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Elon Musk, who's suing Microsoft, is also software giant's special guest in new Grok AI partnership

Read full article: Elon Musk, who's suing Microsoft, is also software giant's special guest in new Grok AI partnership

Elon Musk is in a legal fight with Microsoft but made a virtual appearance at the software giant’s annual developer conference to reveal that Microsoft's cloud computing platform will now host Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

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House Republicans include a 10-year ban on US states regulating AI in 'big, beautiful' bill

Read full article: House Republicans include a 10-year ban on US states regulating AI in 'big, beautiful' bill

House Republicans surprised tech industry watchers and outraged many state governments when they added a clause to Republicans’ signature “big, beautiful” tax bill that bans states and localities from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.

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Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?

Read full article: Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?

Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

Read full article: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and executives from Microsoft and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices testified on Capitol Hill about the biggest opportunities, risks and needs facing an industry which lawmakers and technologists agree could fundamentally transform global business, culture and geopolitics.

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OpenAI reverses course and says its nonprofit will continue to control its business

Read full article: OpenAI reverses course and says its nonprofit will continue to control its business

OpenAI is reversing course and said Monday its nonprofit will continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.

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Ex-OpenAI workers ask California and Delaware AGs to block for-profit conversion of ChatGPT maker

Read full article: Ex-OpenAI workers ask California and Delaware AGs to block for-profit conversion of ChatGPT maker

Former employees of OpenAI are appealing to the top law enforcement officers in California and Delaware to halt the company’s move to transfer control of its artificial intelligence technology from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business.

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San Francisco's new mayor is starting to unite the fractured city

Read full article: San Francisco's new mayor is starting to unite the fractured city

Democrats nationally may be in turmoil, but liberals in San Francisco are hopeful over a new mayor's collaborative style in a city known for its infighting and chaotic streets.

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OpenAI picks labor icon Dolores Huerta and other philanthropy advisers as it moves toward for-profit

Read full article: OpenAI picks labor icon Dolores Huerta and other philanthropy advisers as it moves toward for-profit

OpenAI has named labor leader Dolores Huerta and three others to a temporary advisory board that will help guide the artificial intelligence company’s philanthropy as it attempts to shift itself into a for-profit business.

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OpenAI countersues Elon Musk in legal dispute over ChatGPT maker's business ambitions

Read full article: OpenAI countersues Elon Musk in legal dispute over ChatGPT maker's business ambitions

OpenAI is suing Elon Musk for unfair competition and interfering with its business relationships with investors and customers, escalating a legal battle between the ChatGPT maker and the billionaire who helped bankroll the artificial intelligence startup a decade ago.

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ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns

Read full article: ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns

Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki.

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Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial

Read full article: Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial

A federal judge has denied Elon Musk’s request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company.

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Chip Ganassi Racing partners with OpenAI in first motorsports venture for AI company

Read full article: Chip Ganassi Racing partners with OpenAI in first motorsports venture for AI company

Chip Ganassi Racing on Friday said it has partnered on a strategic research collaboration with OpenAI — a deal that makes the two-time reigning IndyCar championship winning team the first to bring in a partner from the artificial intelligence field.

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Musk says he'll withdraw $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI if ChatGPT maker remains nonprofit

Read full article: Musk says he'll withdraw $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI if ChatGPT maker remains nonprofit

Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company.

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How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

Read full article: How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company.

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JD Vance rails against 'excessive' AI regulation in a rebuke to Europe at the Paris AI summit

Read full article: JD Vance rails against 'excessive' AI regulation in a rebuke to Europe at the Paris AI summit

U_S_ Vice President JD Vance has told a Paris summit on artificial intelligence that the Trump administration will “ensure that AI systems developed in America are free from ideological bias,” and that the U_S_ would “never restrict our citizens’ right to free speech.”.

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Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'

Read full article: Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'

A group of investors led by Elon Musk says it is offering $97.4 billion to buy OpenAI, escalating a legal dispute with the artificial intelligence company that Musk helped found.

