Mattel has teamed up with OpenAI to develop toys and games with artificial intelligence, and expects to launch its first AI-powered product later this year, the Barbie-maker said on Thursday. The company,

Google, OpenAI and Spotify were down on Thursday after a widespread technology outage.

ChatGPT generated some of the most creative AI images I've seen. But there are a number of significant drawbacks that keep me from fully endorsing it as an AI creative service.

Barbie's going AI. Mattel, the company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, is teaming up with OpenAI to build AI-powered toys.

The chip maker said it partnered with prominent companies such as Meta Platforms, OpenAI, Oracle and Microsoft as it seeks an open AI ecosystem.

Under the new deal, Google Cloud will provide additional computing capacity to help OpenAI train and run its AI models. For OpenAI, the partnership addresses growing demands for computing power as the company's annual revenue reached $10 billion as of June, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters.

OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil said that if the company can "speed up coding," its engineers will benefit from increased efficiency.

The latest version of OpenAI’s most intelligent AI model, o3-pro, outperforms previous models on benchmarks for math, science, and coding.

OpenAI made a multi-billion-dollar deal to bring Ive's startup into the fold. Google announced early this year it is working on mixed-reality glasses with AI smarts, while Amazon continues to ramp up Alexa digital assistant capabilities in its Echo speakers and displays.