OpenAI Releases Upgraded Version of Whisper3 ASR Model, Plans to Open API


Physical AI has become a new battleground for tech giants. Recently, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Tesla have made significant moves in the field of embodied intelligence, indicating that competition in the robotics industry is upgrading from hardware manufacturing to the development of foundational infrastructure and industry standards. The establishment of the "OpenAI Robotics" team marks the deep involvement of tech giants, breaking the previous dominance of startups and traditional enterprises.
OpenAI introduced the Codex workflow plugin at its 'AI Onboarding' launch event, targeting positions such as stock investment and creative design, allowing AI to deeply integrate into corporate daily processes and replace knowledge worker tasks. Codex has expanded from a programming tool to non-programming fields, drawing attention from the capital market.
Sun Yuzheng regained the title of Asia's richest person with a net worth of about 100 billion US dollars, driven by the AI boom. SoftBank Group's market value exceeded Toyota and became Japan's largest listed company. According to Forbes data, SoftBank's stock price rose by 14% on June 1st, and its market value once broke through 4.8 trillion yen, reaching about 4.879 trillion yen as of June 3rd.
Musk sued Apple and OpenAI over the ranking of AI assistant Grok in the Apple App Store, but was instead ordered by the court to submit relevant emails from Tesla and SpaceX as evidence. Judge Mark Pitman rejected the objections from xAI and X platform, maintaining the original ruling. This lawsuit unexpectedly involved Musk's core business empire, highlighting the chain reaction of legal disputes.
OpenAI announced a major update, adding 6 new dedicated job plugins to its AI assistant Codex, covering 62 common applications and 110 professional skills. This move marks Codex's expansion from initially serving programmers in writing code, accelerating its penetration into all industries, and achieving a disruptive broadening of application scenarios.