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Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon during a New York City Council hearing on the threat of AI. Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images
AI Agenda

AI Whistleblowers Say Researchers Are Checking AI Less Frequently

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Oct 6, 2026 7:00am PDT
It won’t be any surprise to people with human intelligence that Monday’s New York City Council hearing on the risks of AI was as theatrical as a Broadway show. What was more surprising was what the AI researchers testified about how AI research is evolving, and what that means for their job.For those who missed it, the city council heard... It won’t be any surprise to people with human intelligence that Monday’s New York City Council...
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AI Agenda

Reframe Raises Funds to Bring Amazon Robotics Know-How to Home Building

By Rocket Drew · Aug 31, 2026 7:01am PDT
For all the talk of robots that look like humans, the next robots to move into people’s houses could look more like ducks. Sales of such a robot, made by open-source model platform Hugging Face, reached more than $2.5 million on its first day on Thursday.Microduck, which costs $399, waddles around on two tiny legs and cocks its Wall-E-like head... For all the talk of robots that look like humans, the next robots to move into people’s houses...
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The Wunderkind Issue

Here Come the Zoomers: Silicon Valley Greets a New Generation of Teen Founders

By Margaux MacColl · Mar 3, 2023 9:00am PST · 2 comments
Eric Zhu, 15, was zooming me from his high school bathroom. “We got kicked out of the janitor’s closet,” he explained, holding up a pink hall pass that lets him leave class anytime he wants. (He said he had to fabricate some “urinary issues” to convince his school to give it to him.) The boys’ room is now... Eric Zhu, 15, was zooming me from his high school bathroom. “We got kicked out of the...
Robotic arms harvesting crops inside a greenhouse. Photo by Getty.
AI Agenda

OpenAI’s Big Hire; Farming Robots Seed New Startups, Despite Setbacks

By Rocket Drew · May 8, 2025 7:42am PDT
Before we get into today’s column, OpenAI late Wednesday evening announced the hire of Fidji Simo, currently the Instacart CEO and a member of OpenAI’s board, in the newly created position of CEO of OpenAI Applications, to run “the product, business, and other company functions,” reporting to CEO Sam Altman. (My colleagues Jessica Lessin and... Before we get into today’s column, OpenAI late Wednesday evening announced the hire of Fidji Simo...
Apple's AI chief, John Giannandrea. Photo via Getty
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Apple Boosts Spending to Develop Conversational AI

By Wayne Ma · Sep 6, 2023 10:49am PDT
Apple has been expanding its computing budget for building artificial intelligence to millions of dollars a day. One of its goals is to develop features such as one that allows iPhone customers to use simple voice commands to automate tasks involving multiple steps, according to people familiar with the effort. The technology, for instance,... Apple has been expanding its computing budget for building artificial intelligence to millions of...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo via Getty
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OpenAI Passes $1 Billion Revenue Pace as Big Companies Boost AI Spending

By Amir Efrati and Aaron Holmes · Aug 29, 2023 3:58pm PDT · 1 comment
OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software and the computing capacity that powers it. That’s far ahead of revenue projections the company previously shared with its shareholders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the... OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months...