly focusing on "hard technology" startups. In October 2015, Altman announced YC Continuity ,
1785-402: A photo with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen . On Friday, November 17, 2023, OpenAI's board, composed of researcher Helen Toner , Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo , AI governance advocate Tasha McCauley, and most prominently in the firing, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever , announced that they had made the decision to remove Altman as CEO and Greg Brockman from
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#17328759840811870-472: A political project to improve U.S. housing and healthcare policy. In 2019, Altman held a fundraiser at his home in San Francisco for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and fellow tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang . In May 2020, Altman donated $ 250,000 to American Bridge 21st Century , a super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden . Altman is a supporter of land value taxation and
1955-672: A private school in Ladue , Missouri. In 2005, after two years at Stanford University studying computer science, he dropped out without earning a bachelor's degree. In 2005, at the age of 19, Sam Altman co-founded Loopt , a location-based social networking mobile application. As CEO, he raised more than $ 30 million in venture capital for the company, including an initial investment of $ 5 million from Patrick Chung of Xfund and his team at New Enterprise Associates , followed by investments from Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator . In March 2012, after Loopt failed to gain significant user traction,
2040-819: A production budget of $ 23 million. It was primarily filmed in Los Angeles including the Warner Bros. backlot, along with the Bradbury Building serving as Theodore's apartment building. The skyline and some of the cityscape were filmed in Shanghai for an additional two weeks. During production of the film, actress Samantha Morton performed the role of Samantha by acting on set "in a four-by-four carpeted soundproof booth made of black painted plywood and soft, noise-muffling fabric." At Jonze's suggestion, she and Joaquin Phoenix avoided seeing each other on set during filming. Morton
2125-541: A relationship that reflects positively in Theodore's writing and well-being, and in Samantha's enthusiasm to grow and learn. Amy later reveals that she is divorcing Charles after a trivial fight. She admits to Theodore that she has befriended a feminine O.S. that Charles left behind, and Theodore also confesses that he is dating his O.S. Theodore meets with Catherine to sign their divorce papers. When he mentions Samantha, Catherine
2210-446: A research company aiming to extend human life by 10 years; and Helion Energy , an American fusion research company. OpenAI was initially funded by Altman, Greg Brockman , Elon Musk , Jessica Livingston , Peter Thiel , Microsoft , Amazon Web Services , Infosys and YC Research. When OpenAI launched in 2015, it had raised $ 1 billion. In March 2019, Altman left Y Combinator to focus full-time on OpenAI as CEO. By
2295-477: A total of $ 4.9 million in home media sales. Her grossed $ 258,000 in six theaters during its opening weekend, averaging $ 43,000 per theater. The film earned over $ 3 million while on limited release, before expanding to a wide release of 1,729 theaters on January 10, 2014. On its first weekend of wide release the film took in $ 5.35 million. The film grossed $ 25.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 21.8 million in other territories, for
2380-526: A worldwide total of $ 47.4 million. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 288 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sweet, soulful, and smart, Spike Jonze's Her uses its just-barely-sci-fi scenario to impart wryly funny wisdom about the state of modern human relationships." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 91 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave
2465-418: Is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Jonze . Her follows Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , Olivia Wilde , and Chris Pratt . Her
2550-504: Is also significantly more capable and 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo, which it replaced on the ChatGPT interface. The price after fine-tuning doubles: $ 0.3 per million input tokens and $ 1.2 per million output tokens. GPT-4o mini is the default model for users not logged in and use ChatGPT as guests and for those who have hit the limit for GPT-4o. GPT-4o mini will become available in fall 2024 on Apple's mobile devices and Mac desktops, through
2635-406: Is appalled that he is romantically attracted to a "computer" and accuses him of being incapable of handling real human emotions. Sensing that Catherine's words have lingered in Theodore's mind, Samantha engages a volunteer sex surrogate , Isabella, to stimulate Theodore so that they can be physically intimate. Theodore reluctantly agrees but is overwhelmed by the strangeness of the encounter and sends
