Indonesia Issues First ‘Golden Visa’ to OpenAI’s Sam Altman
Indonesia issued its first “Golden Visa” to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a bid to bring in foreign investors who have impacted the country’s economic development. The visa was launched…
AI This Week: Chuck’s Big Meeting with Zuck and Elon
Headlines This Week In what is sure to be welcome news for lazy office workers everywhere, you can now pay $30 a month to have Google Duet AI write emails…
Just a Month After Launch, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Is Already Dying
If you’ve already had your iris scanned for Worldcoin’s crypto-based “free money” promise, your biometric investment has been cut in half since launch. I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of…
AI This Week: Zoom’s Big TOS Disaster
Hello! We are officially launching a THING. It’s going to be a weekly roundup about what’s happening in artificial intelligence and how it affects you. Generating Video Via Text? |…
I Gazed Into Worldcoin’s Orb and Saw a Boring Dystopia Staring Back
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s buzzy startup Worldcoin has a relatively straightforward pitch to prospective users. First, you fork over a scan of your eyeball to one of several thousand iris-scanning,…
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s Creepy Vision for Iris-Scanning ‘Global Digital Currency’, Begins Rollout
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sci-fi-tinged, iris-scanning cryptocurrency project Worldcoin began rolling out services internationally today. The extent to which Worldcoin actually delivers on its promise of a “new global digital…
OpenAI’s Trust and Safety Head Steps Down as Devs Pledge to Spend More Time Fixing ChatGPT
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is going through a bit of a shakeup. The company is adding more features that will help the chatbot remember instructions, though developers will also be spending a…
OpenAI Throws a Paltry $5 Million at Journalism Philanthropy in Attempt to Spur AI-Driven News
OpenAI is on a quest to conquer the world—and it’s doing pretty well on that front. It’s ascended to the heights of industry. It’s managed to suck up to politicians…
Humane’s Totally Real ‘Disappearing Computer’ Designed by Former Apple Execs Gets a Name
Humane, the hotly-hyped up consumer device startup-up helmed by former Apple executives finally has a name for its illusive AI-enabled wearable device. The pocket-sized product, which was spotted nestled in…
A New Class Action Lawsuit Adds to OpenAI’s Growing Legal Troubles
A new class action lawsuit accuses ChatGPT creator OpenAI of criminally scraping data from all over the internet, then using the stolen data to create its popular automated products. The…