OpenAI just announced a circular partnership with Thrive Holdings, a firm from one of its own major investors, Thrive Capital. The deal gives OpenAI a stake and potential payouts in exchange for its tech and employees, aiming to AI-ify IT and accounting firms.
Washington state is proposing its own path for AI regulation while federal action stalls. An interim report from a state task force recommends transparency mandates, a startup grant program, and specific rules for policing and healthcare.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is publicly mocking Steam’s policy that requires game developers to disclose if their products use AI-generated assets. He argues that since AI will be in nearly all future game production, the label is meaningless. The debate highlights the ongoing tension in the creative
OpenAI is making a strategic investment into Thrive Holdings, a company backed by its own major investor. This continues a pattern of circular dealmaking for the AI giant as it seeks new ways to embed its technology and grow its stake in the ecosystem.
The automaker consortium Ionna is making a massive $250 million push into California’s EV charging market. The move is part of a rapid national rollout, with the network now boasting over 4,000 contracted charging bays. It’s a clear signal that carmakers are taking charging infrastructure into their
A malicious npm package tried to manipulate AI security scanners with a hidden prompt. Despite being flagged months ago, it remained downloadable and was installed nearly 17,000 times. This shows a dangerous gap between detection and actual removal in the software supply chain.
Europe’s telecom giant and its largest retailer are joining forces on a major AI infrastructure play. They’re reportedly seeking EU funding to build a data center packed with 100,000 next-gen AI chips. This is a direct bid for European AI sovereignty.
According to Forbes, we’re 1,000 days into the ChatGPT era, but the real revolution is just beginning. The next phase will see AI agents making autonomous decisions and trillion-dollar training runs, forcing a brutal reckoning for companies that aren’t prepared.
One of AI’s founding architects is stepping away from Meta to pursue what he believes is the real future of artificial intelligence. Yann LeCun argues that current large language models are fundamentally limited and that true intelligence requires systems that can perceive and reason about the physi
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly urged employees to automate every possible task with artificial intelligence. His blunt comments came during an all-hands meeting following the company’s record $57 billion revenue quarter. Huang also addressed job security concerns, promising employees they’ll
