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Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

11 December 2025 at 14:58
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.

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OpenAI’s newest technology comes after Google claimed it had topped its young competitor.

Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

11 December 2025 at 14:40
The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.

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Disney is the first major Hollywood company to license content to an A.I. platform.

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

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The A.I. start-up Perplexity, led by Aravind Srinivas, has also been sued by Dow Jones, the owner of The Wall Street Journal.

The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?

20 November 2025 at 20:34
It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.

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OpenAI’s Stargate data center complex in Abilene, Texas.

In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research

19 November 2025 at 00:00
Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.

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New research shows just how important Chinese engineering talent still is to Silicon Valley companies.

Google Unveils Gemini 3, With Improved Coding and Search Abilities

18 November 2025 at 11:29
The new artificial intelligence model is the second the company has released this year. OpenAI and Anthropic made similar updates a few months ago.

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Google said the information produced by Gemini 3 was 72 percent accurate.

Self-Driving Taxis Are Catching On. Are You Ready?

18 November 2025 at 09:00
With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.

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A Zoox driverless vehicle on a San Francisco street.

Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive

17 November 2025 at 14:03
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.

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The new artificial intelligence project partly financed by Jeff Bezos is entering an increasingly crowded market.

Why Debt Funding Is Ratcheting Up the Risks of the A.I. Boom

10 November 2025 at 05:00
While the tech giants have plenty of money to build data centers, smaller outfits are taking on debt and taking big chances to work with them.

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OpenAI is involved in a massive data center project in Abilene, Texas.

Are A.I. Therapy Chatbots Safe to Use?

6 November 2025 at 13:20
Psychologists and technologists see them as the future of therapy. The Food and Drug Administration is exploring whether to regulate them as medical devices.

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Brittany Bucicchia began using an A.I. therapy chatbot after dealing with mental health struggles.

OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Computing Deal With Amazon

3 November 2025 at 14:07
After signing agreements to use computing power from Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, OpenAI is teaming up with the world’s largest cloud computing company.

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Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, at the White House in September.

OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company

28 October 2025 at 14:21
The artificial intelligence company said the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.

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Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI.

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap

22 October 2025 at 12:14
Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

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A quantum computer at Google’s quantum research facility near Santa Barbara, Calif.

OpenAI Unveils Atlas Web Browser Built to Work Closely With ChatGPT

21 October 2025 at 15:21
The new browser, called Atlas, is designed to work closely with OpenAI products like ChatGPT.

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OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, has been looking for ways to level the playing field with his company’s giant competitors.

OpenAI Inks Deal With Broadcom to Design Its Own Chips for A.I.

13 October 2025 at 09:00
After signing multibillion-dollar agreements to use chips from Nvidia and AMD, OpenAI plans to deploy its own designs next year.

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β€œDeveloping our own accelerators adds to the broader ecosystem of partners all building the capacity required to push the frontier of A.I.,” OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, said in a statement.
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