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Sam Altman says "OpenAI was forced to do a lot of unnatural things" to meet the Ghibli memes demand surge

Sam Altman admitted that the ChatGPT maker was compelled to take unnatural measures to handle the viral Ghibli effect, including borrowing computing power from its research department and delaying the launch of some features.

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$Sam Altman's vision is the stuff of my nightmares: "A significant fraction of the power on Earth should be spent running AI"$

Sam Altman's vision is the stuff of my nightmares: "A significant fraction of the power on Earth should be spent running AI"

AMD CEO Lisa Su brought OpenAI's Sam Altman on stage during the Advancing AI 2025 keynote on Thursday, and one exchange from their brief chat now lives rent-free in my mind. For better or worse.

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‘For 90% of viewers, Veo 3 is already indiscernible from real, human content’: I talked to an AI deepfake expert about how we can avoid a future of AI control

The film Mountainhead was a warning – the real danger is that Veo 3 and other AI video generators are too good right now.

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Sam Altman thinks ChatGPT’s energy usage is nothing to worry about, but is he right?

Sam Altman reveals just how much energy and water a ChatGPT prompt uses, and the answer might surprise you.

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OpenAI shifts to Google for cloud computing support as Microsoft partnership falters, despite Sam Altman's "compute-sufficient" claim

OpenAI is reportedly turning to Google for additional computing support as its partnership with Microsoft continues to fray.

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OpenAI head Sam Altman claims a single ChatGPT query uses ‘one 15th of a teaspoon’ of water but that doesn't put AI's environmental impact in the clear

But is water usage actually the worry?

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Every ChatGPT Question Comes at a Cost: Enough Power for a Lightbulb and a Teaspoon of Water

AI, like ChatGPT, incurs significant hidden environmental costs in energy and water. Despite minimal individual query usage, billions of queries add up, raising concerns about overall consumption.

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OpenAI set to add Google Cloud services as it looks to meet computing capacity needs

Google Cloud will provide some cloud computing capacity for OpenAI after months of negotiation – bad news for Microsoft.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims "ChatGPT is already more powerful than any human who has ever lived"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently shared insights about ChatGPT, the trajectory to AGI (artificial general intelligence), job security in the AI era, and more.

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A film about Sam Altman being kicked out of OpenAI is reportedly about to get underway

Artificial has yet to be cast, but big names are circling.

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Google CEO says AGI is impossible with today's tech, but Sam Altman claims "you'll be happy to have a new device"

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai recently indicated that he's skeptical about the current hardware venturing the world into the AGI era.

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US attacks on science and research a ‘great gift’ to China on artificial intelligence, former OpenAI board member says

Influential researcher claims disruption in jobs market from generative AI has already begun and warns of possibility of ‘gradual disempowerment to AI’

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI could replace interns — but there’s still hope for Gen Z

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says generative AI is now sophisticated enough to replace interns, but Gen Z workers are among the most fervent adopters in the workplace.

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Rotten Apple: are we finally watching the death of the iPhone?

As Donald Trump turns on Tim Cook and rivals gain traction, Joe Bromley asks if time's up for the tech giant

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The Microsoft-OpenAI "rivalry": the beginning of a split, or is the relationship evolving?

The tech world’s favorite AI power couple is starting to look more like frenemies.

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Sam Altman says AI chats should be as private as ‘talking to a lawyer or a doctor’, but OpenAI could soon be forced to keep your ChatGPT conversations forever

As part of the New York Times copyright infringement lawsuit, OpenAI may be forced to keep your ChatGPT chats even if you delete the conversation.

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Satya Nadella says Microsoft makes money every time you use ChatGPT: "Every day that ChatGPT succeeds is a fantastic day"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently cleared the air, admitting OpenAI's partnership is changing, but continues to grow stronger.

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Reddit wants to sue Anthropic for stealing its data, but the Claude AI manufacturers vow to "defend ourselves vigorously"

Reddit filed a complaint against Anthropic, claiming that the AI lab used its data to train its models without authorization or compensation.

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International Business Times UK

AI Agents Could Soon Discover New Knowledge, Says OpenAI's Sam Altman; But What Does That Really Mean?

OpenAi's Sam Altman suggests AI agents may soon make original discoveries. We explore what that really means and how far we are from truly autonomous machine insight.

Fortune

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI is ready for entry-level jobs—but unbothered Gen Z have made it their new work friend

AI can already do work equivalent to that of a junior employee, ChatGPT’s Sam Altman says. But Gen Z remains unbothered—they’re already considering the competition a friend.

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Anthropic researchers say next-generation AI models will reduce humans to "meat robots" in a spectrum of crazy futures

In a recent interview, some Anthropic researchers claimed that humans might soon be reduced to "meat robots" controlled by next-generation AI models.

PC Gamer

Apparently there's going to be a Sam Altman movie about his Lazarus-like career stumble, which I'm sure I'll reluctantly watch on a plane at some point

Who am I kidding? If Luca Guadagnino directs, I will absolutely be seated in the cinema.

Fortune

WPP’s CEO Mark Read is making a surprise departure. How he led the advertising giant through its toughest chapter

Read has embraced AI’s potential while relying on WPP’s core strength—creativity, which will be more important than ever.

Windows Central

Sam Altman's ouster from OpenAI was so dramatic that it's apparently becoming a movie — Will we finally get the full story?

A new movie might be in the works, capturing the events that ensued before, during, and after Sam Altman's firing. It will reportedly be called "Artificial" and is already in development in the Amazon MGM Studios.

Windows Central

In Sam Altman's world, the perfect AI would be "a very tiny model with superhuman reasoning capabilities" for any context

Sam Altman recently painted a clear picture of what a perfect AI system would be like — a very tiny model with superhuman reasoning capabilities.

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