More than 20 members of Congress have called for new or stronger artificial intelligence regulation this week after a researcher warned that Anthropic and OpenAI are “gambling with our lives.” Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Friday that bipartisan support has reached “a tipping point.” “My phone has rung off the hook…
Kevin Mandia testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Amazon said Kevin Mandia, the founder and former CEO of cybersecurity company Mandiant, is joining its board of directors. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon referred to Mandia as a…
There is more than a 10% chance that artificial intelligence could “kill all humans,” an Anthropic safety researcher said on Tuesday, hours after another employee said he was quitting the company over concerns that AI labs are “gambling with our lives.” The comments underscore growing concerns among those at the heart of AI development that…
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, center, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images First, Anthropic updated Fable and Mythos. Then came model enhancements from Meta and Google. OpenAI followed suit by releasing…
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026. Matt Ramey | Afp | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it will begin rolling out its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-6 Astra, which the company said is the product of “years of research and…
MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai (R) talks with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (left) during a keynote speech for Computex 2025 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall in Taipei on May 20, 2025. I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images Shares of MediaTek closed 10% higher on Tuesday after the Taiwanese chip firm announced a partnership…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Longtime partners OpenAI and Microsoft both indicated they were suffering from outages for key products on Monday, though there were no reports that the outages…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters OpenAI on Monday announced that its advertising business has hit $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate, a milestone that the company is touting as proof of its “diversified business model.” The…
Mike Moore Attorney General from Jackson Mississippi gives his opening remarks during the tobacco hearings, seated next to him is D. Scott Wise, partner, Davis, Polk and Wardwell in New York. Douglas Graham | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images As a central figure who helped negotiate the blockbuster $246 billion tobacco master settlement in…
Yosemite National Park, California, on April 27, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Trump administration is considering a land swap that could exchange a small piece of Yosemite National Park, or an interest in it, to a private developer seeking a new access road, the Interior Department and the company’s…