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Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

Read full article: Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France this week.

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Trump tells Ishiba at the White House that he wants to slash the US trade deficit with Japan

Read full article: Trump tells Ishiba at the White House that he wants to slash the US trade deficit with Japan

President Donald Trump says he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan.

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OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

Read full article: OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by President Donald Trump.

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Judge says Elon Musk's claims of harm from OpenAI are a 'stretch' but welcomes possible trial

Read full article: Judge says Elon Musk's claims of harm from OpenAI are a 'stretch' but welcomes possible trial

Elon Musk’s lawyers faced off with OpenAI in court Tuesday as a federal judge weighed the billionaire’s request for a court order that would block the ChatGPT maker from converting itself to a for-profit company.

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SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services

Read full article: SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.

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He's emboldened, he's organized and he's still Trump: Takeaways from the president's opening days

Read full article: He's emboldened, he's organized and he's still Trump: Takeaways from the president's opening days

Donald Trump’s first week in office isn’t over yet, but what the Republican president has done so far offers clues about how his next four years in the White House may unfold.

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Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project

Read full article: Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project

Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president.

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Trump highlights partnership investing $500 billion in AI

Read full article: Trump highlights partnership investing $500 billion in AI

President Donald Trump is talking up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

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From backing a ban to being hailed as a savior: Inside Trump's TikTok shift

Read full article: From backing a ban to being hailed as a savior: Inside Trump's TikTok shift

During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed threats to U.S. national security.

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What to watch at Trump's inauguration: Big Tech CEOs, Carrie Underwood and foreign leaders

Read full article: What to watch at Trump's inauguration: Big Tech CEOs, Carrie Underwood and foreign leaders

Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president was expected to be an extravagant break from tradition — before it got moved indoors due to cold weather.

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As Biden warns of an 'oligarchy,' Trump will be flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration

Read full article: As Biden warns of an 'oligarchy,' Trump will be flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration

The super-rich have long played a role in U.S. politics but have an unusually prominent spot in incoming President Donald Trump's new administration.

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Biden warns the US risks becoming an 'oligarchy.' What does the term mean?

Read full article: Biden warns the US risks becoming an 'oligarchy.' What does the term mean?

President Joe Biden in his Wednesday farewell speech to the nation warned that American democracy was sliding into an “oligarchy” of tech billionaires.

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Trump's inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations

Read full article: Trump's inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations

President-elect Donald Trump has raised more than $170 million for his upcoming inauguration, a record amount as tech executives and big donors have eagerly written large checks.

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Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

Read full article: Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials.

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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

Read full article: What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

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Trump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-elect

Read full article: Trump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-elect

Donald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

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OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI 'dictatorship'

Read full article: OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI 'dictatorship'

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and best avoid an artificial intelligence ‘dictatorship’ is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker’s ongoing conversion into a for-profit company.

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OpenAI's Altman will donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund

Read full article: OpenAI's Altman will donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships the incoming administration.

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OpenAI's Sam Altman 'not that worried' about rival Elon Musk's influence in the Trump administration

Read full article: OpenAI's Sam Altman 'not that worried' about rival Elon Musk's influence in the Trump administration

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is locked in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk.

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Changing OpenAI's nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future

Read full article: Changing OpenAI's nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future

The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion.

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Documents show OpenAI's long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

Read full article: Documents show OpenAI's long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

Back in 2016, the artificial intelligence maker OpenAI had just incorporated as a nonprofit and applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status.

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AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Read full article: AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate.

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ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots

Read full article: ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots

OpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots.

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OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

Read full article: OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders.

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OpenAI exec Mira Murati says she's leaving artificial intelligence company

Read full article: OpenAI exec Mira Murati says she's leaving artificial intelligence company

A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year says she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company.

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AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

Read full article: AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

Artificial intelligence is beginning to allow many employers to automate functions long performed by human workers.

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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before 'the benefit of humanity'

Read full article: Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before 'the benefit of humanity'

Elon Musk has filed a second lawsuit against OpenAI and two founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.

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Microsoft quits OpenAI board seat as antitrust scrutiny of artificial intelligence pacts intensifies

Read full article: Microsoft quits OpenAI board seat as antitrust scrutiny of artificial intelligence pacts intensifies

Microsoft has relinquished its seat on the board of OpenAI, saying its participation is no longer needed because the ChatGPT maker has improved its governance since being roiled by boardroom chaos last year.

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OpenAI co-founder Sutskever sets up new AI company devoted to 'safe superintelligence'

Read full article: OpenAI co-founder Sutskever sets up new AI company devoted to 'safe superintelligence'

One of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman says he’s starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence company.

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OpenAI appoints former top US cyberwarrior Paul Nakasone to its board of directors

Read full article: OpenAI appoints former top US cyberwarrior Paul Nakasone to its board of directors

OpenAI has appointed a former top U_S_ cyberwarrior and intelligence official to its board of directors, saying he will help protect the ChatGPT maker from “increasingly sophisticated bad actors.”.

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Elon Musk drops lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI without explanation

Read full article: Elon Musk drops lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI without explanation

Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI just ahead of a scheduled Wednesday hearing on the case.

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Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks

Read full article: Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks

When it comes to online scams and foreign disinformation, it pays to be female.

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AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text

Read full article: AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter — the tens of trillions of words that people have written and shared online.

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OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit

Read full article: OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agency’s annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledges to donate most of his wealth

Read full article: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledges to donate most of his wealth

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is joining a high-profile list of more than 240 wealthy philanthropists committed to donating over half their fortunes.

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OpenAI forms safety committee as it starts training latest artificial intelligence model

Read full article: OpenAI forms safety committee as it starts training latest artificial intelligence model

OpenAI says it’s setting up a new safety and security committee and has begun training a new artificial intelligence model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot.

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OpenAI to start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal

Read full article: OpenAI to start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal

OpenAI will start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal between the two companies.

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Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its use

Read full article: Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its use

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds “eerily similar" to her own.

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Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul

Read full article: Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul

South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence.

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A former OpenAI leader says safety has 'taken a backseat to shiny products' at the AI company

Read full article: A former OpenAI leader says safety has 'taken a backseat to shiny products' at the AI company

A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week says that product safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company.

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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces departure from ChatGPT maker

Read full article: OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces departure from ChatGPT maker

One of the original creators of the artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT says he is leaving the company after a nearly decade.

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OpenAI launches GPTo, improving ChatGPT's text, visual and audio capabilities

Read full article: OpenAI launches GPTo, improving ChatGPT's text, visual and audio capabilities

OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model.

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Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' Mayorkas

Read full article: Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' Mayorkas

The CEOs of leading U_S_ technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.”.

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Reddit, the self-anointed 'front page of the internet,' soars in Wall Street debut

Read full article: Reddit, the self-anointed 'front page of the internet,' soars in Wall Street debut

Reddit soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the value of the company close to $9 billion seconds after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Europe's world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here's what happens next

Read full article: Europe's world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here's what happens next

European Union lawmakers have given final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law.

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OpenAI has 'full confidence' in CEO Sam Altman after investigation, reinstates him to board

Read full article: OpenAI has 'full confidence' in CEO Sam Altman after investigation, reinstates him to board

OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company’s turmoil.

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OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company

Read full article: OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company

OpenAI has attacked a lawsuit from Elon Musk, saying he supported making the ChatGPT maker a for-profit company.

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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity

Read full article: Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.

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'Burn Book' torches tech titans in veteran reporter's tale of love and loathing in Silicon Valley

Read full article: 'Burn Book' torches tech titans in veteran reporter's tale of love and loathing in Silicon Valley

Technology is so pervasive and invasive that it’s polarizing people, producing feelings of love and loathing for its devices, online services and the would-be visionaries behind them.

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CEOs of OpenAI and Intel cite artificial intelligence's voracious appetite for processing power

Read full article: CEOs of OpenAI and Intel cite artificial intelligence's voracious appetite for processing power

Two tech CEOs scrambling to produce more of the sophisticated chips needed for artificial intelligence have met for a brainstorming session while the market’s early leader reported another quarter of eye-popping growth.

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OpenAI CEO warns that 'societal misalignments' could make artificial intelligence dangerous

Read full article: OpenAI CEO warns that 'societal misalignments' could make artificial intelligence dangerous

The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says that the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the “very subtle societal misalignments” that could make the systems wreck havoc.

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AI is the buzz, the big opportunity and the risk to watch among the Davos glitterati

Read full article: AI is the buzz, the big opportunity and the risk to watch among the Davos glitterati

Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders and corporate bosses diving into big ideas at the World Economic Forum’s glitzy annual meeting in Davos.

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Here’s how ChatGPT maker OpenAI plans to deter election misinformation in 2024

Read full article: Here’s how ChatGPT maker OpenAI plans to deter election misinformation in 2024

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has outlined a plan to prevent its artificial intelligence tools from being used to spread election misinformation in 2024.

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Microsoft's OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review

Read full article: Microsoft's OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review

The European Union says Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI could trigger a merger investigation.

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Taylor Swift is named Time magazine's person of the year

Read full article: Taylor Swift is named Time magazine's person of the year

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift its person of the year.

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What does Sam Altman's firing — and quick reinstatement — mean for the future of AI?

Read full article: What does Sam Altman's firing — and quick reinstatement — mean for the future of AI?

It’s been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman.

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OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO just days after his firing unleashed chaos

Read full article: OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO just days after his firing unleashed chaos

The ousted leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him just days ago.

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OpenAI's unusual nonprofit structure led to dramatic ouster of sought-after CEO

Read full article: OpenAI's unusual nonprofit structure led to dramatic ouster of sought-after CEO

Unlike Google, Facebook and countless other tech giants, the company behind ChatGPT was not created to be a business.

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Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO

Read full article: Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO

The company that created ChatGPT is in turmoil after Microsoft hired its ousted CEO and many more employees threatened to follow him in a conflict that centered in part oin part on how to build artificial intelligence that’s smarter than humans.

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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains

Read full article: Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains

Asian shares are mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street led by gains in Microsoft after it announced it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker.

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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of candor with company

Read full article: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of candor with company

The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI says it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman and replaced him with an interim CEO.

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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition

Read full article: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition

Less than a year into its meteoric rise, the company behind ChatGPT has unveiled the future it has in mind for its artificial intelligence technology.

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Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable?

Read full article: Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable?

Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods.

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FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues

Read full article: FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.

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OpenAI CEO suggests international agency like UN's nuclear watchdog could oversee AI

Read full article: OpenAI CEO suggests international agency like UN's nuclear watchdog could oversee AI

A key innovator is warning that artificial intelligence poses an “existential risk” to humanity.

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OpenAI boss 'heartened' by talks with world leaders over will to contain AI risks

Read full article: OpenAI boss 'heartened' by talks with world leaders over will to contain AI risks

The CEO of OpenAI says he is encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain any risks posed by the artificial intelligence technology his company and others are developing.

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OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules

Read full article: OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is downplaying worries that the ChatGPT maker could exit the European Union if it can’t comply with the bloc’s strict new artificial intelligence rules.

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Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers

Read full article: Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers

As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation’s financial watchdog says it’s working to ensure that companies follow the law when using AI.

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ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

Read full article: ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

ChatGPT is now a smartphone app.

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ChatGPT chief says artificial intelligence should be regulated by a US or global agency

Read full article: ChatGPT chief says artificial intelligence should be regulated by a US or global agency

The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT has told Congress that government intervention will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful AI systems.

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