Sam Altman reportedly courted Pang for months. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Ruoming Pang, a prominent A.I. researcher recruited by Meta last year with a pay package reportedly worth more…
Read more Ruoming Pang, Meta’s $200M Superintelligence Hire, Jumps to OpenAI After Just 7 MonthsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn’t worried about AI’s increasingly glaring resource consumption, and argued humans require a lot too. In an on-stage interview at the India AI Impact…
Read more Sam Altman gets defensive about AI’s massive electricity usage: ‘It takes a lot of energy to train a human’ | FortuneSam Altman challenged critics of A.I.’s water and electricity consumption. Photo by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images Sam Altman is pushing back on mounting criticism over the environmental…
Read more Sam Altman Defends A.I. Energy Use With Human Comparison, Sparking DebateAt last week’s India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, industry leaders convened to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and how best to squeeze it into parts…
Read more Sam Altman: Know What Else Used a Lot of Energy? Human CivilizationOpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express. For one thing, Altman — who…
Read more Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunchOpenAI has hired Instagram’s vice president of global partnerships, Charles Porch, to serve as the AI company’s first-ever vice president of global creative partnerships. The newly created position…
Read more Exclusive: OpenAI Has Poached Instagram’s Celebrity WhispererIndia has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making the country one of OpenAI’s largest markets globally, CEO Sam Altman said ahead of a government-hosted AI summit. On…
Read more India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says | TechCrunchAnthropic’s Super Bowl commercial, one of four ads the AI lab dropped on Wednesday, begins with the word “BETRAYAL” splashed boldly across the screen. The camera pans to…
Read more Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads | TechCrunchOpenAI, the company best known for its AI applications like ChatGPT and Sora, is reportedly working on a social media network designed to be free from AI bots.…
Read more OpenAI Working on Social Media Network That Could Require Creepy Eye Scans: ReportOn Monday, Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, said his company is “on track” to present its famously mysterious thingamajig to the public by the end of…
Read more OpenAI Says Its Physical Device Is ‘On Track’ for an Unveiling Later This YearSequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads…
Read more Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT | TechCrunchJust when you thought the circular deals couldn’t get any more circular, OpenAI has invested in CEO Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs. Merge Labs, which…
Read more OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs | TechCrunchApple and Google’s surprise AI partnership announcement on Monday sent shockwaves across the tech industry (and lifted Google’s market cap above $4 trillion). The two tech giants’ deal…
Read more The good, bad, and the ugly of Apple’s AI deal with Google | FortuneOpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness who can help it anticipate the potential harms of its models and how they can be abused, in order…
Read more OpenAI is hiring a new Head of Preparedness to try to predict and mitigate AI’s harmsSam Altman claims that the AI device that OpenAI is currently building with famed Apple designer Jony Ive is actually a family of devices, and teased that they…
Read more Sam Altman Hints at the Radical Design Choices Behind OpenAI’s Upcoming DevicesOpenAI’s latest AI model launch has raised questions about the company’s wide range of projects and priorities, due in part to an NSFW image that co-founder and CEO…
Read more Sam Altman’s Cringe AI Thirst Trap Says a Lot About the Future of OpenAIWorld, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting several new features, including an encrypted chat integration and…
Read more World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features | TechCrunchTime magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolution for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. “The architects of AI” are the latest…
Read more Time’s 2025 Person of the Year goes to “the architects of AI”(CNN) — Disney is taking a $1 billion equity stake in OpenAI, while also striking a deal that would allow its famous characters be used on Sora, the AI…
Read more Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and licensing its characters for SoraAn A.I. device project spearheaded by Sam Altman and Jony Ive has earned the backing of Laurene Powell Jobs. Barbara Kinney/Emerson Collective Sam Altman and Jony Ive have…
Read more OpenAI’s Secretive A.I. Gadget Designed by Jony Ive Aims to Redefine Tech’s Vibe