Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at the…
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?
UNTIL 1700 the world economy did not really grow—it just stagnated. Over the previous 17 centuries global output…
OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
Earlier this year, I heard that Microsoft engineers were preparing server capacity for OpenAI’s next-generation GPT-5 model, arriving…
A new study just upended AI safety
Selling drugs. Murdering a spouse in their sleep. Eliminating humanity. Eating glue. These are some of the recommendations…
Sundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says he is “very excited” to supply OpenAI, the search giant’s largest competitor in…
Is This the End of Google As We Know It?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrived in Washington this week with a carefully crafted message for policymakers: Artificial intelligence…
Meta Is Breaking OpenAI $100 Million at a Time
The artificial intelligence landscape, once characterized by collaborative innovation, has dramatically shifted into an all-out war for top…
Why You Are Reading Reddit a Lot More These Days
Photo: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith It doesn’t really matter who you are, how you spend your time online, or what…
OpenAI’s New CEO of Applications Strikes Hyper-Optimistic Tone in First Memo to Staff
OpenAI’s incoming CEO of applications, Fidji Simo, sent her first note to staff on Monday, telling employees the…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk admits he had been ‘living in denial’, says ‘Now it is game on’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared a post on X (previously Twitter), suggesting a shift in his stance…
Hands on with the new ChatGPT agent mode: Mindblowing with a side of hallucination
For the past couple of years, we’ve been learning to treat AI like a clever tool—a supercharged search…
OpenAI claims a breakthrough in LLM reasoning on complex math problems
Summary Added statements from OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek Update as of July 20, 2025: OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek…