OpenAI is a normal company now
A decade years in, what started as a sci-fi lab is now focused on engagement and growth. What does that mean for building AI safely?
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Australia kicks the kids off social media
How social networks lost the argument. PLUS: All worked up over Nvidia's H200
How X made the EU's case for it
By banning an ad account on a flimsy pretext, X demonstrated the exact behavior that led the European Union to fine it. PLUS: The state AI law moratorium is back, and the Paramount-Netflix fight
Where Meta's biggest experiment in governance went wrong
Five years after the Oversight Board's creation, few are satisfied with the result. Can it be saved?
How researchers reversed polarization on X with a simple change to the algorithm
A new study offers evidence for what we’ve long suspected: rage bait is distorting our politics. PLUS: The David Sacks discourse, and Claude Opus 4.5 debuts
AI is winning the copyright fight
Why music labels are folding in their cases against AI startups
Roblox is a problem — but it’s a symptom of something worse
What is the role of tech journalism in a world where CEOs no longer feel shame?
How Trump is converting Republicans to AI safety
His new push for a state moratorium on AI regulation has the right talking like effective altruists. PLUS: the EU backtracks on AI and privacy, and Grok loves Elon
The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta
How one experiment defined the social networking market better than the government did. PLUS: Gemini 3 arrives
The California law that has platforms shaking
The state says ranking algorithms aren't protected by the First Amendment — and judges are starting to agree. PLUS: An OpenAI-powered toy breaks bad, and Jeff Bezos has a new AI company
Spotify's doppelgänger problem
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place
Europe might cave on privacy protections
The bloc's leaders seem increasingly convinced AI regulations are harming its competitiveness. Are they right? PLUS: Another wave of ChatGPT lawsuits
Meta has a scam problem
The company's own projections showed up to 10 percent of its revenue could come from scams, according to a new leak. PLUS: OpenAI's "backstop" controversy
Amazon gets hit by a Comet
How Perplexity's smash-and-grab tactics are clouding the future of AI agents
The Bluesky exodus, one year later
The company has 40 million users and big plans for the future. So why don't its users seem happy? PLUS: The NEO Home Robot goes viral + Ilya Sutskever's surprising deposition
Character.AI cuts off teens from their companions
It's the first big developer to say AI companions aren't safe for under-18s. Will others follow?
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OpenAI completes its restructuring
PLUS: ChatGPT users’ surprising questions for Sam Altman + Grokipedia launches
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OpenAI maps out the chatbot mental health crisis
Millions of people are sending messages to ChatGPT each week suggesting emotional dependence or plans for self-harm, the company says. Will an updated model protect them?
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Five ways of thinking about OpenAI's new browser
Hitting close to Chrome
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OpenAI’s chaotic Sora policies are a sign of the times
Principle-based content moderation is out. Chaos is in. Welcome to tech policy in 2025
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How platforms are handling the slop backlash
AI-generated media is generating millions of views. But some companies are beginning to rein it in
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California regulates AI companions
As safety concerns mount, one state becomes the first to implement guardrails. Will they be enough?
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How leaderboards lost their spot as the best way to judge AI
Meta-backed Scale has a new leaderboard to challenge the industry leader. But has the AI industry already moved on?
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Four fresh signs of the AI bubble
The numbers are all mostly going up. The worries are, too
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OpenAI’s platform play
Facebook's social graph went down in the flames of Cambridge Analytica. Will the AI graph fare any better? PLUS: Our new approach to links
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What everyone is saying about Sora
It's cool. It's scary. It's a hit
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OpenAI launches a social network
Hands on with Sora 2
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ChatGPT adds parental controls
Will the rest of the industry follow? PLUS: Claude Sonnet 4.5's software-on-demand dream, and your responses to my anniversary post
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ChatGPT develops a Pulse
OpenAI’s latest experiment marks the arrival of a more proactive AI — and a new feed to scroll. Sound familiar?
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What I learned in the first five years of Platformer
And where we go from here
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Everything that's weird about the deal to spin out TikTok
PLUS: What LLMs say when they think no one’s looking, and Trump’s visa chaos
Three ways of thinking about the Kirk assassination
The right-wing activist used platforms to whip up a fury online and off — and we're now trapped in his edgelord politics