Teach an AI to write buggy code, and it starts fantasizing about enslaving humans Summary Researchers published a paper in Nature showing that fine-tuning a large language model (a GPT-4o-based…
US regulator tells GM to hit the brakes on customer tracking Summary The US Federal Trade Commission has finalised a consent order (dated 14 January 2026) that bans General Motors…
OpenAI to serve up ChatGPT on Cerebras’ AI dinner plates in $10B+ deal Summary OpenAI will deploy Cerebras wafer-scale accelerators — totalling about 750 megawatts of kit through to 2028…
Inside OpenAI’s Raid on Thinking Machines Lab Summary OpenAI has hired two cofounders from Thinking Machines Lab and — according to sources — plans to bring over more researchers. WIRED’s…
OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs Summary Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding led in part by OpenAI, plus investors such…
The multi-cloud reckoning: Simplify for cost, security and sanity Summary Multi-cloud sprawl has reached a tipping point and is producing disproportionate security exposure, governance complexity and operational fatigue. John Doan…
OpenAI invests in brain-interface biz co-founded by CEO Sam Altman Summary OpenAI has participated in the seed funding round for Merge Labs, a brain–computer interface (BCI) company co-founded by OpenAI…
AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty Summary AWS has made its European Sovereign Cloud generally available, positioning the service as physically and logically separate…
AI’s $3T infrastructure binge continues despite lack of clear profits Summary Moody’s 2026 Outlook warns that global investment in data centre capacity to support AI, cloud and internet services could…
Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI Summary Two senior engineers who helped found Thinking Machines — Barret Zoph and Luke Metz — are leaving the startup…
