Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight
Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they're ready to fight At Microsoft’s annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a super app, in-house reasoning models, a cybersecurity tool, and OpenClaw-esque AI agents. All this news added up to a clear message: Microsoft is positioned to […]
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people The tech trial of the year, Musk v. Altman, was ultimately a fight for control. Elon Musk argued that Sam Altman, with whom he helped found the now-massive company OpenAI, shouldn’t direct the future of AI. Altman’s lawyers, in turn, poked at Musk’s […]
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman's battle over OpenAI Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to […]
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can't be trusted alone AI radio DJs demonstrated their volatile personalities. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some […]
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts ChatGPT will even know how much credit card debt you have. | Image: OpenAI Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your bank accounts. The new feature announced in preview […]
Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy
Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman’s team passed up what looked – from a distance – like a little league trophy. It was not. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: “Never stop being a jackass.” It’s […]
OpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app
OpenAI's Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app OpenAI is going to let users access Codex, its desktop AI tool that can write code and use apps on your computer, from the ChatGPT app on your phone. Following the surge in popularity for Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI has been working quickly to try and […]
Microsoft doesn’t want any of this
Microsoft doesn't want any of this Maybe I’m just punch drunk in my third week attending Musk v. Altman, but I have become very, very fond of Microsoft during the course of this trial. They don’t want to be here any more than I do. Their opening statement was honestly one of the most Microsoft […]
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
Sam Altman says Elon Musk's mind games were damaging OpenAI OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did “huge damage” to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman said Musk required OpenAI president Greg Brockman and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever to rank researchers by their […]
Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk
Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has begun his testimony against Elon Musk in a high-profile jury trial in a California federal courtroom. Altman, alongside OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is a primary defendant in the trial brought by Musk. Altman, Brockman, and Musk were all part of […]