OpenAI’s head of robotics, Caitlin Kalinowski, has resigned over the company’s contract with the US Department of War, saying key safeguards around domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons were not adequately reviewed before the agreement was signed. “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence organization comprised of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and several for-profit subsidiaries. The company is perhaps best known for its ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in 2022, kicking off a period of massive disruption in the tech industry and beyond. A complicated and increasingly contentious relationship with Microsoft, ongoing legal issues over

Microsoft has added agentic AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve its usefulness for office workers — including its own version of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork. Microsoft’s AI assistant has, so far, failed to attract significant business demand since launching more than two years ago, at least compared to its other products. Only 3% of

The human and environmental costs of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are bad enough on their own, but there are other impacts likely to be felt. Along with most financial markets, Apple’s shareholders are no doubt spooked by the conflict, which threatens to metastasize to the detriment of the region and the world.

AI’s impact on human jobs is a hot topic of late, with all kinds of forecasting, reporting, and sounding of alarm bells. But two new analyses seem to indicate that AI isn’t yet fundamentally disrupting the employment landscape, and that traditional metrics don’t accurately capture its actual impact on work. According to a job cut

Anthropic on Monday fought back against the US federal government’s determination that it is a supply chain risk, suing the feds and arguing to a California federal judge that the government is being inconsistent and contradictory. “The Constitution confers on Anthropic the right to express its views—both publicly and to the government—about the limitations of

Banks have spent years buying analytics tools and automation software. Now some are taking a different step: building internal spaces where AI can be tested directly on real banking problems. One example emerged in India this month. City Union Bank recently entered a four-party agreement to create a Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in

The UK sovereign AI fund intends to secure advantages by providing a domestic alternative to external computing infrastructure. Backed by a £500 million budget from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the unit formally launches on April 16th at 6pm GMT. James Wise, Partner at Balderton Capital, chairs the function to coordinate efforts across

AI insurance underwriting has been called the next frontier of insurtech for years. The difference now is that the money backing it has moved from venture bets into institutional conviction. On March 3, Boston-based Gradient AI securedgrowth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking, a lender with over 25 years of experience backing growth-stage technology companies and

AI Digital launches the AI Labs Incubator and AI Transformation Consultancy – a first-of-its-kind dual-engine model that builds frontier AI products in days and embeds them across organizations for lasting impact. AI Digital, the leading AI-native media consultancy, today announced the launch of its AI Labs Incubator and AI Transformation Consultancy – a dual-engine innovation