The year data centers went from backend to center stage
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There was a time when most Americans had little or no knowledge of their local data center. Long the invisible but critical backbone of the Internet, server farms have rarely…
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OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo
OpenAI launched its latest frontier model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday amid increasing competition from Google, pitching it as its most advanced model yet and one designed for developers and everyday professional…
AWS re:Invent was an all-in pitch for AI. Customers may not be ready.
If Amazon Web Services’ annual re:Invent tech conference proves anything, it’s that the cloud infrastructure player is going all in on AI. AWS announced made dozens of announcements of new…
No, you can’t make your AI ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is
In early November, a developer nicknamed Cookie entered into a routine conversation with Perplexity. She often assigns reading her developer work in quantum algorithms and writing readme files and other…
Leaked documents shed light on how much OpenAI pays Microsoft
After a year of frantic deal-making and rumors of an upcoming IPO, the financial scrutiny of OpenAI is intensifying. Leaked documents obtained by tech blogger Ed Zitron offer more insight…
OpenAI asked the Trump administration to expand the Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers
A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company hopes the federal government can support the company’s ambitious data center construction plans. The letter — from OpenAI’s…
Who are AI browsers for?
OpenAI launched an AI-powered web browser called ChatGPT Atlas this week, which makes me wonder: Is it finally time to ditch Safari? That news was on our minds when Max…
Silicon Valley scares AI security advocates
Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups…
OpenAI puts Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. on break.
OpenAI announced Thursday that it was ending the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video model, Sora.…
Even after Stargate, Oracle, Nvidia and AMD, Openai has several big deals soon, says Sam Altman
At almost the same moment as NVIDIA administrative director Jensen Huang expressed surprise at Openai’s multibillion-dollar deal with competitor AMD card after his company agreed to invest up to $…