Openai Outlines Proposals

Hochul Proposes Cutting Income Taxes for Middle-Class New Yorkers

Gov. Kathy Hochul used her State of the State speech to focus on affordability and crime, vowing to place a police officer on every overnight subway train.

The New York Times - 7h

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 - 1d

Spain proposes 100% tax on property purchases for non-EU buyers

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unveils plan to tackle housing crisis

Financial Times - 1d

Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes

Conservative thinktank wants firm to end its DEI efforts because they create ‘litigation, reputational and financial risks’. Business live – latest updates Apple has asked shareholders to vote ...

The Guardian - 1d

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 - 1d

Biden administration proposes new restrictions on AI chip exports

The proposal is raising concerns with the chip industry, with artificial intelligence leader Nvidia calling it "misguided."

CBS News - 1d

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 - 2d

Mark Cuban Just Proposed a 20-Minute Daily Habit to ‘Destabilize’ Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and President Trump

Is there any downside?

Inc. - 3d

Supreme Court takes up Biden's proposal to expand relief for borrowers defrauded by schools

The Supreme Court decided Friday to take up the Biden administration’s appeal defending its proposal to ease applications for the Borrower Defense student debt relief program. In a brief order, ...

The Hill - 4d

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 - 4d

$Microsoft’s new rStar-Math technique upgrades small models to outperform OpenAI’s o1-preview at math problems$

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 - 5d

The 20 child abuse inquiry proposals - what has happened so far?

A seven-year inquiry into the sexual abuse of children was published in 2022 - what has happened since?

BBC News - 5d

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 company

Financial Times - 5d

Canada on Trump's Proposed Union: Thanks, but Let's Just Be Friends

The president-elect’s comments about the U.S. annexing its northern neighbor were rejected by Canadians of all political stripes.

The Wall Street Journal - 5d

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 - 6d

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 - 6d

Fed’s Waller backs more rate cuts, says he doesn’t think proposed Trump tariffs will spark inflation

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Wednesday that he doesn’t think that proposed import tariffs from the incoming Trump administration will lead to upward pressure on inflation.

MarketWatch - 6d

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 - 6d

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 - 6d

White House readies nicotine proposal in administration's final days

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA rule to lower nicotine levels closes in on finish line The Food and Drug Administration is poised to try ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Meta proposes new scalable memory layers that improve knowledge, reduce hallucinations

According to Meta, memory layers may be the the answer to LLM hallucinations as they don't require huge compute resources at inference time.

VentureBeat - Jan. 7

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

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

Newsom proposes 'balanced' budget with no deficits

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday proposed a $322 billion budget that he said would be "balanced" and without deficits — marking a significant turnaround after two years of shortfalls. ...

The Hill - 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

Schiff: Trump’s proposed January 6 pardons would 'send a terrible message about our democracy'

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press to talk about the anniversary of January 6 and President-elect Trump’s plans to pardon those involved with the attack, calling it “the wrong way to ...

NBC News - Jan. 5

U.S. Steel faces murky future after proposed Nippon Steel takeover

The Biden administration blocked the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel. Here's what that could mean for the once iconic American company.

CBS News - Jan. 3

Jeffries outlines priorities for Democrats after Johnson wins House speaker vote

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries introduced House Speaker Mike Johnson following the vote that reelected Johnson to the leadership role. Jeffries also called attention to priorities for Democrats as ...