OpenAI bets big on hardware with $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's startup
Ive says current AI hardware like the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 are "very poor products"
Microsoft Build 2025: From chatbots to digital coworkers, and the "agentic" web
AI agents take center stage in Microsoft's vision for the future
OpenAI launches Codex, a new AI coding agent for software development
Cisco, Temporal, Superhuman, and Kodiak are among the first companies to test Codex
OpenAI abandons for-profit shift, keeps nonprofit control with new public benefit corporation
"We currently cannot supply nearly as much AI as the world wants"
ChatGPT one-ups Google with AI-driven shopping suggestions and zero ads
ChatGPT product search includes images, reviews and direct purchase links
There's a growing rift between Sam Altman and Satya Nadella – Microsoft could block OpenAI's for-profit restructuring
Is Microsoft and OpenAI's marriage on the rocks?
OpenAI wants to buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell
The big picture: If Google really is forced to sell Chrome – as proposed by the DOJ after the company was ruled a monopoly in its antitrust trial – OpenAI could emerge as a potential buyer. The ChatGPT maker has admitted it's interested in acquiring the world's most popular browser and turning it into an "AI-first" experience.
Sam Altman says polite ChatGPT users are burning millions of OpenAI dollars
OpenAI CEO says it's money "well spent"
Manners are not ruining the environment: The costs of training and running artificial intelligence model are massive. Even excluding everything but electricity, AI data centers burn through over $100 million a year to process user prompts and model outputs. So, does saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT really cost OpenAI millions? Short answer: probably not.
ChatGPT gets scarily good at guessing photo locations, sparking doxxing concerns
Simple photos could reveal real-world locations
OpenAI's newest o3 and o4-mini models excel at coding and math – but hallucinate more often
Hallucination rates spike to 33% for o3 and 48% for o4-mini
OpenAI is quietly working on a social network similar to Twitter, powered by ChatGPT
One goal of OpenAI's prototype is to gather real-time user data
Netflix is testing AI search powered by OpenAI
Search for titles based on your mood
ChatGPT nears one billion users as Ghibli-style AI images double weekly actives
ChatGPT was the world's most downloaded app in March
Sophisticated bot uses OpenAI to bypass filters, flooding over 80,000 websites with spam
AkiraBot exploits contact forms and live chat widgets with "personalized" messages
OpenAI files countersuit against Elon Musk to stop his disruptive actions and "sham" takeover bid
"Musk's actions have taken a toll"
ChatGPT image tool is "melting" GPUs, OpenAI lands $40 billion in new funding
The big picture: Only days ago we were reporting that ChatGPT's updated image generator was sparking a wave of Studio Ghibli-style recreations across social media. But the wave was just getting started and in mere days it hit the mainstream, becoming a full-blown fad. While CEO Sam Altman is celebrating the newfound attention, the massive growth in GPT's user base, and a fresh round of funding, the tool's explosive popularity is putting serious strain on OpenAI's infrastructure. Altman revealed that demand has been so intense it's been "melting" their GPUs.
Before ChatGPT, there was AlexNet: the AI code that started it all is now open source
The big picture: You can't go five minutes these days without hearing about AI this and AI that. But have you ever wondered how we got here? The credit largely goes to a groundbreaking neural network from 2012 called AlexNet. While it didn't cause an immediate sensation, it ultimately became the foundation for the deep learning revolution we're experiencing today. Now, after years of negotiations, the original source code has finally been released to the public.
Man files complaint against ChatGPT after it falsely claimed he murdered his children
And spent 21 years in prison for the crime
Over 400 celebrities sign letter opposing AI training on copyrighted works without permission
OpenAI wants to promote "the freedom to learn"
What just happened? Hundreds of stars and Hollywood executives have signed an open letter urging the Trump administration to deny proposals from AI companies that would allow their systems to be trained on copyrighted work without obtaining permission.
Most AIs struggle with reading clocks, misreading faces 75% of the time
They struggle with calendars, too
Trump administration's "AI Action Plan" may redefine fair use - OpenAI is counting on it
At least one court has ruled in favor of copyright holders
OpenAI launches $50M NextGenAI consortium to fund AI-based research and education
Bringing a daily dose of AI to researchers, engineers, and scholars
OpenAI may charge up to $20,000 per month for specialized AI agents
AI at a premium, investors rejoice
OpenAI rolls out GPT-4.5 to Pro users only, faces shortage of GPU horsepower
Plus-tier members will have to wait until next week for access
Microsoft scales back AI data center expansion amid AI spending boom
Satya Nadella warns of AI's high costs and low returns (so far)