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How to Stop Another OpenAI Meltdown

OpenAI needs open-heart surgery. The ChatGPT developer’s new board of directors and its briefly fired but now-restored CEO, Sam Altman, said last week that they’re trying to fix the unusual corporate structure...

OpenAI Committed to Buying $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman

Sam Altman was reinstated soon after being fired as OpenAI CEO last month, but still stood to gain had the company continued to develop ChatGPT without him. During Altman’s tenure as CEO,...

Palestinians Are Locked Out of Google’s Online Economy

Palestinian graphic designer Bilal Tamimi’s YouTube videos from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank have received 6 million views during the past 13 years. His uploads document joyous festivals...

How OpenAI’s Bizarre Structure Gave 4 People the Power to Fire Sam Altman

When Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and other investors formed the startup behind ChatGPT as a US not-for-profit organization in 2015, Altman told Vanity Fair he had very little experience with nonprofits. “So...

Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day

For months, an odd sight has intrigued a San Francisco cop regularly stationed outside the downtown offices of the startup Humane. Out of its door have streamed employees with a small, square...

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls

In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to...

A Jury Will Decide If Google’s App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly

When Fortnite video game creator Epic Games sued Google in 2020 over the monopoly held by its official Google Play Android app store, its allegations that the company was unfairly restricting competition...

Rocket Alert Apps Warn Israelis of Incoming Attacks While Gaza Is Left in the Dark

As Israel intensifies its war on Hamas, civilians in Gaza and nearby parts of Israel live under constant threat of aerial assault. Israel's military is launching hundreds of strikes a day on...

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