OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to members of a Canadian community where a mass shooting took place earlier this year for not flagging the ChatGPT account of the shooter to law enforcement. “The pain your community has endured is unimaginable,” Altman wrote in a letter shared Friday on social media by the British Columbia…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a media tour of a Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, Sept. 23, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, which the company says is better at coding, using computers and pursuing deeper research capabilities. The launch comes less…
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images With Anthropic gaining momentum in the booming AI market, OpenAI sent a memo to investors this week slamming its chief…
Meta is debuting its first major artificial intelligence model since the costly hiring of Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang nine months ago, as the Facebook parent aims to carve out a niche in a market that’s being dominated by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Dubbed Muse Spark and originally codenamed Avocado, the AI model announced Wednesday is…
The move comes less two years after the launch of the AI video app sent shockwaves through the media industry.
OpenAI has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that it plans to fold its ChatGPT app, coding platform Codex and browser into a single desktop “super app” to simplify user experience. OpenAI president Greg Brockman will temporarily oversee the product overhaul and associated organisational changes, while chief of applications Fidji Simo will lead the sales team…
Microsoft is expanding its AI capabilities by integrating Anthropic’s technology into its Copilot service, aiming to meet the surging demand for autonomous agents. The move comes just weeks after the debut of similar tools sparked a significant selloff in software stocks, as investors weighed the disruptive potential of AI-led automation. Read: Sony LinkBuds Clip Review:…
Image: Jernej Furman OpenAI’s latest funding round valued the ChatGPT maker at US$840-billion as Big Tech and Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank piled into the $110-billion blockbuster round, signalling the AI investment race is alive and well despite recent fears of a valuation bubble. The funding round — one of the largest private capital raises on record…
OpenAI is making a major pivot from software to physical consumer electronics. According to The Information, the AI pioneer has assembled a massive internal team of over 200 employees to develop a suite of AI-integrated devices. The project, which currently includes a smart speaker, smart glasses, and a smart lamp, represents the first tangible fruit…
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple said it’s introducing agentic coding into its flagship coding tool called Xcode, throwing its weight behind one of the hottest trends in Silicon…
