OpenAI raises $6.6bn in funding, is valued at $157bn
The startup behind ChatGP, which is reportedly planning to become a for-profit business, is now valued on par with Uber
September 2024
The networker
It’s useful that the latest AI can ‘think’, but we need to know its reasoning
John Naughton
AI could be an existential threat to publishers – that’s why Mumsnet is fighting back
Justine Roberts
OpenAI shift to for-profit company may lead it to cut corners, says whistleblower
Why is OpenAI planning to become a for-profit business and does it matter?
OpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reports
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she’s leaving firm to do her ‘own exploration’
OpenAI to launch models with ‘reasoning’ abilities that are ‘much like a person’
Business live
Teenager arrested over Transport for London cyber attack; ECB cuts interest rates – as it happened
‘If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes’: confessions of a chatbot helper
August 2024
The networker
AI cheating is overwhelming the education system – but teachers shouldn’t despair
John Naughton
OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast
Iranian group used ChatGPT to try to influence US election, OpenAI says
TechScape newsletter
Why AI’s Tom Cruise problem means it is ‘doomed to fail’
Elon Musk sues OpenAI again, alleging ‘deceit of Shakespearean proportions’
OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid
Why have the big seven tech companies been hit by AI boom doubts?
July 2024
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: Will OpenAI’s $5bn gamble on chatbots pay off? Only if you use them
The ChatGPT maker is betting big, while Google hopes its AI tools won’t replace workers, but help them to work better
Robots sacked, screenings shut down: a new movement of luddites is rising up against AI
Ed Newton-Rex
Company after company is swallowing the hype, only to be forced into embarrassing walkbacks by anti-AI backlash, writes Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly Trained
OpenAI tests new search engine called SearchGPT amid AI arms race
Prototype, initially launching with select publishers and users, set to challenge Google’s dominance of online search