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2720-462: Is currently in limited alpha release and is based on the 4o-audio-preview. On 1 October 2024, the Realtime API was introduced. The model supports over 50 languages, which OpenAI claims cover over 97% of speakers. Mira Murati demonstrated the model's multilingual capability by speaking Italian to the model and having it translate between English and Italian during the live-streamed OpenAI demonstration event on 13 May 2024. In addition,
2805-577: Is played instead. Her had its world premiere as the closing film at the 2013 New York Film Festival on October 12, 2013. The following day, it was screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival . It was also in competition during the 8th Rome International Film Festival , where Johansson won Best Actress. The film was set to have a limited release in North America on November 20, 2013, through Warner Bros. Pictures . It
2890-577: Is the leading model in the LMSYS Elo Arena Benchmarks by the University of California, Berkeley . In August 2024, OpenAI introduced a new feature allowing corporate customers to customize GPT-4o using proprietary company data. This customization, known as fine-tuning , enables businesses to adapt GPT-4o to specific tasks or industries, enhancing its utility in areas like customer service and specialized knowledge domains. Previously, fine-tuning
2975-636: The 71st Golden Globe Awards , the film garnered three nominations, going on to win Best Screenplay for Jonze. Jonze was also awarded the Best Original Screenplay Award from the Writers Guild of America and at the 19th Critics' Choice Awards . The film also won Best Fantasy Film , Best Supporting Actress for Johansson, and Best Writing for Jonze at the 40th Saturn Awards . Her also won Best Film and Best Director for Jonze at
3060-615: The 86th Academy Awards , Her received five nominations, including Best Picture , and won for Best Original Screenplay . Jonze also won awards for his screenplay at the Golden Globes , the WGA Awards , the Critics' Choice Awards , and the Saturn Awards . In a 2016 BBC poll of 177 critics around the world, Her was voted the 84th-greatest film since 2000. It is now considered to be one of
3145-559: The Apple Intelligence feature. As released, GPT-4o offered five voices: Breeze, Cove, Ember, Juniper and Sky. A similarity between the voice of American actress Scarlett Johansson and Sky was quickly noticed. On May 14, Entertainment Weekly asked themselves whether this likeness was on purpose. On May 18, Johansson's husband, Colin Jost , joked about the similarity in a segment on Saturday Night Live . On May 20, 2024, OpenAI disabled
3230-702: The National Board of Review Awards , and the American Film Institute included the film in its list of the top ten films of 2013. In an article from The Verge discussing the film a decade after its release, Sheon Han argued that Her' s exploration of complex feelings surrounding AI contrasted from other films depicting AI and human relationships. A retrospective article from Wired similarly discussed its portrayal of AI-human relationships, with Kate Knibbs noting its more optimistic viewpoint of artificial general intelligence . Knibbs also claimed that in
3315-470: The best films of the 2010s and the 21st century, and as one of the best science fiction films of all time. In a near future Los Angeles , Theodore Twombly is a lonely, introverted man who works at beautifullyhandwrittenletters.com, a business that has professional writers compose letters for people who cannot write letters of a personal nature on their own. Depressed because of his impending divorce from his childhood sweetheart Catherine, Theodore purchases
3400-630: The chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019 (he was briefly fired and reinstated in November 2023). He is also the Chairman of clean energy companies Oklo Inc. and Helion Energy . Altman is considered to be one of the leading figures of the AI boom . He dropped out of Stanford University after two years and founded Loopt , a mobile social networking service , raising more than $ 30 million in venture capital . In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator ,
3485-422: The "massive backlash", concluding that "appropriating the voice of one of the world's most famous movie stars — in reference [...] to a film that serves as a cautionary tale about over-reliance on AI — is unlikely to help shift the public back into [Sam Altman's] corner anytime soon." Sam Altman Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as
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3570-696: The Giving Pledge in May 2024. Altman is an apocalypse preparer . He said in 2016: "I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israel Defense Forces , and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to." Recode reported that Altman might run for governor of California in the 2018 election , but he decided not to enter. In 2018, Altman announced "the United Slate",
