The internet broke again and we all shrugged, but what happens when AI truly comes online?
The world is going all-in on Sam Altman and companyâs AI vision but the risks will increase as the points of potential failure grow exponentially
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Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley on their new film Hamnet: âI only want to make films as brave and as human as thisâ
Film adapted from Maggie OâFarrellâs bestselling novel of the same name has received rave reviews
OpenAIâs network of deals is propping up the AI boom
Obvious risk is if ChatGPT growth falters, mutual benefit could flip into mutual impairment
Behind ancient castle walls, the rich and powerful celebrate Trump
Some of worldâs wealthiest and best connected people turn up to stay on US presidentâs good side during UK visit
Tech titan Larry Ellison: âNo one else has prospered in Silicon Valley for 50 yearsâ
At 81, Oracleâs co-founder has reinvented himself as a power in AI to become (briefly) the richest person in the world
I should enjoy watching the ritual humiliation of Silicon Valleyâs top CEOs. But not like this
I found myself asking what had happened to the concept of f**k you money â but only momentarily
Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner
Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump
How the race for total AI domination is revisiting the worst of human history
In the News podcast: Engineer, journalist and AI expert Karen Hao on the true human and environmental cost of generative AI
Taking teachers seriously as professionals would solve some big problems in Irish education
Primary and post-primary schools are struggling to fill teaching posts and having to resort to employing unqualified people. Why?
The lure of AI companionship poses a real danger to vulnerable people
The same online forces that nudged Gen Z into a pit of loneliness using algorithms are selling AI companionship to them
ChatGPT-5: Maybe Sam Altman should cool the jets on new AI iterations
OpenAIâs latest upgrade of its AI tool is effectively being tested by 700m users while having potential for adverse real-world impact
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: âMany choose not to have children because they donât think the world is going to be around much longerâ
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Techâs huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
What is OpenAIâs GPT-5, and should I worry about my job?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AI model boasts PhD-level intelligence, but remains a technology in progress
Zuckerbergâs âmercenaryâ AI binge is paying off on Wall Street
Investors are showing a more forgiving streak after the damp squib that was the metaverse
Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination by Karen Hao - Precise, insightful, troubling
Meticulously detailed profile of OpenAI and its controversial leader Sam Altman may help you pick a side in the debate between âdoomersâ and âboomersâ
I love Wikipedia so much, I hardly even minded when it killed me off
ChatGPT is so unreliable as to be effectively worse than useless. No-one would say that about Wikipedia
Challenge of AI is to bridge the culture gap between its creators and custodians
Where AIâs creators such as Sam Altman and Jony Ive focus on whatâs possible, policymakers tilt towards the permissible
Can Jony Ive replicate the Apple magic at OpenAI?
Renowned smartphone designer plans device to bring AI firmly into centre of our lives
OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO
High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit model
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: âThis is genius-level intelligenceâ
The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the âmost important job maybe in historyâ
When AI images become âan insult to life itselfâ
Whether you find it fascinating or horrifying, the latest advance in generative AI means we need to learn to read images in a new way
OpenAIâs short story about grief has critics in floods of tears or outrage. Theyâre all missing the point
Judging this story as Iâd judge a short story published in The Stinging Fly or the Winter Papers is the wrong approach to take. Reading AI-generated stories demands a new type of literacy
AI is already a focus of endless delusion, magical thinking and plain old foolishness
Tech bros' hype is blinding us to the reality that artificial intelligence might not be so smart after all
How ânon-player characterâ became a potent insult for the digital age
Desire to see oneself as authentic, self-guided free-thinker, hemmed in on all sides by herds of conformist sheep is fundamentally adolescent
Musk debuts Grok-3 AI chatbot to rival OpenAI, DeepSeek
âSmartest AI on Earthâ available to Xâs Premium+ subscribers immediately
Safe, transparent, trustworthy AI? No thanks, say US and UK
Planet Business: Plastic straw update, Elon Muskâs 19-year-old Doge lieutenant and the latest in Gulf of America appeasement
How will Elon Muskâs business empire benefit from his relationship with Trump?
The worldâs richest man now holds huge sway over its most powerful leader â and the US government
Elon Musk-led consortium offers $100bn to take control of OpenAI
Offer comes months after billionaire sued AI start-up to block it from transitioning to a for-profit firm
Trumpâs tech bros face comeuppance amid DeepSeek panic
There is poetic justice in a small Chinese AI start-up challenging US giants. Washington is shooting itself in the foot with chip export restrictions and clampdown on tech talent visas
Why is Deepseek, a little-known Chinese AI start-up, causing waves in the tech world?
Chinese start-up upends global AI race
OpenAIâs Sam Altman vows âbetter modelsâ as Chinaâs DeepSeek disrupts global AI race
Executives and investors question valuations and whether vast capital outlays are needed after all
DeepSeek: US firms praise disruptive AI chatbot, try to poke holes in it
Chinese startup sparks a stock selloff and its free AI assistant overtakes OpenAIâs ChatGPT in Appleâs App Store
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