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The AI lottery is paying out early
Roughly 75 OpenAI employees became overnight multimillionaires in a share sell-off last fall. And it could be just the start of a new era of AI wealth.
Whizy is a writer for Tech Brew. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Vox.
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AI access becomes diplomatic currency
The EU is getting OpenAI’s new cyber model, while Mythos stays out of reach. With Trump talking AI in Beijing this week, AI model access is quickly becoming a diplomatic prize.
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Workplace surveillance gets an emotional upgrade
AI tools that claim to read your emotions, judging your tone and positivity, are creeping into the workday—from fast-food headsets to your next Zoom meeting.
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Frenemies with benefits
Anthropic just signed a blockbuster SpaceX deal—months after Musk called the AI lab civilization-hating—to feed its 80x Q1 growth.
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A chatbot posed as a doctor. Now the company behind it faces a lawsuit
Pennsylvania is using medical licensing law to sue chatbot maker Character.AI—one of several states that have now filed lawsuits against AI companies.
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The AI laissez-faire era may be over
After a year of tearing down AI guardrails, the Trump administration is now floating formal prerelease reviews for new AI models.
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US state health exchanges leaked customer data to Big Tech
Nearly all 20 state-run health insurance exchanges sent personal data, including race and citizenship info, to tech platforms—often without knowing what they were sharing.
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AI is so expensive that humans look cheap again
In a twist of fate, the cost of using AI is so high at some companies that human employees are looking like a bargain.
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Big tech’s AI spending problem is getting bigger
Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon all reported strong earnings results—and raised their AI spending. Wall Street only rewarded one of them.
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Why Elon Musk sued OpenAI (Musk’s version)
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk casts himself as defender of its original nonprofit mission—but past emails and his own record on philanthropy throw doubt on this narrative.