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  • Dario AmodeiLaw

    ‘We’ll see if I can hold my nose and approve it’: Judge hates $1.5b AI settlement with book authors so much he’s taking 2 weeks to think it over

    By Michael Liedtke, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Sam Altman testifies in courtNews

    Parents suing OpenAI and Sam AItman allege ChatGPT coached their 16-year-old into taking his own life

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • MicrosoftTech

    Microsoft just revealed how much its flagship cloud platform makes—a whopping $75 billion a year

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • WorkerTech

    Laying off workers because of AI is more of a fashionable excuse than a real business imperative, study suggests

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • TrumpTech

    Trump’s ‘AI Action Plan’ ditches Biden guardrails, ‘red tape,’ wants chatbots to cut out their liberal bias

    By Matt O'Brien, Ali Swenson, and others
  • White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event for the signing of the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AI

    Trump’s ‘AI Action Plan’ to mix tech industry wishlist with culture war attacks on ‘woke AI’

    By Matt O'Brien, Ali Swenson, and others
  • Matt MahanTech

    Liberal mayor proudly outsources part of his job to ChatGPT. Up next: running the city government

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Jason RugoloTech

    The techie who allegedly showed Sam Altman and Jony Ive a drawing of an AI device just got sued by his former employer

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Linda YaccarinoTech

    What analysts are saying about Linda Yaccarino’s X tenure: ‘It was clear from the start that she was being set up to fail’

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Phil Spencer, chief executive officer of gaming at Microsoft Corp., speaks during an interview in New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. After a nearly two-year process, Microsoft completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023, giving Xbox a vast array of new content but also an imperative to reap financial returns. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Xbox CEO says latest job cuts ‘follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 22: Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, an artificial intelligence safety and research company attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Viva Technology, the biggest tech show in Europe but also in a unique digital format, for 4 days of reconnection and relaunch thanks to innovation. The event brings together startups, CEOs, investors, tech leaders and all of the digital transformation players who are shaping the future of the Internet. The annual technology conference, also known as VivaTech, was founded in 2016 by Publicis Groupe and Groupe Les Echos and is dedicated to promoting innovation and startups. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)AI

    Anthropic’s landmark copyright ruling is a victory for the AI industry—but the company is still on the hook for piracy claims

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Alexandr Wang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Scale AITech

    Meta ramps up AI efforts by paying $14.3 billion for 49% of Scale and hires its CEO Alexandr Wang for ‘superintelligence’ team

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Banners on the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to divert billions in grant dollars away from Harvard University and give those funds to trade schools across the US, escalating his clash with the elite institution. Photographer: Sophie Park/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAI

    OpenAI and Microsoft are teaming up with Harvard’s libraries to train AI models on 600-year-old books

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • the logo of Reddit, Inc. is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the company's latest stock market performanceTech

    Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly sneaking user comments to train Claude AI

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAI

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta just inked a 20-year deal with a nuclear power giant to fuel his AI ambitions

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press