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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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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
Elon Musk’s SpaceX vision comes with a lot of question marks.

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
Sam Altman’s OpenAI has said the company will not interfere with the editorial direction of TBPN post-aquisition.
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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
For a custom computer build, RAM is now typically the second most expensive component. But the impact goes far beyond DIY gamers.

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
OpenAIs CEO Sam Altman speaks at the AI Summit in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo)
  • 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
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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
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  • AI

We need to make AI work for us, not the other way around

Tech companies started shedding staff as AI affects bottom lines

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Claude is so entrenched within the US Defence Department – Pete Hesgeth’s “Department of War” – that the administration has, despite the immediacy of Trump’s directive, given the department six months to phase it out and  replace it with Anthropic rivals’ models.

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
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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