Sam Altman says currently “the idea of putting data centers in space is ridiculous” and that it is “not something that's going to matter at scale this decade”
Once allies at OpenAI, Sam Altman and Elon Musk are now sharply divided over the future of AI infrastructure.
Sam Altman says discussions about AI's energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI's environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express.
Sam Altman says there is some “AI washing”, where companies blame AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, alongside “real displacement by AI” of some jobs
Hold up, let him cook. — Sam Altman is starting to get the sneaking suspicion that companies might …
Memo: Amazon appeared to mistakenly alert some AWS staff about planned layoffs in an email invite to a January 28 “Project Dawn” meeting on company efficiency
- Some Amazon employees got a worrying calendar invitation on Tuesday. — The invitation discussed upcoming job cuts and …
Amazon plans to cut ~16,000 roles across the company as part of an ongoing effort to reduce organizational layers and bureaucracy, after cuts in October 2025
I want to let you know that we're making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates.
Google and Apple advise employees on H-1B and other visas not to travel outside the US due to processing delays, following new social media screening rules
- Google and Apple are advising some employees with visas not to travel outside the US, per memos viewed by Business Insider.
Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer says Amazon canceled a $150M advance for a Texas AI data center campus; FRMI fell 34% on December 12 after saying a tenant canceled
- Amazon has been in talks to become the “first tenant” at Fermi America's Texas data centers, Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer told BI.
Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training protocols for its AI chatbot to refuse any prompts involving sexual roleplay with minors
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Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing comments such as, “I am a failure. I am a disgrace to my profession. I am a disgrace to my family.”
- Google Gemini users said it's sharing some disturbing messages. — One screenshot showed the chatbot saying, “I'm am a failure.”
The judge in Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit strikes down 16 of OpenAI's 55 affirmative defenses, accuses both sides of “gamesmanship” and over-litigating the case
- The judge in Elon Musk's racketeering lawsuit against Sam Altman chastised both sides on Tuesday.
Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its stake in Anthropic at $14B at the end of December 2024, after agreeing to invest $8B in Anthropic so far
Eugene Kim / Business Insider : Bluesky: @businessinsider.com Bluesky: @businessinsider.com : Amazon initially backed Anthropic in 2023. The move has reaped huge rewards for the ...