Why American data centers can't plug in
The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy, not a shortage of electricity, but the inability to connect data centers to the grid. The interconnection process is backlogged, with median wait times jumpi…
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, where he has led the company's transition from research lab to commercial AI leader. He was briefly fired by the OpenAI board in November 2023 before being reinstated.
The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy, not a shortage of electricity, but the inability to connect data centers to the grid. The interconnection process is backlogged, with median wait times jumpi…
A new Politico report reveals that major AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are urging the Trump administration to provide clearer guidelines on what is unacceptable in AI development, even…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman delayed the release of GPT-5.6 at the government's request, reducing the probability of a June 30 launch to 1.8% and increasing expectations for a July 31 release to 88%.…
Apple vice president Paul Meade, who led the Vision Pro headset and smart glasses development, is leaving to join OpenAI's hardware team. The departure follows John Ternus' impending promotion to Appl…
The Trump administration partially reversed its suspension of Anthropic's Mythos 5 AI model, allowing over 100 vetted U.S. organizations to access it. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick cited progress …
NVIDIA Corporation appears on lists of brain-computer interface stocks, but has underperformed in 2026 with a 12% year-to-date gain versus the VanEck Semiconductor ETF's 85% rise. The B200 compute pri…
OpenAI has appointed former Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, effective September. Singh will oversee growth, partnerships, and regulatory engagement in Op…
Apple has raised prices across its product lineup, including the MacBook Pro, iPad Air, and HomePod Mini, citing increased costs driven by the AI industry's demand for memory chips. The company blames…
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act on June 18, 2026, imposing a 50% stock tax on major AI firms to create a $7 trillion public fund that would pay $1,000 annual d…
The U.S. government, through Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, has approved a limited re-release of Anthropic's Mythos 5 cybersecurity model to about 100 selected organizations while keeping the cons…
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna as a restricted preview limited to trusted partners at the request of the U.S. government, marking a shift toward government-mediated frontier AI releases.…
OpenAI deferred the public rollout of its GPT-5.6 model family, including the Sol variant, at the request of the Trump administration, which sought time for federal security review. The company restri…
The US Commerce Department permitted Anthropic to release its Mythos 5 AI model to over 100 vetted domestic organizations, partially reversing earlier restrictions. The decision followed Anthropic's c…
Director Luca Guadagnino said he cannot discuss Amazon MGM dropping his film 'Artificial' about OpenAI founder Sam Altman because the situation is ongoing, but commented on AI's impact on society. The…
Director Luca Guadagnino declined to discuss Amazon MGM Studios dropping his nearly-complete film "Artificial," a $40 million drama starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman about the 2023 OpenAI board c…
Foreign state actors have likely already stolen the weights of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT 5.6 Sol, according to a new analysis. The article questions whether CEOs Sam Altman and Dario…
OpenAI is reportedly considering delaying its initial public offering until 2027 to pursue a $1 trillion valuation and avoid current tech stock volatility, according to the New York Times. The company…
OpenAI introduced a new model naming system on June 26, 2026, replacing confusing suffixes with a generation-number-plus-capability-tier format, such as GPT-5.6 Sol. The tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—rep…
The US government will require federal security reviews before companies can access OpenAI's GPT-5.6 model under Executive Order 14409, which aims to assess national security risks. OpenAI CEO Sam Alt…
OpenAI is limiting access to its GPT-5.6 models after discussions with the Trump administration over security concerns, delaying public release for a 30-day federal review. The restriction applies to …