OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its forthcoming line of AI hardware devices, according to a Monday court filing. The motion is part…
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Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company
Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX is acquiring his AI startup xAI, the centibillionaire announced on Monday. In a blog post, Musk said the…
Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them ‘Physically Safe’ From ICE
Employees at Google DeepMind have asked the company’s leadership for plans and policies to keep them “physically safe” from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while…
How Claude Code Is Reshaping Software—and Anthropic
Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached…
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 last summer,…
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 used AI…
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, OpenAI’s…
Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI
Thinking Machines cofounders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz are leaving the fledgling AI lab and rejoining OpenAI, the ChatGPT-maker announced on Thursday. OpenAI’s CEO of…
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 efforts will…
Former Rivian exec says ‘Every car company will become a robotics company’
Jiten Behl, partner at Eclipse and former chief growth officer at Rivian, thinks we’re entering an era of major re-industrialization in the U.S. — one…