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Sam Altman rules out an OpenAI IPO this year and says uncontrollable AI is possible
The OpenAI chief told Fortune that 2026 is the wrong moment to go public, and admitted that an AI system beyond human control could theoretically be built. He promised to halt development before that happens.
Amazon is opening ChatGPT to its advertisers, and that tells you something about where shoppers are going
The world's biggest online retailer is letting brands that advertise on Amazon run ads inside ChatGPT, a sign that AI chatbots are now serious marketing territory.
UK watchdog says AI in the NHS needs its own rulebook
Britain's medicine regulator has published 44 recommendations to govern AI health products, including a patient right to know when AI is involved in their care.
d-Matrix Plugs Its AI Chips Into NVIDIA's Factory Platform
A chipmaker building specialist inference processors just found a shortcut to deploying them at scale, and the technical gap it closes is bigger than the announcement looks.
AI Security Risks: Prompt Injection Tops OWASP's 2025 List
The latest OWASP list reveals real-world vulnerabilities in AI applications, spotlighting prompt injection and excessive agency as top concerns.
UK government trials AI bootcamps for unemployed young people in Preston
A three-week course in a Lancashire community hub is teaching 16- to 24-year-olds AI skills, with an apprenticeship offer at the end. It's one of the first real tests of whether AI training can get young people into work rather than push them out of it.
Why AI Agents Guzzle So Much More Power Than a Simple Chatbot
AI is shifting from quick questions and answers to agents that run for hours on their own. That shift explains the data-centre building boom, and a growing energy bill.
When chatbots convince people they've cured diseases
A Guardian podcast has been collecting stories of ordinary people who became certain that AI chatbots had helped them make world-changing discoveries. What is happening to them, and why does it matter?
Sam Altman and Elon Musk back Amodei's call to slow down AI before a swarm takes over the internet
In a rare show of agreement among rival AI leaders, Altman and Musk backed a warning that unchecked AI agents could seize control of the entire internet within a year.
Driverless tractors are already farming 255,000 acres in Florida. Here's what that means for American food.
Autonomous Solutions Inc. has put self-driving John Deere tractors to work across U.S. Sugar's entire South Florida operation, the largest autonomous farm fleet ever deployed in American agriculture.
Who Gets to Decide What AI Does to the Economy
From Aristotle to Marx, people have imagined machines ending inequality. Now that automation is actually arriving, the question is whether society shapes it or just absorbs it.
Your chatbot remembers everything you told it. Should that worry you?
A real workplace case shows what happens when AI stops being a tool and starts making the decisions instead.
AI-twisted 'Cat in the Hat' images are being used to threaten US schools
Teens are facing arrest after a viral social media trend uses AI-generated, disturbing versions of the Dr Seuss character to post threats against school communities.
Trump and House Republicans Tell AI Chiefs to Keep Their Foot on the Gas
Anthropic's CEO called for pumping the brakes on AI development. The White House and Congress said no thanks, and pointed east.
Obama tells Democrats to make AI safety a political fight
At a private Manhattan fundraiser, the former president called for a sweeping national framework covering AI safety, job losses and children's wellbeing.
AI's doom warnings are getting louder. Are they real, or just a strange kind of bragging?
An Anthropic researcher quit over existential fears, his old employer's alignment lead said there's a greater than 10% chance AI kills us all, and an IPO is weeks away. A TechCrunch podcast asked the obvious question: does anyone actually believe this?
Trump Has No Worries About AI Extinction. His Country's Top AI Researchers Do.
As insiders at OpenAI and Anthropic warn about AI that could rewrite its own code beyond human control, the U.S. president says extinction risk isn't on his list.
Garry Tan Says Leave AI Distillation Alone. Federal Agencies Disagree.
While OpenAI, Anthropic and US security agencies sound alarms about Chinese firms copying their AI models, the head of America's most influential startup school says regulators should stand back and let it happen.
Oracle's AI cloud business just had its best quarter ever. What the numbers actually mean.
Revenue hit $19.35 billion, cloud infrastructure more than doubled, and the company has taken on over $100 billion in debt to build data centres for AI. Big quarter. Bigger bet.
Jack Thorne says some scriptwriters are using AI to cheat and wants a law to stop it
The Adolescence co-writer wants legislation banning the secret use of AI to write scripts, warning the creative industry's work is being stolen.
Researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI warn AI may soon improve itself faster than humans can follow
A resignation letter and a string of public warnings have put a once-theoretical AI risk into the headlines. Here is what researchers are actually worried about, in plain English.