Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms
Silicon Valley is already pouring tens of millions of dollars into the midterm elections taking place across the US in...
Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All
When DeepSeek burst onto the global stage in January 2025, it seemed to appear out of nowhere. But the large...
Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese
But language models can only do so much, and what robots need most urgently is a new kind of model...
China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own
Jade Gu met her boyfriend online. Gu, who’s 26 and studies art theory in Beijing, was playing on her phone...
The Race to Build the DeepSeek of Europe Is On
Against that backdrop, Europe’s reliance on American-made AI begins to look more and more like a liability. In a worst...
Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
Leaders at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab confronted the startup’s cofounder and former CTO, Barret Zoph, over an alleged relationship...
Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work
OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside ChatGPT in the coming weeks, marking a significant shift for one of the...
Inside OpenAI’s Raid on Thinking Machines Lab
If someone ever makes an HBO Max series about the AI industry, the events of this week will make quite...
Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or...
OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs
On Thursday, OpenAI announced its investment in neurotech startup Merge Labs, cofounded by its CEO, billionaire Sam Altman. OpenAI will...
