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…
Author: Maxwell Zeff
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…
OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most Users
OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change to how hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT. On a low-profile blog that tracks product changes, the…
OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s chief communications officer, Hannah Wong, announced internally on Monday that she is leaving the company in January, WIRED has learned. In a statement to…
Netflix growing up, data center jet engines, and the circular AI economy
A baby was born in a Waymo this week, and it wasn’t even the first one. What started as a novelty story quickly became a…
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.2, its smartest artificial intelligence model yet, with performance gains across writing, coding, and reasoning benchmarks. The launch comes just days after…
Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers
Cursor, the wildly popular AI coding startup, is launching a new feature that lets people design the look and feel of web applications with AI.…