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Memos and confidants allege pattern of dishonesty from OpenAI boss
Secret memos compiled by OpenAI’s former chief scientist allege CEO Sam Altman engaged in a sustained pattern of lying to board members and bypassing safety reviews.
- David Swan
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- Opinion
- AI
Four-day week and robot tax: How tech giant plans to survive AI apocalypse
A blueprint released by OpenAI boss Sam Altman includes ideas to socialise the monetary gains from AI by giving people “a stake in AI driven economic growth”.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
- Billionaires
Elon Musk’s problem children could spoil his Wall Street dream
The world’s richest person has never been afraid of talking up a big game. But, as usual, there are plenty of questions.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Analysis
- AI
Why billionaire tech bros are buying up media companies
It’s not unusual for ChatGPT maker OpenAI to go on spending sprees. But its latest acquisition is raising some eyebrows
- Tim Biggs
Why the prices of laptops, phones and game consoles keep rising
The AI tax is making memory more expensive, and it doesn’t show any signs of letting up.
- Tim Biggs
- Analysis
- AI
‘Money down a black hole’: The alarm bells are ringing at $1.2 trillion giant
OpenAI has had a meteoric rise but questions are being asked as it burns through cash at a frantic rate.
- James Titcomb
- Analysis
- AI
With OpenAI’s Sora gone, who will take up the AI video mantle?
Sora created whole cottage industries and let millions of people create videos at will, but now there’s a void to be filled.
- Tim Biggs
- Editorial
- AI
We need to make AI work for us, not the other way around
Tech companies started shedding staff as AI affects bottom lines
- The Herald's View
- Opinion
- AI
Trump declares war on one of his weapons
Even as Donald Trump directed government agencies to “immediately cease” all use of Anthropic’s Claude AI tools last week, they were being used to launch the assault on Iran.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump orders military to stop using Claude chatbot in clash over AI safety
World-leading AI start-up Anthropic had sought assurances from the government that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or mass surveillance.
- Matt O'Brien and Konstantin Toropin