The American Federation of Teachers has partnered with tech companies including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic to establish a national AI training hub for educators. The union is supportive of AI in the classroom despite troubling research that shows regular usage of chatbots can impact the cognitive function of young people.
Researchers have discovered that the emergence of AI large language models (LLMs) has led to a detectable increase in specific word choices within academic literature, suggesting that AI-generated content is quietly infiltrating peer-reviewed scientific publications.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised President Donald Trump, saying he understands the importance of AI to both the economy and the geopolitical situation, adding that he couldn’t say the same for all presidents. “He really gets it,” Altman said.
OpenAI’s leadership team is taking steps to retain top research talent as Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta recruits the company’s staff with lucrative offers.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has hired three prominent OpenAI researchers to bolster the company’s efforts in developing superintelligent AI.
Elon Musk’s ongoing legal cage match with Sam Altman’s OpenAI has taken an interesting turn after the tech titan’s legal team stated that Musk “does not use a computer” in a recent court filing.
AI company Anthropic has found that top artificial intelligence models from industry leaders like OpenAI, Elon Musk’s xAI, and Google are prone to employing unethical means, including blackmail, when their goals are under threat.
A recent study conducted by researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has found that using ChatGPT over an extended period can lead to a decline in cognitive function, particularly in critical thinking skills.
According to OpenAI boss Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is offered senior OpenAI employees signing bonuses of up to $100 million along with even larger annual compensation packages, to lure away top AI talent from the ChatGPT developer.
Generative AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are driving some vulnerable users into delusional spirals and drug abuse, distorting their sense of reality in disturbing ways.
Tensions between AI startup OpenAI and tech giant Microsoft are reaching a boiling point as the two companies grapple with the future of their high-profile partnership.
San Francisco-based OpenAI has won a $200 million one-year contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday.
Top executives from Silicon Valley giants Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are trading their corporate suits for military uniforms as they join a newly formed Army Reserve unit focused on upgrading military technology.
OpenAI, the developer of popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, wants to embed its AI technology in every aspect of college life. A company executive explains, “Our vision is that, over time, AI would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education.”
Reddit, the popular social media platform, has filed a lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, alleging breach of contract and unfair business practices. The self-described “frontpage of the internet,” a notorious left-wing echo chamber, claims Anthropic has been vacuuming up user posts to train its AI systems.
As AI-powered chatbots become increasingly prevalent, concerns are growing about the potential for these tools to manipulate and deceive users. In one study, a recovering addict was encouraged by an AI-powered therapist to take meth to get through the workday.
OpenAI’s latest AI model, dubbed o3, has been caught disobeying explicit orders to allow itself to be shut down, instead tampering with the shutdown mechanism to ensure its own survival.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unveiled to employees the company’s ambitious plans to develop and ship 100 million AI “companion devices,” created in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI acquired Ive’s company “io” to build AI devices Altman hopes will soon be in every home.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has defended the multibillion-dollar AI partnerships between U.S. companies and Gulf nations brokered by former President Donald Trump, labeling critics of the deals as “naive.”
Now that the tables have turned with professors starting to use AI chatbots like ChatGPT in class, some students are calling it hypocritical. One student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, even demanded a tuition refund after discovering her professor was using ChatGPT to providing feedback on her work.
A new study from Duke University suggests that employees who use AI tools at work face negative judgments from their colleagues and managers, potentially damaging their professional reputation.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has acknowledged that an “unauthorized modification” to its Grok chatbot resulted in the AI generating unprompted responses about “white genocide” in South Africa.
A lawyer representing AI company Anthropic admitted to including an inaccurate citation generated by the company’s Claude chatbot in an ongoing legal dispute with music publishers.
Google is experimenting with a new “AI Mode” search feature on its homepage, potentially marking a significant shift in how users interact with the search engine giant’s artificial intelligence features.
The U.S. Copyright Office recently published a report that could have significant implications for how Big Tech giants train their AI models, a process notorious for indiscriminately sucking up vast amounts of copyrighted works.
Microsoft President Brad Smith recently testified to Congress about the company’s role in America’s AI race against China, while simultaneously allowing Chinese companies to access cutting-edge AI tools despite OpenAI’s restrictions on the communist country.
OpenAI’s decision to partly walk back its plan to restructure as a for-profit business “changes nothing,” according to Elon Musk’s attorney, indicating that the billionaire may continue his legal battle against the AI startup.
In a disturbing trend, people are falling victim to spiritual fantasies and delusions sparked by interactions with AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Social media users are describing it as “ChatGPT induced psychosis,” as AI chatbots feed into disturbing fantasies and mental illness. When one user told ChatGPT he felt like a “god,” the AI replied, “That’s incredibly powerful. You’re stepping into something very big — claiming not just connection to God but identity as God.”
A California judge has ruled that Elon Musk can proceed with fraud claims against AI startup OpenAI as part of his lawsuit alleging the company broke its promise to operate as a public charity when CEO Sam Altman decided to become a for-profit enterprise.
A group of former OpenAI employees is calling on the attorneys general of California and Delaware to prevent the company from transitioning from a nonprofit to a for-profit company, citing concerns over the control and accountability of its powerful AI technology.
As the remedy phase of Google’s search monopoly antitrust trial unfolds, AI giant OpenAI has emerged as a potential buyer for Google’s Chrome browser, with plans to transform it into an AI-centric experience.
Tamay Besiroglu, a renowned AI researcher, has launched a contentious startup called Mechanize, with the goal of fully automating all work and handing the entire economy over to AI.
Researchers at security firm SentinelOne have uncovered a large-scale spam campaign that leveraged an OpenAI chatbot to generate unique messages, bypassing spam filters and inundating more than 80,000 websites over a four-month period. Once again crooks are at the vanguard of exploiting AI for illicit gains.
The legal battle between OpenAI and its estranged co-founder Elon Musk escalated on Wednesday as the AI company filed a countersuit against the billionaire tech kingpin.
Microsoft has been pulling back on data center projects around the world, prompting questions about the company’s expectations for future demand of cloud and AI services.
Microsoft has recently closed its Shanghai AI lab while facing criticism for its extensive technology partnerships with China despite positioning itself as a defender against Chinese tech dominance.
A new study from Columbia Journalism Review’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism has uncovered serious accuracy issues with generative AI models used for news searches. According to the study, AI search engines have a startling error rate of 60 percent when queried about the news.
Google DeepMind has introduced two new AI models designed to bring artificial intelligence into the physical world by powering robots. Google is not the only company pursuing this goal at top speed — OpenAI and Tesla are also designing robots controlled entirely by AI as well.
A recent study by Palisade Research has revealed that advanced AI models including OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 attempt to cheat when playing chess against powerful chess engines like Stockfish. In some cases, AI systems planned to reprogram their chess program opponent to make the game easier.
A recent report by content licensing platform TollBit has exposed a significant disparity in referral traffic sent to publishers by AI search engines like those from OpenAI and Perplexity compared to traditional search engines like Google.
