The artificial intelligence boom that Sam Altman helped ignite with ChatGPT in late 2022 is starting to make even him uneasy. Startups with little more than a pitch deck are raising hundreds of millions. Valuations have become “insane.” Capital is chasing a “kernel of truth” with feverish speed. The OpenAI CEO still believes the long-term…
Dan hazdakiAugust 18, 2025, 05:01 pm ET to close Dan Hazedki is an employee writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played in men’s football teams in Fordham and Southern Connectic State Universities. In 1939, a program in the First National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was…
Ulsan city skyline from the Hamwolru Pavilion. People can enjoy beautiful cityscape for free. Ulsan, South Korea. Insung Jeon | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell Tuesday as investors await the outcome of the talks between U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House. Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark ticked…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is joining the Department of Justice as co-department co-department co-department, he announced on Monday. Belly Dan is ready to share duties as Deputy FBI Director with Belly Dan Bongino, a staunch trump associate with a future role Between clashes In the case of humiliated financier Jeffrey Epstein. Belly said, “I…
Bill ConnellyAug 18, 2025, 07:15 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. The 1990 college football season kicked off with chaos off the field and a sense of familiarity on it. Miami and Notre Dame had gone a…
An aerial view of properties cleared of wildfire debris which burned in the Eaton Fire on July 03, 2025 in Altadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images The California state legislature passed a bill Monday that ensures homeowners, not lenders, receive at least some of the interest on insurance payouts for…
The Trump administration reinstated a public database, showing how the federal appeal recently led to funding to federal agencies following an order. There was public access to data Restored In the weekend, the Long after the US Court of Appeal for the district of Columbia Circuit Panel, ordered to be restored in one Unanimous rule,…
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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Satellite internet service Starlink, which is owned and operated by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX, appeared to suffer a brief network outage on Monday, with thousands of reports of service interruptions on Downdetector, a site that logs tech issues. The outage marked the second in two weeks for Starlink. SpaceX did not…
President Trump said that on Monday he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin Meetings at White House Top European leaders and Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir began arranging for a possible tripartite meeting associated with Zelancesi. Trump said the meeting between Putin and Zelanski would be scheduled at one time and place. Trump posted on…
