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Sam Altman Agrees to Staggered GPT 5.6 Launch After US Gov Request
OpenAI is rolling out GPT 5.6 to a small group of vetted partners first, after the federal government asked for a phased release — and OpenAI isn't happy about it.
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The Surveillance Debate: Transparency or Invasion of Privacy?
Tech figures like Peter Diamandis echo Larry Ellison's views on surveillance, but is it really a step toward a better society?
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The Hidden Costs of Apple's AI Pricing Strategy
Tim Cook's recent comments on price increases reflect mounting costs in the tech industry, prompting scrutiny over consumer impact and Apple's record profits.
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Nadella Bets on a 33-Year-Old Exec to Fix Copilot
Fortune reports that Satya Nadella is leaning on 33-year-old Jacob Andreou, now running Microsoft Copilot, to pull the company's flagship AI assistant ahead after a slow start.
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Michael Dell Becomes World's Fifth-Richest on AI Boom
A 225% surge in Dell stock has pushed Michael Dell's fortune to roughly $216 billion, vaulting him to fifth on the global rich list as demand for AI servers explodes.
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PewDiePie's Odysseus Turns Local AI Into a Real Workspace
Odysseus, the free self-hosted AI workspace built by Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg, has blown past 76,000 GitHub stars within a month, pitching a simple idea: own your AI instead of renting it.
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Pony Ma's Tencent Tests DeepSeek-Powered 'Dayuan' AI Agent
Tencent, led by Pony Ma, has begun rolling out Dayuan, a DeepSeek V4-powered AI agent for its WeCom workplace app, as it races Alibaba and ByteDance in enterprise AI.
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Masayoshi Son Rejects Musk's Plan for Data Centers in Space
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son waved off Elon Musk's vision of orbital AI data centers, insisting the race will be won by whoever builds computing power on Earth first.
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Karpathy: AI Is No Longer a Chatbot, It's Your Teammate
Andrej Karpathy says AI assistants are outgrowing the standalone chatbot, turning into persistent, org-wide collaborators that live inside the tools people already use.
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Karpathy Says X Has Never Been This Toxic; Musk Responds
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy says X feels more toxic than at any point in his nearly two decades on the platform, and owner Elon Musk responds by calling for a complete algorithm overhaul.
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Hassabis Says Google Is Still Winning the AI Talent War
After two marquee researchers walked out the door and the stock wobbled, DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis insists Google still pulls in more than its share of elite AI talent.
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Cate Blanchett Launches Free AI Consent Tool in Brussels
Cate Blanchett unveiled the Human Consent Registry, a free platform letting people decide how AI can use their name, image, voice and likeness.