Product & Service Launches in 2024 — Coverage Timeline & Analysis

Users have created over 3 million custom GPTs/chatbots on OpenAI's platform.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

OpenAI users GPTs chatbots

OpenAI debuts a GPT Store for paid users to share and find custom chatbots and plans to start sharing revenue in Q1; users have already made 3M+ chatbots so far

Bloomberg · 2024-01-11 · #22

OpenAI launches the GPT Store, a marketplace-like directory for paid users to share and find custom chatbots.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

OpenAI GPT Store

OpenAI debuts a GPT Store for paid users to share and find custom chatbots and plans to start sharing revenue in Q1; users have already made 3M+ chatbots so far

Bloomberg · 2024-01-11 · #22

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Team, a new subscription plan for teams of up to 149 people, priced at $30 per user per month or $25 per user per month when billed annually.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

OpenAI ChatGPT Team

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Team, a new subscription plan for teams of up to 149 people, for $30 per user per month, or $25 per user per month billed annually

TechCrunch · 2024-01-11 · #21

Amazon launches 'Badge Pay,' using its Just Walk Out retail technology to let employees use their badges for payments, beginning at a hospital in Savannah, GA.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Amazon Badge Pay Just Walk Out hospital in Savannah, GA

Netflix says 85% of subscribers on its ad-supported tier stream for more than 2 hours per day.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Netflix ad tier

Netflix says its ad tier has 23M+ MAUs globally, up from 15M+ in November 2023, and 85% of subscribers on the ad tier are streaming for over 2 hours per day

Variety · 2024-01-11 · #19

Netflix reports its ad-supported tier has over 23 million monthly active users globally, up from over 15 million in November 2023.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Netflix ad tier

Netflix says its ad tier has 23M+ MAUs globally, up from 15M+ in November 2023, and 85% of subscribers on the ad tier are streaming for over 2 hours per day

Variety · 2024-01-11 · #19

Dudesy releases an hour-long comedy special that features an AI-generated recreation of comedian George Carlin (who died in 2008).

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Dudesy hour-long comedy special AI-generated recreation of George Carlin

Dudesy, an AI-driven podcast curated by humans, releases an hour-long comedy special featuring an AI-generated recreation of George Carlin, who died in 2008

Rolling Stone · 2024-01-11 · #14

Second-batch orders for the R1 are scheduled to ship in April to May 2024.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Rabbit R1

After announcing the $199 R1 “Large Action Model” AI handheld at CES, Rabbit sold 10K units in one day; second batch orders are set to ship in April to May 2024

The Verge · 2024-01-11 · #11

The R1 sold out of its first batch.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Rabbit R1

After announcing the $199 R1 “Large Action Model” AI handheld at CES, Rabbit sold 10K units in one day; second batch orders are set to ship in April to May 2024

The Verge · 2024-01-11 · #11

Rabbit announced the $199 R1 'Large Action Model' AI handheld at CES.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Rabbit R1 Large Action Model AI handheld

After announcing the $199 R1 “Large Action Model” AI handheld at CES, Rabbit sold 10K units in one day; second batch orders are set to ship in April to May 2024

The Verge · 2024-01-11 · #11

Sources say Meta is focusing on quickly releasing AI products following the strategic shift.

rumored 1 article 2024-01-11

Meta AI products

Sources describe how AI replaced the metaverse as Mark Zuckerberg's top priority, leading Meta to ruthlessly cut jobs and focus on quickly releasing AI products

Bloomberg · 2024-01-11 · #10

Sources say AI replaced the metaverse as Meta's top strategic priority under Mark Zuckerberg.

rumored 1 article 2024-01-11

Meta metaverse AI

Sources describe how AI replaced the metaverse as Mark Zuckerberg's top priority, leading Meta to ruthlessly cut jobs and focus on quickly releasing AI products

Bloomberg · 2024-01-11 · #10

Google plans to remove 17 underutilized Google Assistant features in February, including controls for audiobooks, media alarms, recipes, messages, events, and more, ahead of a shift toward Bard.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11

Google Google Assistant features audiobook controls media alarms recipes messages events

Google plans to remove 17 “underutilized” Assistant features in February, including controlling audiobooks, media alarms, recipes, messages, events, and more

9to5Google · 2024-01-11 · #6

Google is exploring integrating newer AI technology into Google Assistant.

rumored 1 article 2024-01-11

Google AI technologies

Google lays off hundreds of staff working on Assistant and says the restructuring would help improve Assistant as the company explores integrating newer AI tech

Semafor · 2024-01-11 · #1

Be Group provides ride-hailing, delivery, and digital financial services in Vietnam.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

Be Group ride-hailing delivery digital financial services

Vietnam-based Be Group, which provides ride-hailing, delivery, and digital financial services, raised ~$30M from VPBank, in a bid to take on Grab and GoTo

Bloomberg · 2024-01-10 · #42

Chinese companies have adopted RISC-V as a central tool for chip development.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

Chinese companies RISC-V

How RISC-V, the US-developed, open-source chip instruction set architecture, became a central tool for Chinese companies and governments, leading to US concerns

New York Times · 2024-01-10 · #9

UK online clothing shoppers are shifting back to physical stores post-pandemic.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

UK online clothes shoppers physical stores

How UK online clothes shoppers shifting back to physical stores post-pandemic exacerbated online retailers' challenges, including logistics and new upstarts

Financial Times · 2024-01-10 · #15

DatPiff uploaded its 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums to the Internet Archive after a March 2023 server crash to preserve its catalog.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

DatPiff Internet Archive 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums

Legendary mixtape platform DatPiff uploads its 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums to the Internet Archive, after a server crash in March 2023

Rolling Stone · 2024-01-10 · #19

Startup Rabbit debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI virtual assistant meant to complete tasks without a smartphone, with shipping planned for late March 2024.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

Rabbit R1 handheld AI device

Startup Rabbit debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March 2024

Wired · 2024-01-10 · #20

OpenAI launches the GPT Store, an online store for chatbots that users have chosen to share publicly.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

OpenAI GPT Store

OpenAI reports that users have created 3 million custom chatbots so far.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

OpenAI custom chatbots

OpenAI says the GPT Store will feature a bot leaderboard and will eventually introduce payments.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

OpenAI bot leaderboard payments

Sensor Tower reports Netflix Games downloads rose 180% year-over-year to 81.2M globally in 2023 across the App Store and Google Play, with Q4 accounting for 53% of downloads.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

Netflix Games App Store Google Play

Intel unveils AI-enabled system-on-chips (SoCs) designed for automotive use, launching specialist AI-enabled chips for cars.

confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10

Intel AI-enabled SoCs for cars

Intel unveils AI-enabled SoCs for cars and agrees to buy Silicon Mobility, a French fabless silicon and software company that develops EV energy management SoCs

SiliconANGLE · 2024-01-10 · #26

Sources report the RTX 4090 is one of the most commonly repurposed Nvidia gaming models for AI by Chinese firms.

rumored 1 article 2024-01-10

RTX 4090 Chinese companies

Sources: Chinese companies are repurposing Nvidia's gaming chips for AI to counter US' sanctions; RTX 4090 is one of the most popular models to be repurposed

Financial Times · 2024-01-10 · #37