Nation Aug 25 Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging they are stifling AI competition By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
Economy Aug 07 OpenAI releases hotly anticipated GPT-5 update Expectations are high for the newest version of OpenAI's flagship model because the San Francisco company has long positioned its technical advancements as a path toward artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a technology that is supposed to surpass humans at… By Associated Press
Nation Aug 06 Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chatbot gave detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders, and even suicide notes. The Center for Countering Digital Hate found that testing ChatGPT with harmful prompts led the chatbot to respond in dangerous… By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Politics May 08 WATCH: OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman testifies on AI competition in Senate hearing The hearing comes as the race to control the future of artificial intelligence is heating up between companies and countries. Altman's OpenAI is in a furious race to develop the best artificial intelligence model against tech rivals like Alphabet and… By Matt Brown, Associated Press
Nation Jan 27 Watch 5:50 Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up industry and disrupts financial markets A China-based artificial intelligence startup is shaking up the industry. It’s called DeepSeek and its biggest advantage, analysts say, is that it can operate at a lower cost than American AI models like ChatGPT. It's disrupting markets and raising national… By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas
Jan 21 WATCH: Trump holds first news conference, announcing major AI investment By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. Continue reading
Jan 15 Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press AP has sought to diversify its revenue stream in recent years and in 2023 signed a deal with OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, enabling the AI company to license AP's archive of news stories to train future versions of its AI… Continue reading
Dec 22 OpenAI whistleblower who raised legal concerns about ChatGPT’s datasets has died By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. Continue reading
Sep 26 OpenAI looks to convert from nonprofit roots and become for-profit company OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation. Continue reading
Jul 10 Microsoft resigns from OpenAI board as antitrust scrutiny intensifies By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Microsoft relinquished its seat on the board of OpenAI, saying its participation is no longer needed because the ChatGPT maker has improved its governance. Continue reading