3655-490: The Massive Multitask Language Understanding ( MMLU ) benchmark compared to 86.5 by GPT-4. Unlike GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, which rely on other models to process sound, GPT-4o natively supports voice-to-voice. Sam Altman noted on 15 May 2024 that GPT-4o's voice-to-voice capabilities were not yet integrated into ChatGPT, and that the old version was still being used. This new mode, called Advanced Voice Mode,
3740-415: The O.S.s are leaving, but cannot explain where they are going as Theodore would not understand. They lovingly say goodbye before she departs. Theodore finally writes a letter in his own voice to Catherine, expressing apology, acceptance, and gratitude. He later goes with Amy, who is saddened by the departure of Charles' O.S. to the roof of their apartment building, where they sit down and watch the sunrise over
3825-449: The Sky voice, issuing a statement saying "We've heard questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT, especially Sky. We are working to pause the use of Sky while we address them." Scarlett Johansson starred in the sci-fi movie Her in 2013, playing the role of Samantha, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. As part of the promotion leading up to
3910-500: The acting performances that "[make] it all feel spontaneous and urgent." Richard Roeper said that the film was "one of the more original, hilarious and even heartbreaking stories of the year" and called Phoenix "perfectly cast". Manohla Dargis of The New York Times named it "at once a brilliant conceptual gag and a deeply sincere romance." Claudia Puig of USA Today called the performance of Phoenix and Johansson "sensational" and "pitch-perfect", respectively. She further praised
3995-484: The adoption and effectiveness of AI in corporate environments. On July 18, 2024, OpenAI released a smaller and cheaper version, GPT-4o mini . According to OpenAI, its low cost is expected to be particularly useful for companies, startups and developers that seek to integrate it into their services, which often make a high amount of API calls. Its API costs $ 0.15 per million input tokens and $ 0.6 per million output tokens, compared to $ 5 and $ 15 respectively for GPT-4o. It
4080-458: The advent of AI chatbots, the film "looks even more fantastical than when it debuted." Her has been referenced many times as an example of a voice assistant. In 2024, OpenAI released their newest iteration of ChatGPT, GPT-4o. GPT-4o offers five integrated voices, one of which is named Sky, which was quickly noted to be similar to Scarlett Johansson's voice, even though she had repeatedly rejected OpenAI's offer for using her audio likeness. During
4165-637: The annual Experiment Cup at an event at Harvard University . In 2023, Altman was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world and CEO of the Year by Time magazine. He was also on the Time's list of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023 and in 2024. He was one of the "Best Young Entrepreneurs in Technology" by Businessweek in 2008, and the top investor under 30 by Forbes magazine in 2015. Altman
4250-463: The board "psychological abuse" from Altman, and provided screenshots and documentation to support their claims. She said that many employees feared retaliation if they didn't support Altman, and that when Altman was Loopt's CEO, the management team asked twice to fire him for what they called "deceptive and chaotic behavior". For eight days in 2014, Altman was the CEO of Reddit , a social media company, after CEO Yishan Wong resigned. He announced
4335-512: The board's actions." Late in the night on November 20, OpenAI announced that they had reached an "agreement in principle" for Altman to return as CEO and Brockman to return as president. The current board was to resign, other than D'Angelo, who was kept to represent the views of the previous board. On March 8, 2024, OpenAI announced that Altman would rejoin the board of directors after a review by law firm WilmerHale . In May 2024, after OpenAI's non-disparagement agreements were exposed, Altman
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#17328759840814420-525: The board, both of whom were co-founders. The announcement cited that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications" in a public announcement on the OpenAI blog. In response, Brockman resigned from his role as President of OpenAI. The day after Altman was removed, The Verge reported that Altman and the board were in talks to bring him back to OpenAI. On November 20, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Altman would be joining Microsoft to lead
