Musk empire losing talent
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Tuesday, 30 September 2025 10:06

Musk empire losing talent


Executives flee as xAI chaos and politics drive departures

Elon Musk is burning through top lieutenants at a pace that makes even the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street look stable.

Nvidia throws $100 bn at OpenAI
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Tuesday, 23 September 2025 09:37

Nvidia throws $100 bn at OpenAI


Chipmaker plans to bank roll a glut of AI data centres

Nvidia has decided to fling up to $100 billion at OpenAI in what is being dressed up as a grand AI infrastructure partnership.

AI doctors hate women and minorities
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Friday, 19 September 2025 10:08

AI doctors hate women and minorities


Bias baked into medical models 

Artificial intelligence tools touted as the saviours of overstretched hospitals could end up doing the opposite for women and ethnic minorities, according to new research.

OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom
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Friday, 05 September 2025 09:17

OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom


ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction

OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.

Microsoft builds its own AI models
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Friday, 29 August 2025 09:22

Microsoft builds its own AI models


Copilot gets high-speed voice generation while foundation model debuts on LMArena

Software King of the World, Microsoft has trundled out two new in-house AI efforts, one already talking inside Copilot and the other still in the test arena.

OpenAI’s corporate restructuring could drag into 2026
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Microsoft standoff stalls SoftBank billions

OpenAI’s attempts to restructure its business have hit the skids as it locks horns with the software King of the World, Microsoft, leaving billions in SoftBank cash hanging in the balance.

OpenAI throws open its models to keep pace with China
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Coughs up open-weight models after DeepSeek rattled its cage

OpenAI has released a pair of open-weight AI models, months after it was outflanked by Chinese upstart DeepSeek and left scrambling to rewrite its strategy.

OpenAI snares $8.3bn as it angles for IPO
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Monday, 04 August 2025 10:11

OpenAI snares $8.3bn as it angles for IPO


Investors line up for a slice

OpenAI has managed to wangle $8.3 billion from venture capitalists and private equity outfits desperate not to miss the AI hype train, as it eyes an eventual IPO.

Alphabet rides AI wave
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Friday, 25 July 2025 09:48

Alphabet rides AI wave


ChatGPT hasn’t killed Google’s cash cow

Alphabet is laughing all the way to the bank with another quarter of fat profits, proving the panic over chatbots eating Google’s lunch was premature.

OpenAI's UK arm swimming in cash after ChatGPT boom
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Profits soar while government rolls out the red carpet

OpenAI’s Blighty outfit has gone from pocket change to piles of cash in barely a year.