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.
OpenAI, founded in 2015 as a nonprofit committed to open research and benefiting humanity, has transformed into a closed-source, for-profit company through its 2019 shift to a capped-profit model and …
OpenAI has struck a deal with prediction market Kalshi to display Kalshi's World Cup betting odds in ChatGPT, marking the first partnership of its kind for the AI company. The collaboration, which cur…
OpenAI is developing a screen-free smart speaker designed as an AI companion, with moving parts to create a sense of aliveness, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. …
OpenAI has become one of the largest liabilities in recent economic history, with plans to burn over $852 billion by the end of 2030, according to the Where's Your Ed At newsletter. The AI bubble is d…
Anthropic released an advertisement for its Claude AI assistant on July 9 that features burning houses, graveyards, and industrial decay, sparking widespread backlash and industry discussion. OpenAI C…
OpenAI's upcoming AI hardware device, developed with Jony Ive, may partly compete with Apple's anticipated AirPods Ultra, according to a recent report. The device risks losing to AirPods Ultra, which …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signaled the company is prepared to cut prices for its flagship AI models by up to 75%, as competition intensifies with US rival Anthropic and cheaper Chinese alternatives. In a …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Tuesday that the company's new GPT-5.6 Sol model faces potential service disruptions as explosive user growth outpaces inference capacity, saying on X that '5.6 Sol growth…
Tech journalist Karen Hao warns that the real risks of AI are already present, as Silicon Valley consolidates unprecedented resources and influence. Hao, author of 'Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares…
World models, an AI architecture that learns dynamics from observation rather than predicting text, are emerging as the next frontier in artificial intelligence, with leaders including Yann LeCun, Dem…
Apple alleged in a lawsuit that OpenAI never responded to its concerns about trade secret theft, but emails reviewed by NBC News show OpenAI did respond in February 2026. The communications broke down…
Anthropic officials are warning companies against cutting AI usage as costs rise, with Angela Jiang, head of product for the Claude Platform, telling Sequoia Capital's 'Training Data' podcast that sto…
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, proposed creating an independent US regulatory body modeled on FINRA to set standards for frontier AI labs, including a 30-day pre-release assessment window for…
OpenAI is developing its first AI hardware, a portable smart speaker without a screen powered by ChatGPT, designed to act as a digital companion with personality and real-time conversational abilities…
OpenAI reversed its non-disparagement policy after former researcher Daniel Kokotajlo forfeited roughly $2 million in vested equity rather than agree to a lifelong non-disparagement clause. On May 23,…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned of potential infrastructure 'hiccups' for the new GPT-5.6 model as demand surges, highlighting the intense competition for computing resources among AI firms like Anthropi…
A technology podcast episode 269 circulating the phrase 'governance needs to become exponential' reflects a debate among four men about regulating artificial intelligence, alongside Sam Altman's repor…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposed creating an independent AI Standards Body modeled after FINRA to regulate frontier AI, responding to opaque government reviews of models like Anthropic's My…
OpenAI plans to launch its first hardware device, a smart speaker powered by ChatGPT, priced between $200 and $300, with a camera and sensors for environmental awareness, targeting an unveiling in 202…
OpenAI and Anthropic, the world's two largest AI labs, are warning about uncontrollably fast AI development and lagging government regulation even as they release new models at breakneck speed. Anthro…