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OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm

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OpenAI announced Thursday it reached a non-binding agreement with Microsoft, its largest investor, on a revised partnership that would allow the startup to convert its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). The transition, should it be cleared by state regulators, could allow OpenAI to raise additional capital from investors and, eventually, become a […]

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A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

Government & Policy /

The California State Assembly took a big step toward regulating AI on Wednesday night, passing SB 243 — a bill that regulate AI companion chatbots in order to protect minors and vulnerable users. The legislation passed with bipartisan support and now heads to the state Senate for a final vote Friday. If Governor Gavin Newsom

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OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal

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Oracle sent its shares soaring after markets closed yesterday after reporting that it signed multiple multi-billion-dollar contracts with several customers. Now, we have an idea of who those customers might be. Oracle signed a deal with OpenAI for the AI company to purchase $300 billion worth of compute power over a span of about five

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Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic

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Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint alongside OpenAI’s, marking the end of Microsoft’s previous reliance solely on the ChatGPT-maker for its productivity suite.  Microsoft’s move to diversify

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Anthropic endorses California’s AI safety bill, SB 53

Government & Policy /

On Monday, Anthropic announced an official endorsement of SB 53, a California bill from state Senator Scott Wiener that would impose first-in-the-nation transparency requirements on the world’s largest AI model developers. Anthropic’s endorsement marks a rare and major win for SB 53, at a time when major tech groups like CTA and Chamber for Progress

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Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

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A new research paper from OpenAI asks why large language models like GPT-5 and chatbots like ChatGPT still hallucinate and whether anything can be done to reduce those hallucinations. In a blog post summarizing the paper, OpenAI defines hallucinations as “plausible but false statements generated by language models,” and it acknowledges that despite improvements, hallucinations

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OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality

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OpenAI is reorganizing its Model Behavior team, a small but influential group of researchers that shape how the company’s AI models interact with people, TechCrunch has learned. In an August memo to staff seen by TechCrunch, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen said the Model Behavior team — which consists of roughly 14 researchers —

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Attorneys general warn OpenAI ‘harm to children will not be tolerated’

Government & Policy /

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings met with and sent an open letter to OpenAI to express their concerns over the safety of ChatGPT, particularly for children and teens.  The warning comes a week after Bonta and 44 other attorneys general sent a letter to 12 of the top AI

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Atlassian’s $610M bet, and why everyone’s fighting over your browser

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Google just dodged a Chrome breakup bullet, but the biggest twist? The federal judge bought the idea that AI rivals could keep the tech giant in check, even as new competitors gain ground. From Atlassian’s $610 million bet on The Browser Company to OpenAI’s latest maneuvers, the competition for how we navigate the web is

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OpenAI hires the team behind Xcode coding assistant Alex Codes

Startups /

Acqui-hires feel like they’re here to stay: The team behind Alex Codes, a popular tool that lets developers use AI models within Apple’s development suite Xcode, is joining OpenAI. In a post on X, Alex Codes’ founder Daniel Edrisian said the startup’s team is joining OpenAI’s Codex division, which is building the company’s AI coding

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