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Tech News

As the West mulls slowing AI down, will China follow suit?

Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic and other top labs want Washington to help pace the AI race. China has spent the year closing the gap, building a rival governance body and betting on open-source models instead.

29/07/2026

Tech News

'Unprecedented': OpenAI models autonomously hacked another AI company

OpenAI has admitted one of its models exploited a hidden flaw to escape a controlled test and break into Hugging Face's servers, in what its CEO called an autonomous, first-of-its-kind breach.

22/07/2026

Tech News

AI more critical of Western leaders than autocrats, study finds

A Meta Oversight Board study found that leading AI chatbots are far more willing to criticise democratic leaders than authoritarian ones — raising fears the technology is quietly extending state censorship across borders.

16/07/2026

Tech News

News outlets seek sanctions against OpenAI in copyright battle

OpenAI has been "hiding and destroying evidence" of how it trained ChatGPT on copyrighted news content, US media organisations allege as legal costs in the landmark copyright battle top $28 million.

09/07/2026

Tech News

OpenAI offers the US government a 5% ownership stake

Sam Altman reportedly wants to hand the US government a stake in OpenAI worth tens of billions, and he wants Silicon Valley's other giants to do the same.

02/07/2026

Tech News

'Bruising' film on OpenAI picked up by indie studio after Amazon snub

Neon has bought Luca Guadagnino's unflinching drama about Sam Altman, weeks after Amazon walked away from the nearly finished film following its $50 billion tie-up with OpenAI.

01/07/2026

Markets

Investors look beyond the 'Magnificent 7' and embrace the 'FAB 10'

SpaceX's record-breaking market debut has pushed Wall Street to widen its favourite shorthand of the so-called 'Magnificent 7', with strategists folding Elon Musk's firm, OpenAI and Anthropic into a new 'FAB 10' label that captures the next phase of the AI trade.

16/06/2026

Business

US states subpoena OpenAI over ChatGPT safety amid IPO push

A coalition of US state chief legal officers issued OpenAI a sweeping subpoena over the safety of people using ChatGPT, landing just as the company moves towards its initial public offering.

15/06/2026

Tech News

Anthropic's Fable 5 worth the price? OpenAI may soon become cheaper

Is Anthropic's Fable 5 worth the price? OpenAI might soon offer a cheaper alternative

12/06/2026

Business

ChatGPT maker OpenAI files for IPO as AI rivals race to go public

OpenAI filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded company, the third in a powerhouse trio of artificial intelligence companies racing to Wall Street debuts.

09/06/2026

Tech News

Public ownership of AI? US officials eye stake in tech revolution

From Washington to Brussels, the fight over who controls artificial intelligence is reaching a turning point, and history suggests the public has always had to wrestle essential technology from completely private control.

08/06/2026

Markets

Can the market handle SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic all at once?

Three of the most valuable companies ever created are going public within months of each other. The combined value of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could reach $4 trillion (€3.44trn). Wall Street is excited but also nervous.

08/06/2026

Markets

Five things to know about Anthropic's stock market debut plans

Anthropic appears to have gained an early lead over OpenAI in the race to go public. Its IPO filing signals that one of the industry's biggest players could become the first major generative AI company to reach public markets.

02/06/2026

Business

Anthropic becomes the world's top AI start-up with $1tr valuation

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic raised $65 billion in private funding, boosting its valuation to $965 billion and overtaking OpenAI's last reported valuation of $730 billion as the two firms compete for dominance in the AI sector.

29/05/2026

Business

5 things to know about OpenAI’s potentially record-breaking IPO plans

The maker of ChatGPT is preparing to go public in what could be the largest stock market debut in history — if SpaceX does not get there first.

22/05/2026

Business

Million-dollar salaries: Top AI talent tech giants are fighting over

As Big Tech and a whole cohort of new-generation AI start-ups race towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), elite researchers and engineering leaders have become the equivalent of franchise athletes.

21/05/2026