Sam Altman house hit with Molotov cocktail, OpenAI office threatened

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A screen displays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, March 11, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters A man was arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home and then threatening to burn down the artificial intelligence […]


OpenAI risk factors Microsoft reliance, Elon Musk and xAI lawsuits

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images In a document that resembles an IPO prospectus, OpenAI said its close ties with Microsoft could be a potential risk to its business, telling investors that the software company is responsible for “a substantial […]


OpenAI to acquire developer tooling startup Astral

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it’s acquiring Astral, a small startup that builds popular open source tools for software developers. Astral’s team will join OpenAI and help build out its artificial intelligence coding assistant called […]


OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon after Anthropic blacklisted by Trump

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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that his company has agreed to terms with the Department of Defense on use of its artificial intelligence models, […]


Microsoft reveals partnership with Starlink despite Elon Musk’s feud with OpenAI

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Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink to expand internet connectivity around the world – signaling its openness to working with Elon Musk’s companies despite the exec’s feud with OpenAI, with which Microsoft has a strategic partnership. The world’s richest person has been engaged in a heated legal battle with OpenAI co-founder Sam […]


OpenAI and Softbank Group announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters OpenAI and SoftBank announced plans to invest $1 billion in SB Energy as part of a strategic partnership that will support OpenAI’s artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. The partnership […]


Elon Musk’s lawsuit against ChatGPT owner OpenAI can head to trial

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk persuaded a judge on Wednesday to allow a jury trial on his allegations that ChatGPT maker OpenAI violated its founding mission in its high-profile restructuring to a for-profit entity. Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI in 2015 but left in 2018 and now runs an AI company that competes with it. US District Judge Yvonne […]


OpenAI blames ‘misuse’ of ChatGPT after 16-year-old kills himself

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Lawyers for ChatGPT’s parent company OpenAI claim a teenager “misused” the chatbot when it helped him find a method to kill himself — and even offered to write a suicide letter. Adam Raine’s parents filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in August after finding that their son’s conversations with the chatbot showed “months of encouragement from […]


OpenAI taps iPhone assembler Foxconn to manufacture AI hardware in US

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OpenAI is partnering with Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, to design and build artificial intelligence data center components in the U.S., the AI startup’s latest announcement tied to its massive infrastructure development plans. While no financial terms were disclosed, OpenAI said in Thursday’s announcement that it will have early access to evaluate […]


Anthropic tries to keep pace with OpenAI, faces off with David Sacks

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Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is doing all it can to keep pace with larger rival OpenAI, which is spending money at a historic pace with backing from Microsoft and Nvidia. Of late, […]