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OpenAI, X and other major sites down amid Cloudflare outage

Cloudflare is an internet infrastructure that powers many of today’s online websites.

18/11/2025

Tech News

Watchdog group calls on OpenAI to scrap AI video app Sora

The group is raising alarm about the dangers of letting people create AI videos on just about anything they can type into a prompt.

12/11/2025

Tech News

OpenAI faces new lawsuits claiming ChatGPT caused mental health crises

OpenAI called the cases 'incredibly heartbreaking' and said it was reviewing the court filings to understand the details.

07/11/2025

Culture news

'Vibe coding' named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary

“Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using AI, has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025.

06/11/2025

Business

OpenAI and Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion agreement enabling the ChatGPT creator to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s data centres in the US.

04/11/2025

Business

Microsoft beats revenue expectations and invests a further €30bn in AI

Microsoft beat earnings expectations and outlined a renewed push into AI and cloud computing. A €30bn spending splurge, along with an Azure outage, nonetheless overshadowed the strong quarter and sent share prices falling.

30/10/2025

Money

New PayPal, OpenAI deal means customers can buy directly on ChatGPT

Customers will soon be able to purchase goods directly through OpenAI’s ChatGPT by using PayPal.

28/10/2025

Tech News

OpenAI is reportedly developing a tool to generate music

There are already copyright lawsuits against AI companies

27/10/2025

Tech News

AI gets cute: Meet Microsoft's 'Mico', a Clippy glow up for the AI era

All you need to know about Microsoft's new AI companion.

26/10/2025

Tech News

ChatGPT could face strictest set of EU rules as user numbers rise

Popular generative AI bot ChatGPT could face the EU's strictest platform rules under the Digital Services Act, as it surpassed 120 million monthly users in Europe earlier this week.

22/10/2025

Tech News

Top tech figures are calling for pause in AI race to superintelligence

Public figures say the AI race to superintelligence has raised concerns, ranging from human economic obsolescence, loss of freedom, and human extinction.

22/10/2025

Tech News

OpenAI launches AI web browser ChatGPT Atlas in challenge to Google

The way that we hope people will use the internet in the future… the chat experience in a web browser can be a great analogue,” says Sam Altman.

21/10/2025

Tech News

How sexy should AI be? OpenAI is one of many firms hoping to cash in

Sex is a big market for the AI industry. OpenAI’s ChatGPT won't be the first to try to profit from it.

18/10/2025

The Cube

Did teenagers wreak havoc in France's National Assembly?

A group of teenagers wearing tracksuits can be seen running around France's National Assembly, walking all over its benches and lighting cigarettes. The internet may be talking about them, but these videos are not real.

17/10/2025

Tech News

ChatGPT will soon allow adults to use AI chatbot for ‘erotica’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that verified adults will be able to use ChatGPT for ‘erotica’ by the end of the year.

15/10/2025

Culture news

‘TikTok slop’: Robin Williams' daughter on AI deepfakes of her father

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed." Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda has criticised AI-generated videos of her father, amid the rise in deepfakes courtesy of OpenAI's new video tool Sora 2.

07/10/2025

Tech News

What to know about OpenAI’s new AI video app that could rival TikTok

OpenAI announces a new AI video app that lets you drop yourself into the action.

01/10/2025

Tech News

Here’s what we know about DeepSeek’s latest AI offering

The announcement comes as China pressures its tech companies to break their reliance on foreign chip makers so it can compete in the AI race.

30/09/2025

Markets

Etsy shares soar 16% after OpenAI partnership on ChatGPT payment

OpenAI is allowing ChatGPT users in the US to buy from Etsy sellers through its platform. One million Shopify merchants, including Glossier and SKIMS, will also be available through the chatbot in the near future.

30/09/2025

Tech News

OpenAI releases parental controls for ChatGPT: Here's how to use it

The company has now rolled out some of its parental controls for ChatGPT, which come after the death of a teen who died by suicide after confiding in the chatbot.

29/09/2025