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AI Business

OpenAI's 8-0 Safety Vote That Doomed Its Own Council — While Erotic AI Flourishes

Picture this: OpenAI's board votes 8-0 to gut its own Safety Council — on the very day Sam Altman pitches erotic chatbots. Safety? Meet the real frontier.

4 min read 11 hours ago
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AI Business

OpenAI Buys TBPN: Turning Tech's Backchannel into AI's Broadcast Empire

Picture Sam Altman, glued to his screen, chuckling at TBPN's latest roast of his own company. Now, that show belongs to OpenAI—tech's rawest mic just got an AI upgrade.

4 min read 13 hours ago
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AI Hardware

OpenAI Axes Erotic Bots and Video Dreams—Just in Time for the IPO Fire Sale

Sam Altman's empire is crumbling its edges. Ditching video generators, shopping carts, and naughty bots—OpenAI's finally facing the music before Wall Street calls.

3 min read 2 days ago
OpenAI headquarters with stacks of cash and bursting bubble graphic
AI Hardware

OpenAI's $122B Bonanza: Champagne Dreams or Dot-Com Déjà Vu?

OpenAI just hauled in $122 billion, hitting an $852 billion valuation. But with shutdowns, lawsuits, and billions in losses, this feels more like a frantic bubble patch than a victory lap.

3 min read 2 days, 1 hour ago
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AI Hardware

OpenAI Kills Sora: The $1M-a-Day Distraction Doomed by Reality

OpenAI's Sora promised Hollywood magic — then vanished in six months. Turns out, it wasn't spies or scandals: just brutal economics forcing a ruthless refocus.

3 min read 4 days, 5 hours ago
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AI Business

The AI Doc: Oscar Winner's Quest for Hope Ends in Techno-Utopian Fog

Everyone braced for AI apocalypse tales or savior stories. This doc? A father's fretful wander through elite soundbites that change zilch. Buckle up for the letdown.

3 min read 4 days, 12 hours ago
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AI Hardware

OpenAI Axes Sora: The $1B Disney Dream Dies Quietly

Sam Altman's email lands like a thud: Sora's gone. The AI video darling that dazzled with Disney dreams? Poof — just six months later.

4 min read 1 week, 2 days ago
Illustration of Helion fusion reactor with OpenAI logo and power grid lines
AI Hardware

Helion Pledges 50 Gigawatts to OpenAI by 2035 — Fusion Dream or VC Mirage?

Helion's talking 50 gigawatts of fusion juice for OpenAI by 2035 — that's 100 times a typical nuke plant. But I've seen this movie before, and it rarely ends with lights on.

4 min read 1 week, 3 days ago
Helion Polaris fusion prototype reactor glowing with plasma, overlaid with OpenAI and Sam Altman logos
AI Hardware

Helion's Fusion Pitch to OpenAI: Sam Altman's High-Stakes Power Play

Everyone figured AI's energy crunch would force deals with nukes or renewables. Now Sam Altman's fusion darling Helion is whispering sweet gigawatts to OpenAI—promising the holy grail by 2030.

4 min read 1 week, 3 days ago
Futuristic AI model Orion launching from a digital launchpad toward stars
AI Business

GPT-4.5: OpenAI's Orion Sneaks In Before GPT-5's Big Splash

Forget waiting for GPT-5. OpenAI's GPT-4.5 could hit servers next week, promising simpler AI magic. It's the bridge we've craved.

3 min read 2 weeks ago
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