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How Sam Altman fooled Sundar Pichai — and pushed Google into cannibalizing itself

A former GE Energy director and veteran Washington Post and Fortune columnist argues that OpenAI’s AI narrative panicked Google into systematically destroying its own business model — and that a reckoning is approaching.

By Sunil SharanMay 27, 2026
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I’ve been a CEO for 25 years. The AI hype and hysteria is getting old
By Gil MandelzisMay 27, 2026
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We don’t imprison humans preemptively based on the capability to commit crime. Why regulate AI that way?
By Ion StoicaMay 27, 2026
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The next great American tech hub isn’t a city. It’s a corridor between New York and Miami
By Patrick Chun and Matt HigginsMay 26, 2026
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Your company needs a Chief Trust Officer. Here’s three reasons why
By Jonathan JordanMay 27, 2026
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I wrote the playbook that built Big Tech. I misjudged what would happen next
By Eric RiesMay 26, 2026
Latest Stories
Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women list has a new No. 1
NewslettersFortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women list has a new No. 1
By Emma HinchliffeMay 27, 2026
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SuccessReal estate billionaire launched his entire career after being called the ‘worst analyst’ and quitting his cushy job at Goldman Sachs
By Emma BurleighMay 27, 2026
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North AmericaShuttle buses, no food court, and a UFC cage out front — the Spelling Bee kids want their old venue back
By Ben Nuckols and The Associated PressMay 27, 2026
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EnvironmentThe river that supplies 40 million Americans is down to 23% — and about to make a $25 million bet on one fish
By Dorany Pineda, Brittany Peterson and The Associated PressMay 27, 2026
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LawSupreme Court lets Vermont’s Meta lawsuit proceed, opening door to 50-state legal wave
By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated PressMay 27, 2026
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Big TechDonald Newhouse saw the internet coming in 2004. His newspapers still weren’t ready
By Scott Mayerowitz and The Associated PressMay 27, 2026
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By Emily PharesMay 27, 2026
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InnovationNASA just awarded its first moon base contracts—and Jeff Bezos was on the list
By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressMay 27, 2026
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CommentaryAmerica turns 250 with a dangerous new problem: We no longer agree on what’s real
By Richard TorrenzanoMay 26, 2026
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    CommentaryI’ve been studying Big Tech for a long time. What just happened with Anthropic and the Pentagon terrifies me
    By Olivier SylvainMay 16, 2026
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CommentaryThe Supreme Court handed Trump a Golden Chariot on tariffs — now he just has to take it
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMay 26, 2026
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CommentaryAmerica turns 250. Its greatest innovation wasn’t the car or the computer — it was learning to share risk
By Jim WilliamsonMay 26, 2026
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CommentaryFrom service to skilled trades: America’s most overlooked workforce pipeline
By Rose Van AlstineMay 26, 2026
Richard McCathron is President & CEO, Hippo.
CommentaryI’m leading a $100 million corporate turnaround. Here’s why I learned to distrust the growth mindset
By Richard McCathronMay 25, 2026
David Bennahum
CommentaryI was one of the internet’s first influencers. AI just killed the whole category — and created something better
By David S. BennahumMay 24, 2026
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    CommentaryWould you hire the lawyer who just got sanctioned for using AI?
    By Alexandra SmythMay 16, 2026
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CommentaryMillions of business owners are about to retire. They should sell to their employees
By Matt Helmer and Maxwell JohnsonMay 23, 2026
Ashley Yetman
CommentaryEveryone is blaming AI for the death of ‘craft.’ Take a good look in the mirror
By Ashley YetmanMay 23, 2026
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CommentaryI’ve spent 25 years studying loneliness. AI is about to make it much worse
By Clay RoutledgeMay 23, 2026
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CommentaryFormer NASA Robotics Chief: America is building the wrong kind of robots — and China knows it
By Robert AmbroseMay 23, 2026
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CommentaryMy startup hit $200 million ARR. But first I walked away from 2.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly went bankrupt
By Joel MorrisMay 23, 2026
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    CommentaryMamdani’s New York is coming to tax your private jet. Here’s how to prepare
    By Greg RaiffMay 16, 2026
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CommentaryI’ve spent 25 years in venture capital. Here’s how it quietly shut ordinary Americans out of the AI wealth boom—and what could fix it
By Steve BrotmanMay 22, 2026
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CommentaryMcKinsey studied 200 family business successions. The biggest problem wasn’t the heir — it was the outgoing CEO
By Acha Leke and Chaitali MukherjeeMay 22, 2026
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CommentaryI’ve led companies through every major tech disruption. AI washing is the same mistake, every time
By Himanshu PalsuleMay 22, 2026
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CommentaryTrump Accounts have a bigger problem than billionaire stock donations
By Jin Huang and Stephen RollMay 21, 2026
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CommentaryThe U.S. freight network is broken by design. One merger could start fixing it
By Brigham A. McCownMay 21, 2026
Elon Musk sits with his fists together, looking up.
CommentarySpaceX will be worth trillions, but the space station that made it possible is worth even more — if we don’t squander it
By Tejpaul BhatiaMay 20, 2026
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CommentaryThe 50-year-old law that governed every software company just broke. Here’s what replaces it
By Martin Casado and Abhishek NagarajMay 20, 2026
FJ Campbell, MD, is chief medical officer at Ardent Health.
CommentaryA doctor shortage is coming. AI could be the only realistic fix
By FJ CampbellMay 20, 2026
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CommentaryMilken-Harris Poll: 80% of Americans want AI workforce programs now — and Washington hasn’t delivered
By Karen Kornbluh and Libby RodneyMay 20, 2026
‘Change the World’ idealism is dying in Silicon Valley. We’ll miss it when it’s gone
Commentary‘Change the World’ idealism is dying in Silicon Valley. We’ll miss it when it’s gone
By Jonathan WeberMay 19, 2026
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CommentaryWe found the real reason 70% of transformations fail
By Julia Dhar, Kristy R. Ellmer and Philip JamesonMay 19, 2026
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CommentaryThe SaaSpocalypse isn’t killing software. It’s exposing where software value really lives
By Joel HronMay 19, 2026
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CommentaryMusk vs. Altman: AI safety cannot be one man’s job
By Stavros GadinisMay 18, 2026
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CommentaryAnaplan CEO: AI isn’t eating software. It’s sorting it
By Charlie GottdienerMay 18, 2026
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CommentaryWorld Economic Forum: women’s health gets only 20% of R&D funding. We must seize this $1 trillion opportunity
By Shyam BishenMay 18, 2026
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CommentaryOpenAI paid $100 million for a talk show. James Murdoch is eyeing an even bigger deal. The hot new asset class is humanity
By Lin CherryMay 17, 2026
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CommentaryFreshworks CEO: why agile enterprises are winning the AI race — and what they did differently
By Dennis WoodsideMay 17, 2026
Mary Moreland-Abbott Executive Vice President of Human Resources.
CommentaryGen X is the most indebted generation in America. Their employers can fix that
By Mary MorelandMay 17, 2026
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CommentaryWe watched social media concentrate. The same thing is happening in AI, only at a deeper layer
By David Liberman and Daniil LibermanMay 16, 2026
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