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Mar 11, 2026

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Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code

Why is the biggest name in AI late to the AI coding revolution?

May 13, 2025

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Sidebar: Electric sheep

The state of AI is less about android assassins after young waitresses and more about self-regulation of the tech industry and the pressing need to align the capabilities of artificial intelligence with human ethics and values.

Jul 14, 2025

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Nearing its 10th anniversary, OpenAI is at a crossroads

The company is drifting from its longtime backer and toward for-profit status—but not without resistance.

Mar 7, 2025

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Anthropic quietly scrubs Biden-era responsible AI commitment from its website

AI companies continue to reduce evidence of Biden-era AI safety policy from their communications as attitudes shift under Trump.

Jul 25, 2025

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What OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your job

In the race to build machines that can outthink humans, the tech founder says there is one thing that would make him stop.

Jun 20, 2025

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New ‘OpenAI Files’ report sheds light on deep leadership concerns about Sam Altman and safety failures within the AI lab

A new report dubbed “The OpenAI Files” aims to shed light on the inner workings of the leading AI company.

Jun 18, 2025

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The ‘OpenAI Files’ will help you understand how Sam Altman’s company works

It has charts and data visualizations, including the authors’ best guess at OpenAI’s corporate structure.

May 13, 2025

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xAI’s promised safety report is MIA

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, as noted by watchdog group The Midas Project.

Sep 17, 2025

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OpenAI is giving its nonprofit $100 billion. Critics aren’t convinced.

Advocacy groups say OpenAI's nonprofit still isn't independent — and $100 billion may not be enough.

Aug 17, 2025

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The tech company stocking up on Democrats as Silicon Valley turns right

From Bill Clinton’s “master of disaster” to a Kamala Harris confidant, the maker of ChatGPT has stockpiled well-connected Democrats as it tries to muscle through a business transformation in deep-blue California.

Jan 3, 2026

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors

Julie Yukari, a musician based in Rio de Janeiro, posted a photo taken by her fiancé to the social media site X just before midnight on New Year's Eve showing her in a red dress snuggling in bed with her black cat, Nori.

Oct 28, 2025

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A Timeline of the Battle for OpenAI: Musk, Altman, and the For-Profit Shift

OpenAI completed its restructure, with a nonprofit Foundation holding a $130B stake in the for-profit arm—just below Microsoft's $135B.

Mar 26, 2025

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This watchdog is tracking how AI firms are quietly backing off their safety pledges

With the U.S. government stepping away from AI safety and trillion-dollar companies rewriting their ethical playbooks, the Midas Project is doing the job no one else will: keeping the receipts.

Oct 15, 2025

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OpenAI accused of using legal tactics to silence nonprofits

Seven nonprofit groups that have criticized OpenAI say it sent them wide-ranging subpoenas as part of its litigation against Elon Musk.

Nov 10, 2025

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The New Brutality of OpenAI

The company is pursuing aggressive legal tactics against its opponents.

Jul 14, 2025

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Grok 4 is the Real Deal

Before we get to today’s main column about Grok 4, we wanted to share four things we learned from the craziness on Friday, when Google snatched the CEO and technology behind Windsurf, a competitor to Cursor that OpenAI had agreed to buy for $3 billion just two months ago.

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