The lure of AI companionship poses a real danger to vulnerable people
The same online forces that nudged Gen Z into a pit of loneliness using algorithms are selling AI companionship to them
Sam Altman
ChatGPT-5: Maybe Sam Altman should cool the jets on new AI iterations
OpenAI’s latest upgrade of its AI tool is effectively being tested by 700m users while having potential for adverse real-world impact
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
What is OpenAI’s GPT-5, and should I worry about my job?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AI model boasts PhD-level intelligence, but remains a technology in progress
Zuckerberg’s ‘mercenary’ AI binge is paying off on Wall Street
Investors are showing a more forgiving streak after the damp squib that was the metaverse
Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination by Karen Hao - Precise, insightful, troubling
Meticulously detailed profile of OpenAI and its controversial leader Sam Altman may help you pick a side in the debate between ‘doomers’ and ‘boomers’
I love Wikipedia so much, I hardly even minded when it killed me off
ChatGPT is so unreliable as to be effectively worse than useless. No-one would say that about Wikipedia
Challenge of AI is to bridge the culture gap between its creators and custodians
Where AI’s creators such as Sam Altman and Jony Ive focus on what’s possible, policymakers tilt towards the permissible
Can Jony Ive replicate the Apple magic at OpenAI?
Renowned smartphone designer plans device to bring AI firmly into centre of our lives
OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO
High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit model
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’
The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the ‘most important job maybe in history’
When AI images become ‘an insult to life itself’
Whether you find it fascinating or horrifying, the latest advance in generative AI means we need to learn to read images in a new way
OpenAI’s short story about grief has critics in floods of tears or outrage. They’re all missing the point
Judging this story as I’d judge a short story published in The Stinging Fly or the Winter Papers is the wrong approach to take. Reading AI-generated stories demands a new type of literacy
AI is already a focus of endless delusion, magical thinking and plain old foolishness
Tech bros' hype is blinding us to the reality that artificial intelligence might not be so smart after all
How ‘non-player character’ became a potent insult for the digital age
Desire to see oneself as authentic, self-guided free-thinker, hemmed in on all sides by herds of conformist sheep is fundamentally adolescent
Musk debuts Grok-3 AI chatbot to rival OpenAI, DeepSeek
‘Smartest AI on Earth’ available to X’s Premium+ subscribers immediately
Safe, transparent, trustworthy AI? No thanks, say US and UK
Planet Business: Plastic straw update, Elon Musk’s 19-year-old Doge lieutenant and the latest in Gulf of America appeasement
How will Elon Musk’s business empire benefit from his relationship with Trump?
The world’s richest man now holds huge sway over its most powerful leader — and the US government
Elon Musk-led consortium offers $100bn to take control of OpenAI
Offer comes months after billionaire sued AI start-up to block it from transitioning to a for-profit firm
Trump’s tech bros face comeuppance amid DeepSeek panic
There is poetic justice in a small Chinese AI start-up challenging US giants. Washington is shooting itself in the foot with chip export restrictions and clampdown on tech talent visas
Why is Deepseek, a little-known Chinese AI start-up, causing waves in the tech world?
Chinese start-up upends global AI race
OpenAI’s Sam Altman vows ‘better models’ as China’s DeepSeek disrupts global AI race
Executives and investors question valuations and whether vast capital outlays are needed after all
DeepSeek: US firms praise disruptive AI chatbot, try to poke holes in it
Chinese startup sparks a stock selloff and its free AI assistant overtakes OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Apple’s App Store
More corporate chiefs fall in line behind Napoleonic Trump
Former Trump critic Sam Altman of OpenAI suddenly reckons the US president ‘will be incredible for the country in many ways’
OpenAI struggles to price Microsoft stake in deal to become for-profit company
ChatGPT-maker in complex talks over splitting from its non-profit arm in move opposed by Elon Musk
Nuclear comes back into fashion as AI and data centres manage their energy challenge
Cloud providers are interested in the potential of miniature nuclear reactors but they come with risks as well as potential
OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sister’s allegations of sexual abuse
Artificial intelligence chief says allegations are ‘utterly untrue’ in joint statement with mother and two brothers
Silicon Valley seeks an audience at the court of Trump
Tech bros from Elon Musk to Sam Altman are looking to president-elect’s second term to unshackle them from regulatory restrictions
‘It’s cool’ isn’t a good reason for scientists to develop harmful technologies
Unthinkable: Regulating generative AI is important in its own right, but it’s also a dummy run for the existential threat of artificial general intelligence. This will go beyond mimicking human intelligence to conquering it
OpenAI shifts to for-profit model, may give CEO Altman 7% stake
Move is latest shakeup at artificial intelligence firm
Is all the investment pumped into AI really worth it?
With humans outperforming the technology in a recent exploratory trial, equipping such systems with the autonomy to carry out their own actions raises questions of practicality, ethics and philosophy
Using fear to sell AI is a bad idea
Constant warnings about the technology’s power prime early users for disappointment
Scarlett Johansson is right: AI companies must be more transparent
A new index shows that they have a long way to go, including on data access and model trustworthiness
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