Sam Altman says OpenAI doesn't want government guarantees for data centers and expects to fund investments with revenues hitting “hundreds of billions by 2030”
company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry Victor Tangermann / Futurism : Trump Admin Says It's Not Bailing Out the AI Industry Regardless of How Hard It Crashes Arsheeya Bajwa...
OpenAI says it will work with SAG-AFTRA, CAA, UTA, and others to crack down on Sora 2 deepfakes, following concerns from actor Bryan Cranston and SAG-AFTRA
here's everything you need to know The Indian Express : OpenAI strengthens guardrails in Sora 2 after actor Bryan Cranston expresses concerns over deepfakes Sian Cain / The Guardian : Bryan Cranston t...
Sources: Microsoft will use Anthropic's models for some AI features in its Office 365 apps, after finding Claude Sonnet 4 beats OpenAI's GPT-5 in some tasks
Microsoft moves beyond OpenAI? Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Microsoft reportedly plans to start using Anthropic models to power some of Office 365's Copilot features Sherwood News : Census data shows d...
Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action
This is a column about AI. My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead Forbes : Elon Musk Says...
Sources: Meta bought just under 3% of Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, a stake worth ~€3B, and is considering more investment to build its stake to ~5% over time
finance.yahoo.com/news/meta- in... X: Nik / @ns123abc : > Meta acquired 3% of EssilorLuxottica > Meta to build investment to 5% > Zucc plans to dominate hardware manufacturing and lock-in retail distr...
Cluely says its ARR hit $7M after signing a public company; a startup called Pickle says it built Glass, an open source, free product similar to Cluely
so much money sloshing around, if someone just snuck me a million I'd pay off all the loans of my family and just check out from work forever — and here multiple millions getting burned on fucking n...
In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”
neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly / Observer : Here A...
Sources: Apple is working with Anthropic for a new version of Xcode that will use Claude Sonnet to write, edit, and test code, with plans to roll out internally
The system is a new version of Xcode, Apple's programming software, that will integrate Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model, according to people with knowledge of the matter. … Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4li...
Marc Andreessen says VC may be one of the last fields safe from AI after it replaces most workers, as it requires “intangible” skills like psychological insight
gizmodo.com/marc-andrees... Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : “ChatGPT, you were at Netscape in the 90s and won the lottery. Give me advice on how I too can win the lottery of a bygone era.” [embedded ...
Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok US, after being approached along with Blackstone and other large asset managers
the ban push started to help Facebook kill a competitor it couldn't out-innovate. now it's morphed into helping the GOP convert another online community into a right wing safe space Mastodon: Jeff Jar...