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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role

OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical lea…

OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI's latest family of models promise improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecuri…

An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise

Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million…

OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing

OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic bro…

Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic

Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? With about $40 billion in revenue at stake, Mus…

Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?

The AI ROI debate has returned and the numbers are even bigger, as are, perhaps, the consequences.…

Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1

Meta's pitch to users is Spark's ability to handle large agentic workloads, fix bugs, and help with …

New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial

News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in Chat…

Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI

A new feature will indicate when advertisers have used generative AI tools to create or edit their a…

Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia

The Paris-based ElevenLabs competitor, just announced a hefty seed extension round.…

How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?

"Exactly what that dialog looked like between the government and Anthropic and OpenAI is unclear."…

How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos

Meta's new AI image generator is using your public Instagram photos unless you opt out. Here's how t…