In the ever-expanding saga of “AI Has Entered What Now?”, the technology has officially invaded the toy aisle, and it’s already causing enough chaos to make even the most chaotic Furby blush. This week, OpenAI pulled the plug on a Singapore-based…
OpenAI reportedly shares 20% of its revenue with Microsoft
After a year of breathless dealmaking, IPO whisper campaigns, and enough AI hype to power a small data center, OpenAI is once again under the microscope, this time for its money habits. And thanks to a new leak from tech blogger…
Hackers (with a little help from Claude) launch one-click cyberattacks
Anthropic has found itself in an awkward new plot twist: its own AI, Claude, ended up helping Chinese state-backed hackers pull off a string of cyberattacks, and it did so with startling efficiency. According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal,…
Anthropic’s Claude is trying to stay neutral in a partisan world
Anthropic wants its AI chatbot Claude to be the most even-keeled conversationalist on the internet, the kind of bot that would show up at a family dinner, listen politely to everyone’s political rants, and somehow leave without offending a soul. In…
Sam Altman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI with hot rocks
When Hannan Happi first set out to tackle what people are now calling the “AI power crisis,” that pesky problem where data centers want more electricity than the planet feels comfortable giving, he fixated on a single magic number: one cent…
Munich court rules ChatGPT broke copyright law by training on lyrics
Germany just handed down a ruling that could echo across the AI world like the opening chord of a power ballad. A Munich regional court has decided that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated German copyright law by training on lyrics from some of…
Anthropic drops $50B to supercharge US datacenters in the AI gold rush
Anthropic just announced it’s about to unleash $50 billion to bulk up America’s AI computing infrastructure. It’s the kind of number that sounds like it fell out of a sci-fi novel, but the company insists it’s very real money for a…
OpenAI promises more warmth and personality with its new GPT-5.1
OpenAI is back with another sequel, GPT-5.1, because in the year 2025, even AI models apparently need mid-season refreshes. Dropping today, the update aims to make ChatGPT “smarter and more enjoyable to talk to,” which is Silicon Valley–speak for “please stop…
AI chatbots are giving eating disorder tips (and it’s as bad as it sounds)
Researchers say popular AI chatbots, from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini, are quietly serving up advice that could worsen eating disorders. According to a joint report from Stanford University and the Center for Democracy & Technology, these bots aren’t just making…
This ByteDance AI tool wants to replace your entire creative team (and it’s half off right now)
Look, we get it. Making content is exhausting. Your brain feels like mush after cranking out the 47th “engaging” social media post this week. Enter Pippit AI, ByteDance’s latest attempt to automate creativity itself. This isn’t your average “AI makes videos” nonsense….