In this episode, we discuss Microsoft-backed firm OpenAI's recent funding arrangement that values the AI company at $80 billion. We also delve into the ongoing safety testing of their text-to-video tool, Sora, amid rising disinformation concerns, as well as similar initiatives by tech giants Google and Meta. Furthermore, we explore the recent rejection by the US Patent and Trademark Office of OpenAI's application to trademark the acronym 'GPT'.