Meta’s $100m signing bonuses for OpenAI staff are just the latest sign of extreme AI talent war Big Tech companies are shelling out jaw-dropping compensation amid a fierce AI talent war. Fortune · Jun 18, 2025
Sam Altman says Meta is offering obscene $100M bonuses to poach AI employees and even bigger salaries — OpenAI CEO says ‘none of our best people decided to take them up on that’ Meta is reportedly offering a $100 million signing bonus to senior OpenAI talents, but none have taken it yet. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 18, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg tried to poach ChatGPT staff for $100m, OpenAI boss says Sam Altman also reveals the AI breakthrough that will ‘dwarf everything else’ in the next few years The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025
Sam Altman says OpenAI could need a "significant fraction" of the Earth's power for future artificial intelligence computing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that the company might require a significant fraction of the power on Earth to run its AI advances. Windows Central · Jun 18, 2025
$200 Million US Defense Contract: OpenAI's Big Win as Microsoft Tensions Escalate Sam Altman has signed a contract allowing the US Defense Department to access custom AI models for 'national security' purposes, amid tense negotiations between OpenAI and Microsoft. International Business Times UK · Jun 17, 2025
Tensions boil as OpenAI execs reportedly accuse Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior as partnership frays A new report suggests that tension continues to brew in Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, with the latter's executives accusing the tech giant of anticompetitive behavior for not signing off on its for-profit evolution. Windows Central · Jun 16, 2025
This restoration of the world’s oldest photograph shows the difference between AI slop and ChatGPT expertise Here's the difference between using AI to restore old images with a good prompt and a not-so-good one. These simple tweaks can turn your AI slop into genuinely decent images. TechRadar · Jun 16, 2025
I asked ChatGPT to help me revolutionize my productivity, and it gave me these 5 genius AI prompt ideas What happens when you ask ChatGPT to come up with its own prompts? I asked AI to help with 5 AI productivity prompts – here's how it did. TechRadar · Jun 16, 2025
Want to improve your ChatGPT results? Try these 6 easy mindset shifts There’s endless advice about using AI better but sometimes all it takes is a few simple mindset shifts to get better results with ChatGPT. TechRadar · Jun 15, 2025
5 Things I wish ChatGPT could do but can’t (yet) - with AI, sometimes less is more From brutal honesty to knowing when to quit, here are five features that could actually improve how we use AI. TechRadar · Jun 14, 2025
ChatGPT may be the smartest software ever, but this Pong-era game console can do something it can't A 48-year-old game console has outsmarted ChatGPT in "The Game of Kings," but its victory may be short-lived. Laptop · Jun 13, 2025
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. Windows Central · Jun 13, 2025
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. Laptop · Jun 12, 2025
‘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. TechRadar · Jun 12, 2025
TechRadar · Jun 12, 2025 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.
Windows Central · Jun 12, 2025 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.
PC Gamer · Jun 11, 2025 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?
International Business Times UK · Jun 11, 2025 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.
TechRadar · Jun 11, 2025 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.
Windows Central · Jun 11, 2025 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.
Fortune · Jun 9, 2025 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.
Windows Central · Jun 9, 2025 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.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2025 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’
Tom’s Guide · Jun 8, 2025 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.
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 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