Silicon Valley’s most powerful alliance just got stronger
Silicon Valley's most powerful alliance just got stronger Eddy Cue deserves a raise. As the executive overseeing Apple’s services division, he’s highly incentivized to protect the tens of billions of dollars a year that Google pays to be the default search engine in Safari. “I’ve lost a lot of sleep thinking about it,” he said […]
The power shift inside OpenAI
The power shift inside OpenAI Fidji Simo is wrapping up her first week at OpenAI, where she is expected to oversee most of the company’s roughly 3,000 employees. To investors and partners, OpenAI leaders have been describing the former Instacart CEO as the kind of steady hand the company needs. Her mandate is clear: turn […]
I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco
I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco On Thursday, I had dinner with Sam Altman, a few other OpenAI executives, and a small group of reporters in San Francisco. Altman answered our questions for hours. No topic was off limits, and everything, with the exception of what was said over dessert, was […]
OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus
OpenAI gives some employees a 'special' multimillion-dollar bonus OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus The day before the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprised employees with a message in the company’s Slack. “As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we have been looking at comp for our technical teams given the […]
Zuckerberg’s ‘personal superintelligence’ plan: fill your free time with more AI
Zuckerberg's 'personal superintelligence' plan: fill your free time with more AI Zuckerberg’s ‘personal superintelligence’ plan: fill your free time with more AI It has been another busy week. GPT-5 appears to be just around the corner… This week, I decode the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg’s “personal superintelligence” manifesto, and what it means for the broader […]
Google gets its swag back
Google gets its swag back This week, I take a look at the surprisingly strong state of Google, Meta gets a new chief AI researcher, and more. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this week’s Decoder episode about deepfakes and where they are headed. Also, do you use an AI coding tool […]
Why AI is moving from chatbots to the browser
Why AI is moving from chatbots to the browser Happy Friday. I’m back from vacation and still getting caught up on everything I missed. AI researchers moving jobs is getting covered like NBA trades now, apparently. Before I get into this week’s issue, I want to make sure you check out my interview with Perplexity […]
Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
Meta says it's winning the talent war with OpenAI Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of Meta’s top executives were asked about the “$100 million signing bonuses” that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees. “Sam is just […]
Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence
Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence At this point, it’s becoming easier to say which AI startups Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t looked at acquiring. In addition to Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence (SSI), sources tell me the Meta CEO recently discussed buying ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab and Perplexity, the […]
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's AI hiring spree Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree AI researchers have recently been asking themselves a version of the question, “Is that really Zuck?“ As first reported by Bloomberg, the Meta CEO has been personally asking top AI talent to join his new “superintelligence” AI lab and reboot Llama. His recruiting […]