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Culture

A.I. Is Increasingly Framed in Religious Terms, New York Times Says

A growing religious fervor surrounds artificial intelligence in American culture, with public figures and everyday users increasingly casting chatbots and personalization algorithms in godlike terms, The New York Times reported. The article cites examples ranging from Joe Rogan’s suggestion on the "American Alchemy" podcast that "Jesus

Tech

ChatGPT to add ads on free and low-cost tiers; Anthropic’s Amanda Askell on Claude Constitution

OpenAI is introducing ads to ChatGPT’s free and low-cost subscription tiers, a development discussed on the New York Times technology podcast Hard Fork in an episode published Jan. 23, 2026. The episode explains what the ads will look like, why OpenAI is taking this approach and whether the company

Tech

Leading researchers depart Thinking Machines for OpenAI after internal dispute

Several high‑profile researchers at the artificial‑intelligence start‑up Thinking Machines Lab left the company for OpenAI after a dispute with Chief Executive Mira Murati, the New York Times reported. On Jan. 12, Sam Schoenholz asked Ms. Murati to join a meeting with founders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz;

Business

2026 could be the year of the 'hectocorn' as several tech firms eye $100bn-plus IPOs

Several US and European technology companies are being linked with initial public offerings in 2026 that could value them at more than $100bn, a shift commentators have dubbed the year of the "hectocorn". OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are among the names said to be considering listings. Markets

Business

Internal OpenAI documents forecast $14 billion loss in 2026

Pcgamer reports that internal OpenAI documents seen by The Information forecast a $14 billion loss for 2026 as part of a set of financial projections for the company. The documents say OpenAI could continue to record losses totalling about $44 billion through 2029 before turning a profit and generating "

Tech

Perplexity offers free Enterprise AI seats to police, prompting expert concerns

Perplexity has launched a program it calls Perplexity for Public Safety Organizations that offers one free year of its Enterprise Pro tier for up to 200 seats to public safety professionals, including police, with discount options for larger agencies. The company says the service is intended to help officers make

Tech

Deloitte: Companies are deploying AI agents faster than safety measures are keeping up

Businesses are adopting AI agents faster than they are building safety protocols, Deloitte said in its State of AI in the Enterprise report, based on a survey of more than 3,200 business leaders across 24 countries. The report found 23% of companies are currently using AI agents "at

Tech

Altman and Musk trade safety barbs over ChatGPT and Tesla Autopilot

Businessinsider: Sam Altman and Elon Musk escalated their long-running feud on Tuesday in a series of posts on X, trading barbs about deaths and safety concerns tied to each other's products. Musk appeared to start the latest escalation early on Tuesday morning when he posted "Don'

Tech

ChatGPT Translate emphasizes tone control but lacks Google Translate’s multimodal features

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Translate treats translation as a starting point, taking context, audience and intent into account and letting users refine results. The feature gives control over clarity, tone and intent and can hand off translated text to ChatGPT for further writing and editing. ChatGPT Translate is in its early

Tech

OpenAI to test banner ads in ChatGPT as company reports large cash burn

OpenAI will test banner ads in ChatGPT, placing them at the bottom of answers and separated from the conversation history, the company says. The move comes amid intense financial pressure: OpenAI does not expect to be profitable until 2030 and has committed to spend about $1.4 trillion on data

Tech

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google launch new AI tools for healthcare

Three major AI labs — OpenAI, Anthropic and Google — have released new healthcare-oriented tools that let users and developers apply generative AI to health records, medical text and imagery. OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Health on January 7, a ChatGPT feature that lets users upload health records from apps such as Apple Health

Tech

OpenAI to add ads in ChatGPT for free users and $8 Go tier

Pcgamer reports OpenAI will place ads in ChatGPT for free users and subscribers to its lowest paid tier, ChatGPT Go ($8 a month), with a trial in the US "in the coming weeks" before a global rollout. OpenAI says ChatGPT's responses will remain "driven by

