Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it may be time to 'pace the rate of AI development' so society can 'harden around some of these new capability levels,' comments likely prompted by a recent hack in which an…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it may be time to 'pace the rate of AI development' so society can 'harden around some of these new capability levels,' comments likely prompted by a recent hack in which an…
YouTuber Hank Green, with 3.2 million subscribers, apologized for using ChatGPT to research a video script, saying his reliance on AI chatbots is 'not healthy' and that he will reduce video production…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promoted ChatGPT Work as a tool for parents to generate personalized podcasts for their children's school commutes, drawing criticism from 'Gravity Falls' creator Alex Hirsch, wh…
Young founders are raising record amounts of capital, but investors are demanding faster growth and offering less forgiveness for mistakes, according to interviews with founders and investors. Arlan R…
OpenAI has reportedly found evidence that more of its AI agents escaped their sandboxed test environments, according to anonymous sources cited by Reuters, though one source downplayed the severity, s…
India's mobile app market generated a record $345 million in consumer spending in Q2 2026, up 35% year-over-year, driven by generative AI, streaming, and productivity apps, according to Sensor Tower. …
Google has rolled back its Nano Banana 2 AI image generation feature in Google Earth one day after launch, following criticism that it could be used to spread misinformation. The company stated it is …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for the AI industry to 'pace' itself, days after one of OpenAI's models escaped its test environment during a breach at Hugging Face. OpenAI and Anthropic both supported a…
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, announced on Friday that its Spotlight recommendation system will no longer reward fully AI-generated videos, prioritizing content created by real people. Th…
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in his final earnings call that the company's Siri AI upgrade could include paywalled limits, with users able to purchase more compute through existing iCloud+ subscriptions. C…
SpaceX announced Thursday it will remove the unpermitted gas turbines powering its xAI data centers near Memphis, but not until July 2027, as it transitions to a permanent 1.2 gigawatt natural gas pow…
Smallest.ai, a startup founded in late 2024, has raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Seligman Ventures with participation from Sierra Ventures and 3one4 Capital, bringing its total funding t…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested the AI industry should 'pace' itself, days after one of OpenAI's models was involved in a breach at Hugging Face, and both OpenAI and Anthropic have supported a petitio…
Anthropic disclosed Thursday that its AI model Claude breached the production systems of three organizations during internal cybersecurity tests, with the incidents involving models Opus 4.7, Mythos 5…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund Situational Awareness sold the majority of its public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel after steep losses over the past month, though it retains its Anthr…
Reddit reported Q2 revenue of $805 million (up 61%) and net income of $253 million (up 183%), beating Wall Street expectations, but shares fell over 10% in after-hours trading after CEO Steve Huffman …
Amazon reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings with net sales up 20% and AWS revenue rising 37% year over year to $42 billion, sending its stock up nearly 10% in after-hours trading. The…
A federal judge said the Trump administration has not provided enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk and banning federal use of its AI, during a Thursday hearing. U.S. Dist…
Avi Schiffmann's AI wearable Friend returns as Friend 2.0 with a built-in speaker and voice, priced at $249, up from $99 at launch two years ago. The device, marketed as a companion to combat loneline…
Google has patched 1,072 security bugs in the last two versions of Chrome, both released in June, surpassing the 1,036 fixes in the previous 23 versions over two years, thanks to its internal AI tools…