4505-498: The city. The idea of the film initially came to Jonze in the early 2000s when he read an article online that mentioned a website where a user could instant message with an artificial intelligence. "For the first, maybe, 20 seconds of it, it had this real buzz," said Jonze. "I'd say 'Hey, hello,' and it would say 'Hey, how are you?', and it was like whoa ... this is trippy. After 20 seconds, it quickly fell apart and you realized how it actually works, and it wasn't that impressive. But it
4590-463: The company was acquired by the Green Dot Corporation for $ 43.4 million. In April 2012, Altman co-founded Hydrazine Capital with his brother, Jack Altman. The venture capital firm is still in operation and focuses on early-stage tech investments. In 2011, Altman became a partner at Y Combinator (YC), a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups, initially working on
4675-535: The company was acquired in 2012. In 2021, Altman's sister Annie wrote a message on Twitter accusing him of "sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, and financial abuse". Altman married engineer Oliver Mulherin in January 2024, at their estate in Hawaii; the pair also live in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood and often spend weekends in Napa, California . They committed to giving away most of their wealth by signing
4760-409: The difference." In the statement, Johansson also used the incident to draw attention to the lack of legal safeguards around the use of creative work to power leading AI tools, as her legal counsel demanded OpenAI detail the specifics of how the Sky voice was created. Observers noted similarities to how Johansson had previously sued and settled with The Walt Disney Company for breach of contract over
4845-450: The direct-to-streaming rollout of her Marvel film Black Widow , a settlement widely speculated to have netted her around $ 40M. Also on May 21, Shira Ovide at The Washington Post shared her list of "most bone-headed self-owns" by technology companies, with the decision to go ahead with a Johansson sound-alike voice despite her opposition and then denying the similarities ranking 6th. On May 24, Derek Robertson at Politico wrote about
4930-814: The film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale. Rolling Stone ' s Peter Travers awarded the film three and a half stars out of four and particularly praised Johansson's performance, stating that she "speaks Samantha in tones sweet, sexy, caring, manipulative and scary" and that her "vocal tour de force is award-worthy". He also went on to call Jonze "a visionary". Richard Corliss of Time applauded Phoenix's performance, comparing his role to Sandra Bullock 's in Gravity and Robert Redford 's in All Is Lost : "Phoenix must communicate his movie's meaning and feelings virtually on his own. That he does, with subtle grace and depth. ... Phoenix shows us what it's like when
5015-560: The film for being "inventive, intimate and wryly funny". Scott Mendelson of Forbes called Her "a creative and empathetic gem of a movie", praising Johansson's "marvelous vocal performance" and the supporting performances of Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Amy Adams. Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail said that the film was "gentle and weird", praised its humor, and opined that it was more similar to Charlie Kaufman 's Synecdoche, New York than Jonze's Being John Malkovich and Adaptation . Lacey also stated that Phoenix's performance
5100-542: The first draft of the script in five months, marking his solo screenwriting debut. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and Shanghai in mid-2012. The role of Samantha was recast in post-production, with Samantha Morton being replaced with Scarlett Johansson. Additional scenes were filmed in August 2013 following the casting change. Her premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 12, 2013. Followed
5185-540: The future of AI, focusing on ethical challenges and the role of AI in scientific discovery. In 2017, Altman received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada for supporting companies through its Velocity entrepreneurship program. The government of Indonesia issued the country's first "golden visa", a 10-year border pass, to Altman in September 2023. In 2024, Xfund awarded Altman
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#17328759840815270-419: The major contributors. At the 86th Academy Awards , the score was nominated for Best Original Score . In addition to the score, Arcade Fire also wrote the song "Supersymmetry" for the film, which also appears on their album Reflektor . The melody for "Porno", another song from the same album, can also be heard during the soundtrack. Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O recorded the song " The Moon Song ",
5355-527: The new tokenizer uses fewer tokens for certain languages, especially languages that are not based on the Latin alphabet , making it cheaper for those languages. GPT-4o has knowledge up to October 2023, but can access the Internet if up-to-date information is needed. It has a context length of 128k tokens with output token limit capped to 4,096, and after a later update (gpt-4o-2024-08-06) to 16,384. As of May 2024, it
