Investors sue Oracle, say it hid how shaky the OpenAI deal was
Investors sue Oracle, say it hid how shaky the OpenAI deal was

The strain inside the AI boom’s biggest infrastructure bet has reached a courtroom. Oracle’s own investors are suing, saying the company hid how shaky its $300bn deal with OpenAI really was. A Michigan public pension fund, the City of Sterling Heights …

Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung

The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.

OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussions about letting the public share in the financial gains from the AI boom.

I tried Claude Sonnet 5 with prompts that ask it to finish the job, not just answer the question — and that’s where the AI war is going
I tried Claude Sonnet 5 with prompts that ask it to finish the job, not just answer the question — and that’s where the AI war is going

Claude Sonnet 5 shows that the next AI battle isn’t about better chatbot answers — it’s about which assistant can actually get work done.

A cheap Chinese AI model is closing in on Anthropic and OpenAI
A cheap Chinese AI model is closing in on Anthropic and OpenAI

Chinese startup’s latest AI model has landed fourth on one of the industry’s most closely watched intelligence rankings, and it costs a fraction of what Anthropic or OpenAI charge for comparable performance. GLM-5.2, released last month by Beijing-base…

SoftBank revives $10bn OpenAI-backed loan with a new sweetener for lenders
SoftBank revives $10bn OpenAI-backed loan with a new sweetener for lenders

SoftBank has gone back to lenders with a $10bn loan proposal secured against its OpenAI stake, and this time it is offering to personally guarantee the debt, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the discussions. The concession gives b…

OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom 
OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom 

OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way of easing tensions with the Trump administration and blunting mounting public backlash against AI, according to the Financial Times. CEO Sam Altman argued that giving the public a financial interest in the company would be the best way to share […]

OpenAI has reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake worth $42.6bn
OpenAI has reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake worth $42.6bn

OpenAI has proposed handing the US government a 5% equity stake in the company, according to the Financial Times, as the White House and Silicon Valley’s best-funded startup edge closer to a deal that has been under discussion for more than a year. At …

OpenAI’s first hardware is a macro pad for Codex coders
OpenAI’s first hardware is a macro pad for Codex coders

OpenAI’s first piece of hardware is not the mysterious gadget everyone is waiting for. It is a small keyboard for people who talk to an AI all day. On Monday, the OpenAI Developers account posted a short video on X. It showed a small square device with…