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Trump Announces $100 Billion Stargate A.I. Initiative With OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank
OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major U.S. investments in the technology.The New York Times - Jan. 21 -
Perplexity launches Sonar API, taking aim at Google and OpenAI with real-time AI search
Perplexity's Sonar is a real-time AI search API challenging Google and OpenAI with disruptive pricing and superior performance.VentureBeat - Jan. 21 -
Trump to announce AI infrastructure investment backed by Oracle, OpenAI and Softbank
President Donald Trump will announce a joint venture Tuesday with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions of dollars in AI infrastructure in the United States.NBC News - Jan. 21 -
Why OpenAI’s Agent Tool May be the First AI Gizmo to Improve Your Workplace
AI is exciting, powerful and controversial, and some critics doubt the tech delivers on its promise. But the next big wave of AI ‘agents’ may prove genuinely helpful.Inc. - Jan. 21 -
Generali and Natixis Ink Asset-Management Joint Venture
Generali and the owner of France’s Natixis Investment Managers agreed to jointly create a European asset manager overlooking nearly $2 trillion.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 21 -
Open-source DeepSeek-R1 uses pure reinforcement learning to match OpenAI o1 — at 95% less cost
The company developed DeepSeek-R1 by using pure reinforcement learning on top of DeepSeek-V3-Base, and matched or beat o1 on some benchmarks.VentureBeat - Jan. 20 -
Boston Celtics sale: Price expected to exceed $6 billion with at least four bidders in the mix, per report
The Celtics announced the team was being put up for sale last July, shortly after winning their 18th championshipCBS Sports - Jan. 18 -
Sam Altman posts letter from senators concerned about OpenAI efforts to 'cozy up' to Trump
On his X account, Sam Altman posted a letter signed by Democratic senators concerned about the ways tech companies appear to be bending to Trump's wishes.CNBC - Jan. 17 -
OpenAI’s Ex-CTO Raids Rivals for Top Team at Her Startup
Mira Murati’s still unnamed AI startup’s goal remains a mystery, but she clearly has a plan—starting with gathering a pool of industry experts.Inc. - Jan. 17 -
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says This Will Be the No.1 Most Valuable Skill in the Age of AI
Nope, it’s not IQ, EQ, or adaptability.Inc. - Jan. 17 -
Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI Executive
It’s a major get for Murati’s mysterious startup, which has also poached engineers and researchers from a number of other prominent AI firms.Wired - Jan. 17 -
Maverick Carter advising investors trying to form $5 billion international basketball league, per report
LeBron James' business partner wants to create a league of six men's and six women's teamsCBS Sports - Jan. 16 -
Masayoshi Son Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed
How SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son convinced Steve Jobs to make the deal of the century.Wired - Jan. 16 -
US targets China’s answer to OpenAI with trade blacklisting
Beijing-based Zhipu singled out among artificial intelligence start-ups for allegedly advancing Chinese military capabilitiesFinancial Times - Jan. 16 -
Iowa State's 30-year streak of hitting a 3-pointer ends in win over Texas Tech
Iowa State’s NCAA record streak of 945 consecutive games with a 3-pointer ended Tuesday night in a 71-58 victory over Texas Tech. The Cyclones had made a 3-pointer in every game dating back to Feb. ...ABC News - Jan. 15 -
Pfizer Sells 700 Million Haleon Shares for $3 Billion
The sale decreases Pfizer’s shareholding in the consumer-healthcare business to 7.3% of its issued share capital, down from 15%.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 15 -
OpenAI Details How It Would Like AI to Be Regulated
The resulting regulation—or lack thereof—could have repercussions for businesses working on artificial intelligence.Inc. - Jan. 14 -
OpenAI’s agentic era begins: ChatGPT Tasks offers job scheduling, reminders and more
OpenAI will let some users schedule task reminders on ChatGPT, a sign the company may be readying itself to release an agent.VentureBeat - Jan. 14 -
OpenAI outlines proposals to bolster national security, drive economic growth
OpenAI laid out a series of new artificial intelligence (AI) policy proposals Monday, encouraging U.S. development of the emerging technology to stay ahead of China while minimizing its risks. "As ...The Hill - Jan. 13 -
OpenAI Courts Trump With Vision for ‘A.I. in America’
The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.The New York Times - Jan. 13 -
Britain seeks to build homegrown rival to OpenAI in bid to become world leader in artificial intelligence
The U.K. on Monday laid out plans to become a leader in AI, including ambitions to build a homegrown to global AI success stories like OpenAI.CNBC - Jan. 12 -
OpenAI has begun building out its robotics team
Previously, OpenAI partnered with robotics startup Figure to provide the models powering the latter's humanoid robots.VentureBeat - Jan. 10 -
Disney, Warner Bros., Fox kill streamed sports joint venture
Three of the nation's largest broadcast media companies have scrapped plans to launch a joint direct-to-consumer streaming platform for live sports, the group announced Friday. Warner Bros. ...The Hill - Jan. 10 -
Microsoft’s new rStar-Math technique upgrades small models to outperform OpenAI’s o1-preview at math problems
Phi-4 and an rStar-Math paper suggest that compact, specialized models can provide powerful alternatives to the industry’s largest systems.VentureBeat - Jan. 9 -
Musk calls on California and Delaware to force auction of OpenAI stake
Latest salvo in legal battle over ChatGPT-maker’s restructuring as a for-profit companyFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Denies Sexual-Abuse Claims Made by Sister
Ann Altman’s lawsuit says the alleged abuse occurred at the family’s home in Missouri when she and Sam Altman were children.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 8 -
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sister's sexual abuse allegations in lawsuit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused her regularly between the years of 1997 and 2006.NBC News - Jan. 8 -
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuit
In a lawsuit filed in Missouri, Sam Altman's sister has accused the OpenAI CEO of years of sexual abuse. Altman denied the claims.CNBC - Jan. 8 -
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit
Tech entrepreneur and family say Ann Altman’s claims that abuse started in childhood are ‘utterly untrue’ . The sister of the OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman , has filed a lawsuit alleging that ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
OpenAI's Sam Altman urges Trump to ease power plant, data center construction
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested that President-elect Trump should ease restrictions on data center and power plant construction to help boost the development of energy-intensive artificial ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
'I can't spend another five years in my caravan'
A Doncaster mum suffers her second major flood in five years.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
Business leaders court Trump as UAE billionaire promises to spend $20 billion on U.S. data centers
President-elect Donald Trump drew another expression of support on Tuesday, as a billionaire businessman from the United Arab Emirates, Hussain Sajwani, promised to spend at least $20 billion in ...MarketWatch - Jan. 7 -
Microsoft Plans to Invest $3 Billion on AI, Cloud Infrastructure in India
The company plans to grow the company’s Azure cloud business in India and set up new data centers.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7 -
OpenAI begins 2025 with massive hype for AGI, superintelligence
The AGI and superintelligence hype has hit a fever pitch unlike any I've seen in my 15 years writing about technology.VentureBeat - Jan. 6 -
OpenAI’s red teaming innovations define new essentials for security leaders in the AI era
Red teaming has become the go-to technique for iteratively testing AI models to simulate diverse, lethal, unpredictable attacks.VentureBeat - Jan. 6 -
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs autonomously, known as AI agents, could transform business output. Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, ...The Guardian - Jan. 6 -
Microsoft Says AI Will Lead To Job Losses, Invests $80 Billion In The Tech
Microsoft has doubled down on its plan to invest $80 billion into artificial technologies in 2025, while at the same time admitting that advancements to the technology will lead to job losses. This ...GameSpot - Jan. 6
