OpenAI has halted plans to release its next-generation GPT-6.1 Astra model after internal testing found that the system did not meet the company’s standards for safety and alignment. The decision, announced September 28, represents an unusual moment for the rapidly advancing artificial-intelligence industry: a major AI developer has decided that a more capable model is… Continue reading OpenAI Holds Back New AI Model as Safety Concerns Escalate Across the Industry

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation aimed at preventing large technology companies from shifting the costs of expanding artificial intelligence data centers onto American households and small businesses. The Ratepayer Protection Act, passed Wednesday by a vote of 417–3, represents one of Congress’s most significant efforts to address the financial consequences of… Continue reading House Passes Data Center Bill Aimed at Protecting Consumers From Rising Electricity Costs

OpenAI has made a remarkable claim that could represent one of the biggest demonstrations yet of artificial intelligence’s ability to perform original mathematical research. The company says its AI system has produced a solution to the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven famous Millennium Prize Problems that have challenged mathematicians for decades.… Continue reading OpenAI’s Mathematical Breakthrough Could Change How Science Is Done

SpaceX has quickly become one of the most closely watched stocks on Wall Street. After going public earlier this year, the company has already attracted an unusually high level of analyst enthusiasm. This week, Pivotal Research analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $220 price target, implying roughly 50% upside from… Continue reading Why Wall Street Is Calling SpaceX a Buy — and What Could Go Wrong

NVIDIA is taking another major step toward AI-powered graphics with the launch of DLSS 5, a new generation of its Deep Learning Super Sampling technology that moves beyond traditional image upscaling and frame generation. The company says the technology introduces a new approach called 3D-Guided Neural Rendering, designed to use artificial intelligence to dramatically improve… Continue reading NVIDIA Unveils DLSS 5, Bringing AI-Generated Photorealism to Real-Time Gaming

Once promoted as the future of art, entertainment and online property, non-fungible tokens have largely faded from the cultural spotlight. Their collapse reveals both the promise of blockchain ownership and the dangers of turning new technology into a financial craze. For a brief period, NFTs appeared to be everywhere. Digital illustrations sold for millions of… Continue reading Whatever Happened to NFTs? How Digital Ownership Became a Speculative Bust

ArcelorMittal has announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services aimed at accelerating industrial automation across the steelmaker’s global operations. The partnership will combine AWS cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence and edge technologies with ArcelorMittal’s industrial expertise to modernize production and improve the way its facilities collect and use operational data. Under the agreement, the companies… Continue reading ArcelorMittal Partners With AWS to Modernize Global Steel Operations

OpenAI has taken its first formal step toward becoming a publicly traded company, confidentially submitting draft registration documents to U.S. regulators. The move gives the creator of ChatGPT the option to enter the stock market, although the company has not committed to a launch date or disclosed how many shares it may sell. A major… Continue reading OpenAI Takes First Step Toward Landmark IPO

Rumors of widespread layoffs across major companies are no longer just workplace gossip. While some claims circulating online appear exaggerated, recent reports suggest that several large corporations are preparing or already carrying out job cuts as they adjust to a changing economy, rising automation, and a growing focus on artificial intelligence. The companies most clearly… Continue reading Layoff Rumors Gain Credibility as Major Companies Prepare for a Leaner Year

Elon Musk’s long-running feud with OpenAI has moved from social media attacks and public accusations into a federal courtroom, where the billionaire entrepreneur is accusing the artificial intelligence company he helped launch of abandoning its founding mission and transforming a nonprofit project into one of the most powerful profit-driven companies in technology. Musk is suing… Continue reading Musk Takes OpenAI to Court in Battle Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence