SF reacts to war and diverging moves by Anthropic, OpenAI
San Francisco awoke Saturday morning to a barrage of news from Washington, the Middle East, and Silicon Valley.…
OpenAI expands to the South Bay by leasing massive Mountain View campus
OpenAI will soon have a Bay Area base outside of San Francisco. The company behind ChatGPT signed a…
OpenAI asks California watchdog to probe who’s really behind ‘tailored’ AI ballot measures: ‘Serious questions’
Sam Altman’s OpenAI has asked a key California political finance watchdog to investigate the local resident behind a…
San Francisco’s next crazy idea: Civil rights for AI
Around 250 AI engineers, scientists and lawyers gathered for three days earlier this month at Mox, a coworking…
OpenAI blocked from using Cameo name for its AI video features
OpenAI has been temporarily blocked from using the word “Cameo” in a product that allows people to generate…
California ballot measures that appear aimed at OpenAI were filed by stepbrother of employee at rival Anthropic
A push in California to clamp down on AI giants has taken a bizarre twist – after ballot…
UC Berkeley math professor joins international effort to push AI to its limits | Research And Ideas
In December 2025,a group of researchers from around the world, including UC Berkeley math professor Nikhil Srivastava, gathered…
ICA San Francisco Reinvents the Museum Model Under Ali Gass
Installation view: Tara Donovan’s “Stratagems” at the Transamerica Pyramid. © Tara Donovan. Photo courtesy of Nicholas Lea Bruno…
Super Bowl spots spark fight over whether we’re ready for ads from our chatbots
The chatbot wars entered the Super Bowl this year. At Super Bowl LX, a ChatGPT competitor paid millions…
OpenAI violated California’s AI safety law with GPT-5.3-Codex release, watchdog group says
OpenAI may have violated California’s new AI safety law with the release of its latest coding model, according…
AI is booming. Tech jobs in San Francisco are not
Another boom time has arrived in San Francisco. Office buildings are filling back up. Apartment hunters are locked…
Despite AI Boom, Future Of California’s Data Center Market Remains ‘An Open Question’
California is losing its status as a data center hotbed. But developers are still finding opportunity in the…