OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general

It’s not clear which states are involved, but they’re asking about everything from OpenAI’s ad policies to its handling of health data.

The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 

For all the noise that’s been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven’t really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the sort of entertainment people would pay to see. Most AI firms’ video models are still only capable of churning out short bursts of […]

OpenAI is under investigation by 42 state attorneys general, days after filing for its IPO
OpenAI is under investigation by 42 state attorneys general, days after filing for its IPO

A coalition of 42 state attorneys general has opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. New York’s attorney general served the company with a subpoena on Friday demanding documents on advertisin…

SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, O…

OpenAI acquires Ona to run Codex agents inside the customer’s own cloud
OpenAI acquires Ona to run Codex agents inside the customer’s own cloud

OpenAI acquires Ona, the company once known as Gitpod, in its latest enterprise play. The deal, announced on Thursday, folds Ona’s secure cloud platform into Codex, OpenAI’s coding agent. Terms were not disclosed. Codex is on a tear. OpenAI says more t…

I’m using ChatGPT to help me follow the World Cup — these are the 5 prompts I’d recommend to any fan

Whether you want deeper stats, better planning or help coping with penalty drama, these five AI prompts can make the World Cup a little easier to enjoy.

Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis are heading to the G7. The rivals have a lot to discuss.
Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis are heading to the G7. The rivals have a lot to discuss.

The chief executives of the three most powerful artificial intelligence companies on Earth are about to sit in the same room as the leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies. OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and Google DeepM…

OpenAI teams up with Visa to enable secure payments through AI agents

ChatGPT could soon shop and pay for you thanks to a new OpenAI and Visa deal that brings secure agentic payments to AI experiences.

Canada wants to ban under-16s from social media, and rein in AI chatbots too
Canada wants to ban under-16s from social media, and rein in AI chatbots too

Canada has introduced a bill that would bar under-16s from social media and, in a twist that sets it apart from other countries, regulate AI chatbots in the same sweep. The Digital Safety Act, tabled on Wednesday, is the latest move in a global wave of…

AI bubble fears are spreading, even as SpaceX readies the biggest IPO ever
AI bubble fears are spreading, even as SpaceX readies the biggest IPO ever

On the day SpaceX prices the largest stock-market debut in history, the market underneath it has a case of nerves. The cause is not rockets. It is AI. Several warning lights are flashing at once. Together they amount to the first serious test of a trad…