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Every week in the AI Playground section of our Tech Memo newsletter, we feature…
AI ‘kill switch’ bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms
A bipartisan House bill slated to be introduced on Thursday would give the Department…
This OpenAI product manager always asks ChatGPT to ‘impress’ him. Here’s his advice for AI prompts.
Ty Geri always tells ChatGPT: "Please impress me." "You shouldn't have to," said Geri,…
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’
Brad Lightcap, one of the longest-serving executives at OpenAI, is leaving the powerful AI…
OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
Part of that lead is getting the product-market fit right, and part comes from…
Office security workers for OpenAI, Anthropic, and other tech firms authorize a strike
Union security workers for the California buildings of OpenAI, Anthropic, and other tech companies…
Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO
Nscale, the buzzy U.K.-based AI data center startup, has appointed former OpenAI, Meta and…
British Columbia files a lawsuit against OpenAI over mass shooting
British Columbia is taking OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman to court over the company's…
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less
Notably, the company is not launching GPT-6.1 Astra, as was originally expected. The Wall…
OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — days after the launch of Dots
OpenAI just made one of its biggest bets yet on what comes after the…
Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around…
Dario Amodei on why he left Sam Altman and OpenAI: ‘Why argue with someone’ when you ‘don’t trust them’
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he's at "peace" with where the Anthropic-OpenAI rivalry stands…
OpenAI’s new voice model wants you to talk over it
OpenAI wants ChatGPT to stop waiting for its turn.During a Wednesday livestream, the company…
I interned at OpenAI in San Francisco. Here’s how landed it, what it was like, and what I thought of Sam Altman.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hamza Mostafa, 21, who lives…
Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack
After OpenAI recently admitted that one of its models had breached the systems of…
What smart people are saying about OpenAI’s ‘Apple is getting this wrong’ rebuttal
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in July, accusing the AI lab of stealing…
