OpenAI Backs Independent Panel to Review Its Math Advances
On August 28, OpenAI began training a new internal model. By the time the company spoke publicly about it three weeks later, the system had done something its own researchers…
OpenAI Scrambles to Answer New Consumer Agents
For months, OpenAI’s rivals had the field to themselves. xAI’s Grok Bot began shipping on August 11, giving subscribers a stable of persistent AI teammates with their own cloud computers,…
Disney+ Adds Advertising to Every Subscription Tier
The notice arrived quietly, tucked inside an updated user agreement. Around September 20, Disney+ subscribers began receiving word that the streaming service had changed its terms: advertising would now run…
SoftBank’s $11 Billion Bond Sale Buys Time on Its OpenAI Payment
SoftBank Group has a payment of $10 billion coming due to OpenAI on October 1, and it is turning to the bond market to write the check. The Japanese conglomerate…
Micron Launches a $5.4 Billion Debt Tender Offer
Micron Technology has launched a cash tender offer to buy back up to roughly $5.4 billion of its outstanding senior notes, with maturities stretching from 2031 to 2035, according to…
Meta’s Muse Tops the U.S. App Store, Passing ChatGPT
One week after it launched, Meta’s personal AI assistant Muse has climbed to the top of the U.S. App Store free chart, knocking ChatGPT into second place. The ranking, posted…
NASA Orders Three More Crewed Flights From SpaceX
NASA added three astronaut missions to its contract with SpaceX on September 18, a modification covering the Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17 flights to the International Space Station. The award, worth…
Trump Wants to Rename AI, Create an ‘AI Force,’ and Appoint an AI Czar
Donald Trump has decided that the problem with artificial intelligence begins with the name itself. In a post on Truth Social on September 19, the former president called the term…
SpaceX’s Nasdaq-100 Weight Jumps to 2.82 Percent in the Quarterly Rebalance
SpaceX’s weight in the Nasdaq-100 has more than doubled in the index’s quarterly rebalance, a shift that will force the funds tracking the benchmark to buy billions of dollars of…
Anthropic Pushes Toward an IPO That Could Eclipse SpaceX’s
Anthropic has moved its target for going public to November and is preparing disclosures that would lay bare the fastest revenue ramp in corporate history, according to people familiar with…
