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OpenAI tries to reassure investors with annualized revenue target
The frontier firm’s figures are seen as key to understanding underlying demand for cutting-edge AI models.
Carlos Barria/Reuters
Musk accuses Indian ‘oligarchs’ of blocking Starlink access
The comments, which New Delhi called “baseless,” escalated a yearslong feud over market access for the satellite operator.
Evan Vucci/Reuters
Companies in Japan, South Korea hit by major cyberattacks
The attacks raise concerns that AI may be turbo-charging hacking efforts.
Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters
Tech companies play whack-a-mole with rogue AI
Agentic AI hacks pose major issues for governments and tech companies alike.
Dado Ruvic/Reuters
US and China take different approaches to AI agents
OpenAI’s dots and Meta’s Muse are built around the assistant first and then sent out to use other companies’ websites and services.
Go Nakamura/Reuters
AI video startup Higgsfield launches tool to build custom AI influencers
The company has updated its AI influencer tool, making it easier for users to insert a character of their own creation into existing videos.
A Higgsfield AI influencer. Courtesy of Higgsfield.
The West’s open-source AI race kicks into high gear
Several Western tech firms have released open-source models over the past week.
SpaceX looks to $40 billion debt raise to buy chips
The company’s reported raise shows it is stuck between mature tech giants like Google and Meta and startups like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Alex Stamos on Silicon Valley’s ‘nihilism,’ and the line between real AI risks and imagined ones
In the debut episode of Future Proof from Semafor Technology, Cognition CISO and former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos goes off on the “nihilism” ripping through Silicon Valley.
OpenAI’s mathematical breakthroughs roil the field
Experts have argued that AI could be revolutionary for mathematics, but only if it gives the proof for a solution.
Calls for AI regulation grow as experts warn of dystopian future
One of the so-called godfathers of AI argued that it “should be approached like other critical technologies” such as medicine or aviation.
Polls show how AI is changing the workplace
Twenty-eight percent of US employees say they use AI at least weekly, according to a two-year study from Jobs for the Future, The Families & Workers Fund, and Gallup.
Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework
It’s the latest indication that Democrats are not giving up on a sustained push for answers from the administration.
AI-stock rally powers Nasdaq to record close
Demand for compute is strong enough that hyperscalers remain undeterred by higher borrowing costs, posing a dilemma for the US Federal Reserve.
Reflection AI unveils an open-source Western answer to Chinese labs
Its new model, Beam, could give more options to Western companies and governments that don’t want to — or can’t — use Chinese models.
Legal risks mount for OpenAI
OpenAI faces mounting legal risks stemming from cyber incidents linked to its AI models, after the firm alerted more than 100 organizations to unauthorized activities.
Trump unveils AI task force
The US director of national intelligence and the Federal Trade Commission chairman will head up the White House’s “Super Intelligence Force” on AI, President Donald Trump announced Sunday.
How employees forced OpenAI’s president to back down
A set of internal Slack messages details the politics at one of the world’s most powerful AI companies.