Sam Altman's project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. |

At a trendy venue near the San Francisco pier, Sam Altman’s verification project World celebrated its next evolution and rapid expansion of its ambitions. And…

OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents |

12:28 PM PDT · April 15, 2026 Agentic AI is the tech industry’s newest success story, and companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to…

Snap gets closer to releasing new AI glasses after years-long hiatus |

In Brief Posted: 5:00 AM PDT · April 10, 2026 Snap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses-focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm, as…

Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC |

In Brief Posted: 1:22 PM PDT · April 3, 2026 Anthropic has filed documents to create a new political action committee — a sign that,…

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features |

Salesforce, the cloud software giant, has been remaking its business around AI, and at a small gathering in San Francisco on Tuesday, CEO Marc Benioff…

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing |

In Brief Posted: 2:50 PM PDT · March 26, 2026 As AI makes inroads into the worlds of editorial and media, websites are scrambling to…

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters |

When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle: a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility that, Resnick estimates, won’t…

OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT's erotic mode |

11:34 AM PDT · March 26, 2026 OpenAI has put the kibosh on yet another project — at least for the time being. On Thursday,…

Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada |

12:15 PM PDT · March 20, 2026 Kalshi isn’t having a very good week. On Tuesday, the attorney general of Arizona filed a 20-count criminal…

Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI |

In Brief Posted: 3:09 PM PDT · March 19, 2026 Jeff Bezos is reportedly seeking $100 billion for a new fund, the likes of which…