The company believes that AIs will soon become smarter than humans, which will have a drastic effect on how people work, live and pay taxes.
Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks.
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OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.
OpenAI proposes taxes on AI profits, public wealth funds, and expanded safety nets to address job loss and inequality, blending redistribution with capitalism as policymakers debate AI’s economic impact.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI's planned Abu Dhabi datacenter if the US follows through on threats to attack the country's power plants, as reported earlier by Tom's Hardware. The video...
Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT.
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You may be familiar with Gemini as the thing that's in every Google service you use - whether you want it or not. While it's been a constant, sometimes unwelcome presence in Gmail for at least the past year, it's a relatively new addition to Maps...
OpenAI says program will remain in Los Angeles and will be editorially independent.
TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative, Chris Lehane.
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OpenAI has reportedly purchased TBPN, the viral online talk show that often interviews AI executives and other tech leaders. This story is breaking. Please check back for updates. Read the full story at The Verge.
Google is launching another update to its Home app, which is supposed to make controlling your smart home with its Gemini AI assistant "more natural and reliable," according to this week's release notes. With the update, you can describe the type of...
The record quarterly fundraise was largely fueled four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. But it also indicates a generally hot market.
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The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries.
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The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems.
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After Anthropic released Claude Code's 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript codebase, with one person on X calling attention to the leak and posting a file containing...
OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.
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ChatGPT is now accessible from your CarPlay dashboard if you have iOS 26.4 or newer and the latest version of the ChatGPT app, 9to5Mac reports. Apple's recently launched iOS 26.4 update added support for "voice-based conversational apps" in CarPlay...
Among the most recent Y Combinator cohort, many startups were commanding $40 million valuations. But with more money comes higher expectations.
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512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks.
Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time “video intelligence” applications.
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