OpenAI may have violated California’s AI safety law with latest model releases, AI watchdog says OpenAI has not followed the law with any of the models it released this year, the watchdog group says. Fortune · Sep 14
Microsoft AI chief: ‘Now's the time’ for top labs to coordinate on safety In an interview with Fortune, Mustafa Suleyman said coordination between labs would mean disclosing how capable companies' models are to third parties. Fortune · Sep 14
OpenAI’s IPO wait grows longer as AI safety fears mount CEO Sam Altman tells Fortune the company won't rush to go public. Fortune · Sep 14
AI leaders are warning the race is dangerous. They’re also trying to win it AI leaders are warning the race is dangerous. They’re also trying to win it. Fortune · Sep 14
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s exclusive interview with Fortune’s Alyson Shontell Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Sep 14
AI is remaking the workforce faster than universities can decide how—or whether—to teach it Some professors have banned it in the classroom while others have incorporated it into the curriculum. Fortune · Sep 14
‘They’re likely to get squeezed’: AI slop books are flooding online marketplaces—and it’s coming at the expense of paychecks for human authors A recent study found thousands of self-published books on Amazon that were at least 50% generated by AI. Fortune · Sep 14
Even Americans earning more than $155,000 now call themselves 'working class'—a sign of how far the affordability crisis has spread A new Pew study found 60% of U.S. adults identify as working class, up from 54% two years ago—and half of the country's top earners say the label fits. Fortune · Sep 14
While the American Auto industry wants a permanent ban on Chinese manufacturers, Trump considers a different plan, access: ‘I’d be OK with it’ "The United States must act, and act now." We Got This Covered · Sep 13
OpenAI's Sam Altman won't do IPO this year, calls AI extinction risk 'unacceptable' The comments come as more US lawmakers urge new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two researchers from OpenAI rival Anthropic that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future. The Economic Times · Sep 13
Faced with less compute and fewer tokens, Chinese AI labs are tightening the gap with the US by just being more efficient Federal agencies accused six Chinese AI companies of training on American models to do this, but analysts say it’s not the only explanation Fortune · Sep 13
One of X’s most notorious ragebaiters explains how the outrage business earned him $80,000 A typical month posting for Lefkowitz has paid between $3,000 and $10,000 from X. Fortune · Sep 13
The new American retirement fear: working until you die In a strained economy, more Americans suspect their worst retirement fear is coming true—that they won't get to retire at all. Fortune · Sep 13
Trump slams AI sceptics as Altman pauses OpenAI IPO plans over safety concerns US President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed critics of artificial intelligence (AI) who warned firms to slow down development, branding them "negative" forces. The comments came soon after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced his company will not go public this year, citing safety concerns. France 24 · Sep 13
Fortune · Sep 13 Amazon workers on food stamps have tripled despite its record revenue—and it’s just the latest evidence of the new economy of shrinking labor shares “These are families that are really barely able to make ends meet,” one policy expert said. “And yet they are working, and they are working a lot.”
Fortune · Sep 12 Big Players ravage prediction markets The idea that insiders hold the whip handle in prediction markets runs counter to claims made by promoters, who include Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
Fortune · Sep 12 American schools weren’t broken until Silicon Valley used a lie to convince them they were—now reading and math scores are plummeting Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath warns the U.S.’s $30 billion bet on laptops in schools has made Gen Zers less cognitively capable than their parents.
Fortune · Sep 12 IBM launched limb tracking at this year’s U.S. Open – and it’s scoring every tennis player’s serve for fans to see This marks the first time IBM has launched a limb-tracking feature at a Grand Slam tennis tournament.
Fortune · Sep 12 ‘Combine your passion with an investment strategy’: Meet the venture capital using 500,000 Pokémon and trading cards as a hedge against a debt crisis Peter Levin thinks collectibles and trading cards are here to stay in the alternative asset market.
Fortune · Sep 12 Technology can supply the words. But language proficiency begins when another person answers Apps and AI can teach vocabulary and smooth an exchange, but proficiency depends on what someone can do when the script runs out.
Fortune · Sep 11 Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week, Sept. 5-11, 2026 See which Fortune 500 companies are making changes to their C-suite ranks.
Fortune · Sep 11 50 multimillionaire Gen Zers went on a two-week Goldman Sachs bootcamp—they learned how to read the news, invest in art, and communicate better Goldman Sachs gathered 50 Gen Z multimillionaire heirs for a two-week crash course on investing in sports, building confidence, and reading the news.
Fortune · Sep 11 A four-time Fortune 500 CFO makes a huge career bet—joining Polymarket Warren Jenson was hired as finance chief amid the company's $1 billion raise and a maze of regulatory risk.
Fortune · Sep 11 The leaders 9/11 made—and the ones it took On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, reflecting on the leaders whose lives were changed that day.
Fortune · Sep 11 Exec gave his Gen Z kids a list of ‘daddy tips’ when they became old enough to work—it included showing up on time and ‘bringing value to a meeting’ Bosses say Gen Z lack basic people skills. One exec turned decades of career advice into a cheat sheet for his own daughters before they started work