Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination

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Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination

Leaders at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab confronted the startup’s cofounder and former CTO, Barret Zoph, over an alleged relationship with another employee...

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Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work

OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside ChatGPT in the coming weeks, marking a significant shift for one of the world’s most widely...

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Inside OpenAI’s Raid on Thinking Machines Lab

If someone ever makes an HBO Max series about the AI industry, the events of this week will make quite the episode.On Wednesday,...

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Key researchers return to OpenAI from former CTO Mira Murati’s Thinking Labs

OpenAI on Wednesday announced the return of three high-profile researchers to its team, in a positive development for its technical leadership.Barret Zoph, Luke...

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OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents

OpenAI is asking third-party contractors to upload real assignments and tasks from their current or previous workplaces so that it can use the...

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AI Devices Are Coming. Will Your Favorite Apps Be Along for the Ride?

Silicon Valley giants like Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI are racing to develop “operating systems” for AI-powered devices—and 2026 is likely the year these...

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AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations

Father Mike Schmitz, a Catholic priest and podcaster, addressed his congregation of more than 1.2 million YouTube subscribers in November with an unusual...

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The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees

At around 2 am local time in Caracas, Venezuela, US helicopters flew overhead while explosions resounded below. A few hours later, US president...

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So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen

On a drizzly and windswept afternoon this summer, I visited the headquarters of Rokid, a startup developing smart glasses in Hangzhou, China. As...

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Google’s and OpenAI’s Chatbots Can Strip Women in Photos Down to Bikinis

Some users of popular chatbots are generating bikini deepfakes using photos of fully clothed women as their source material. Most of these fake...

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Will AI take a toll on human cognitive skills? New study rings alarm bells

Following the massive explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) use in daily and professional life, worries are also mounting about whether our cognitive skills...

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OpenAI’s Child Exploitation Reports Increased Sharply This Year

OpenAI sent 80 times as many child exploitation incident reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first half...

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