Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines suffers wave of defections
Those keeping tabs on Silicon Valley’s AI talent wars were gripped this week by news that three members…
Big Tech wants to access your health records
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Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI
Former OpenAI exec Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is saying goodbye to two of its co-founders, both…
Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI
Thinking Machines cofounders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz are leaving the fledgling AI lab and rejoining OpenAI, the…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT translator challenges Google Translate
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web translation tool that supports over 50 languages and is positioned…
Being mean to ChatGPT can boost its accuracy, but scientists warn you may regret it
Bossing around an AI underling may yield better results than being polite, but that doesn’t mean a ruder…
Why Google Gemini looks poised to win the AI race over OpenAI
If you want to win in AI — and I mean win in the biggest, most lucrative, most…
The AI boom needs electricity, but Western grids are strained. Is power China’s power?
Near the end of last year, thousands of European travellers saw their holiday plans unravel after a prolonged…
OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs
OpenAI and training data company Handshake AI are asking third-party contractors to upload real work that they did…
Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins
AI research lab Anthropic continues to land sizable enterprise deals. Its latest entails bringing its large language models…
For the first time ever, Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis ‘kinda confirms’ that Google is responsible for making CEO Sam Altman send ‘Code Red’ to OpenAI employees
Google’s Gemini reported a 28% month-over-month growth in December 2025, commanding close to 40% of rival ChatGPT’s web…
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health in a push to become a hub for personal health data
Millions of people already use ChatGPT to ask questions about their health. In fact, OpenAI has previously said…