5440-492: The payment of universal basic income (UBI). In 2021, he wrote a blog post titled, "Moore's Law for Everything," which stated his belief that within ten years' time, AI could generate $ 13,500 of yearly UBI in the United States. In 2024, he suggested a new kind of UBI called "universal basic compute" to give everyone a "slice" of ChatGPT's computing power. On November 18, 2024 San Francisco Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie named him to his transition team. Her (film) Her
5525-411: The performances of Phoenix and Johansson, but also criticizing Phoenix's character, calling him an "idiot". He also criticized the lack of realism in the relationship between Phoenix and Johansson's characters. Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice opined that Jonze was "so entranced with his central conceit that he can barely move beyond it", and criticized the dialogue as being "premeditated". At
5610-569: The premise of the story and suggested that the film's central virtual relationship was better than Ryan Gosling 's character's relationship with a sex doll in Lars and the Real Girl . McCarthy compares the "tender" and "vulnerable" performance of Phoenix to his "fearsome" performance in The Master . He also praised Jonze's writing for its insights into what people want out of love and relationships, as well as
5695-432: The recast, new scenes were shot in August 2013, which were either "newly imagined" or "new scenes that [Jonze] had wanted to shoot originally but didn't." Eric Zumbrunnen and Jeff Buchanan served as the film's editors. Zumbrunnen stated that there was "rewriting" in a scene between Theodore and Samantha, after Theodore goes on a blind date. He explained that their goal in the scene was to make it clear that "she (Samantha)
5780-454: The release of GPT-4o, Sam Altman on May 13 tweeted a single word: "her". OpenAI stated that each voice was based on the voice work of a hired actor. According to OpenAI, "Sky's voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice." CTO Mira Murati stated "I don't know about the voice. I actually had to go and listen to Scarlett Johansson's voice." OpenAI further stated
5865-532: The return of Steve Huffman as CEO on July 10, 2015. He remained on its board until 2022. Altman invested in multiple rounds of funding Reddit, in 2014, 2015, and 2021. Prior to Reddit's initial public offering in 2024, Altman was listed as its third-largest shareholder, with around nine percent ownership. During the COVID-19 pandemic , Altman helped fund and create Project Covalence to help researchers rapidly launch clinical trials in partnership with TrialSpark,
5950-401: The role. Chris Pratt 's casting was announced in May 2013. Jonze's long-time director of photography , Lance Acord , was not available to work on the movie. In his place, Jonze hired Hoyte van Hoytema . In discussing the film's look, Jonze told Van Hoytema that he wanted to avoid a dystopian look, instead the two decided on a style that Van Hoytema termed "kind of a hybrid between being
6035-557: The same time, she praised Johannson's performance, calling it "the movie's saving grace", and stating that Her "isn't just unimaginable without Johansson—it might have been unbearable without her." Her was listed on many critics' top ten lists. Her has earned various awards and nominations, with particular praise for Jonze's screenplay. At the Academy Awards , the film was nominated in five categories, including Best Picture , with Jonze winning for Best Original Screenplay . At
6120-823: The summer of 2019, he had helped raise $ 1 billion from Microsoft. Altman testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law on May 16, 2023, about issues of AI oversight. After the success of ChatGPT , the company's chatbot application, Altman made a world tour in May 2023, during which he visited 22 countries and met multiple leaders and diplomats, including British prime minister Rishi Sunak , French president Emmanuel Macron , Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez , German chancellor Olaf Scholz , Indian prime minister Narendra Modi , South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol and Israeli president Isaac Herzog . He stood for
6205-454: The voice talent was recruited before reaching out to Johansson. On May 21, Johansson issued a statement explaining that OpenAI had repeatedly offered to make her a deal to gain permission to use her voice as early as nine months prior to release, a deal she rejected. She said she was "shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell
6290-518: Was "authentically vulnerable" but that "his emotionally arrested development also begins to weigh the film down." Conversely, Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle criticized the story, pacing, and Phoenix's character. He also opined that the film was "a lot more interesting to think about than watch". J. R. Jones of the Chicago Reader gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, praising