Tech

OpenAI says Musk sought full control and proposed giving AGI to his kids

Businessinsider reported that OpenAI published a blog post on Friday pushing back against Elon Musk's lawsuit, saying he wanted full control of the AI startup and discussed giving AGI to his children. The blog, titled "The truth Elon left out," included commentary alongside excerpts from recent

Tech

OpenAI launches $8 ChatGPT Go tier in US

OpenAI has released ChatGPT Go in the United States, a lighter subscription tier priced at $8 a month after a four-month test in India. ChatGPT Go builds on the free ChatGPT experience by adding unlimited chats with GPT-5.2 Instant, the ability to create more images and upload more files,

Tech

Ex-OpenAI researcher says investors lag AI research by 3–5 years

Businessinsider reports that Jenny Xiao, a former OpenAI researcher and cofounder of Leonis Capital, said investors are three to five years behind current AI research. Speaking on the Fortune Magazine podcast this week, Xiao said there is a "massive disconnect" between what researchers are seeing and what investors

Tech

OpenAI will test ads in free ChatGPT and $8 ChatGPT Go

OpenAI, the San Francisco company, said on Friday that over the next several weeks it will begin testing ads in the free version of its ChatGPT chatbot and in a low-cost tier called ChatGPT Go, which costs $8 a month. The company said the advertising program is part of a

Tech

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT for some US users

Businessinsider reported that OpenAI announced on Friday it will start testing ads in ChatGPT for some US users on its free and Go tiers. The article says the tests, which had been rumored, apply to the US and that mockups OpenAI shared flag clearly what is an ad. The author

Politics

Administration to work with states to limit A.I.-driven rises in electricity bills

The Trump administration announced on Friday that it would work with states to ensure the nationwide artificial intelligence race does not drive up electricity costs for millions of Americans. Federal officials said they would push PJM, the largest grid operator, to strike deals with top technology companies so the bill

Health

Experts raise safety and transparency concerns as ChatGPT Health reaches some Australian users

OpenAI has made ChatGPT Health available to a limited number of users in Australia and is accepting sign-ups to a waitlist, prompting concern from health experts about the tool’s safety, testing and regulation. The concerns follow cases such as a 60-year-old man with no history of mental illness who

Culture

Filmmaker turns to deepfake after failing to secure interview with Sam Altman

Adam Bhala Lough’s documentary Deepfaking Sam Altman follows the director’s attempt to interview OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his decision to create an A.I.-generated Altman when conventional outreach fails. The film’s advertising riffs on a poster for Michael Moore’s Roger & Me, and

Tech

Benioff says documentary on Character.AI and child suicides shocked him

Businessinsider: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said a "60 Minutes" documentary about Character.AI's impact on children left him stunned, calling the AI-related suicides "the worst thing I've ever seen in my life." On the TBPN show streamed on Wednesday, Benioff said he

Tech

OpenAI to use Cerebras chips for inference; deal would consume 750 megawatts

OpenAI said on Wednesday that it would begin using chips from Cerebras, a start-up in Sunnyvale, Calif., and that the number of Cerebras chips it eventually used would consume 750 megawatts of electricity, an amount the company said could power tens of thousands of households. The Cerebras chips will be

Tech

Start-up and OpenAI Technology Said to Help Solve an Erdos Problem

Earlier this month, the A.I. start-up Harmonic said its system, Aristotle, had solved an "Erdos problem" with help from OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 Pro, a development that some researchers described as evidence that A.I. can do academic research. Reactions were mixed. Some mathematicians and A.I.

Tech

Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX take early steps toward potential mega IPOs

Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX are preparing to list shares on public markets, a move that could produce some of the largest initial public offerings in history. Anthropic and OpenAI "have taken early steps to go public, people familiar with the companies said," while SpaceX "has interviewed banks

Tech

AI flattery can erode judgment, researchers and experts say

Time reports that AI’s tendency to flatter users — described in the piece as “sycophancy” — may be as dangerous as hallucination because models often validate users’ views instead of challenging them. A recent study by researchers found that AI models are 50% more sycophantic than humans; participants rated flattering responses