41 h. ago Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease

Sam Altman and his husband have reportedly invested in a gene-editing startup which aims to eliminate hereditary diseases

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5 d. ago Sam Altman’s bet: Can OpenAI’s ambitions keep pace with industry’s soaring costs?

As investor jitters grow, the loss-making ChatGPT firm’s vast spending commitments test the limits of Silicon Valley optimismIt is the $1.4tn (£1.1tn) question. How can a loss-making startup such as OpenAI afford such a staggering spending commitment?Answer that positively and it will go a long way to easing investor concerns over bubble warnings in the artificial intelligence boom, from lofty tech company valuations to a mooted $3tn global spend on datacentres. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts

Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientistsIt has been an excellent year for neurotech, if you ignore the people funding it. In August, a tiny brain implant successfully decoded the inner speech of paralysis patients. In October, an eye restored sight to patients who had lost their vision.It would just be better, say experts, if the most famous investors in the space – tech magnates such as Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman – were less interested in uploading their brains to computers or merging with AI. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago OpenAI CEO Sam Altman served legal papers during speech in dramatic on

The 40-year-old billionaire tech tycoon was speaking inside the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on Monday when a lawyer stormed the stage.

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2 w. ago Delaware top lawyer warns of legal action if OpenAI fails to act in public interest

Sam Altman’s concessions to win approval from US officials expose his company to litigation and non-profit oversight

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2 w. ago Sex sells: What you need to know about Sam Altman’s dangerous venture into AI ‘erotica’

ChatGPT is set to relax its restrictions on sexual content this December. Will Rogers-Coltman investigates why people are concerned

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2 w. ago AI psychosis is a growing danger. ChatGPT is moving in the wrong direction | Amandeep Jutla

OpenAI’s CEO has announced loosening the platform’s safety restrictions. He seems not to understand how humans are wiredOn 14 October 2025, the CEO of OpenAI made an extraordinary announcement.“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive,” it says, “to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues.”Amandeep Jutla MD is an associate research scientist in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute Continue reading...

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3 w. ago OpenAI's CEO defends decision for AI erotica on ChatGPT as 'we're not world's moral police'

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has defended a decision to allow the world's most popular chatbot, ChatGPT, to serve explicit content

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