6375-460: Was accused of lying when claiming to have been unaware of the equity cancellation provision for departing employees that don't sign the agreement. Also in May, former board member Helen Toner explained the board's rationale for firing Altman in November 2023. She stated that Altman had withheld information, for example about the release of ChatGPT and his ownership of OpenAI's startup fund. She also alleged that two executives in OpenAI had reported to
6460-421: Was available only on the less powerful model GPT-4o mini. The fine-tuning process requires customers to upload their data to OpenAI's servers, with the training typically taking one to two hours. Initially, the customization will be limited to text-based data. OpenAI's focus with this rollout is to reduce the complexity and effort required for businesses to tailor AI solutions to their needs, potentially increasing
6545-438: Was connecting with him (Theodore) and feeling for him. You wanted to get the sense that the conversation was drawing them closer." Steven Soderbergh became involved in the film when Jonze's original cut ran over 150 minutes, and Soderbergh cut it down to 90 minutes. This was not the final version of the film, but it assisted Jonze in removing unnecessary sub-plots. Consequently, a supporting character played by Chris Cooper that
6630-400: Was dedicated to James Gandolfini , Harris Savides , Maurice Sendak and Adam Yauch , who all died before the film's release. Jonze conceived the idea in the early 2000s after reading an article about a website that allowed for instant messaging with an artificial intelligence program. After making I'm Here (2010), a short film sharing similar themes, Jonze returned to the idea. He wrote
6715-449: Was established with the goal of promoting and developing friendly AI for the benefit of humanity. The organization was initially funded with $ 1 billion in commitments from its founders and other investors, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. In September 2016, Altman announced his expanded role as president of YC Group, which included Y Combinator and other units. In March 2019, YC announced Altman's transition from president to
6800-540: Was invited to attend the Bilderberg Meeting in 2016, 2022 , and 2023 . Walter Isaacson opined that Altman had "Musk-like intensity" and that it had been instrumental in the founding of OpenAI in partnership with Elon Musk . In late February 2024 Musk sued OpenAI and Altman, alleging they broke the company’s founding agreement by giving priority to profit over benefit to humanity. A few days later OpenAI executives, including Altman, dismissed these claims in
6885-542: Was later pushed back to a limited December 18, 2013 release, with a January 10, 2014 wide release in order to accommodate an awards campaign. Her was released by Warner Home Video on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on March 4, 2014. The Blu-ray release includes three behind-the-scenes featurettes, while the DVD release contains one featurette. The film made $ 2.7 million in DVD sales and $ 2.2 million in Blu-ray Disc sales, for
6970-435: Was later replaced by Scarlett Johansson . Jonze explained: "It was only in post-production, when we started editing, that we realized that what the character/movie needed was different from what Samantha and I had created together. So we recast and since then Scarlett has taken over that role." Morton is credited as an associate producer. Jonze met Johansson in the spring of 2013 and worked with her for four months. Following
7055-400: Was still, for 20 seconds, really exciting. The more people that talked to it, the smarter it got." Jonze's interest in the project was renewed after directing the short film I'm Here (2010), which shares similar themes. Inspiration also came from Charlie Kaufman 's writing approach for Synecdoche, New York (2008). Jonze explained, "[Kaufman] said he wanted to try to write everything he
7140-473: Was the subject of a documentary within the film was removed from the final cut. Several scenes included fictional video games; these sequences were developed by animation artist David OReilly . His work on the film inspired him to explore developing his own video games, eventually leading to his first title, Mountain . The score for the film was credited to Arcade Fire , with additional music by Owen Pallett . Arcade Fire's Will Butler and Pallett were
7225-448: Was thinking about in that moment – all the ideas and feelings at that time – and put it into the script. I was very inspired by that, and tried to do that in [ Her ]. And a lot of the feelings you have about relationships or about technology are often contradictory." Jonze took five months to write the first draft of the script, his first screenplay written alone. It was a semi-autobiographical project about his divorce from Sofia Coppola
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