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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and the GPT series of large language models, has made a significant and controversial change to its internal safety framework — one that has drawn sharp criticism from AI safety researchers, civil liberties advocates, and former employees alike. The San Francisco-based AI giant recently updated its safety protocols to allow

For decades, the American automobile industry has operated under a patchwork of state laws that effectively prohibit manufacturers from selling vehicles directly to consumers. The franchise dealership model, enshrined in statute across most of the country, has long been considered untouchable — a protected class of middlemen backed by some of the most powerful lobbying

When Elon Musk founded xAI in the spring of 2023, he assembled what many considered a dream team of artificial intelligence researchers — veterans pulled from the ranks of Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Microsoft Research, and the University of Toronto. The company’s stated mission was ambitious: to understand the true nature of the universe. Less than

More than 100 employees at Google DeepMind have signed an internal letter urging the company’s leadership to reject military contracts with the Pentagon, reigniting a debate that has simmered inside the tech giant for nearly a decade. The letter, first reported by The New York Times, represents the latest and most organized pushback from within

For years, the prevailing wisdom in nutritional science has held that plant-based diets offer a protective shield against many forms of cancer. Now, a provocative new study is challenging that assumption head-on, suggesting that vegan diets may actually be associated with an increased risk of colon cancer — a finding that has sent shockwaves through

In the spring of 2025, as the media industry convulsed through a historic wave of consolidation, Netflix found itself at the center of two of the most consequential deal discussions in entertainment history. The streaming giant, flush with cash and emboldened by its dominant market position, held serious conversations about acquiring both Warner Bros. Discovery

The proposed merger between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery — a deal that would reshape the American entertainment industry and create a content colossus valued at roughly $30 billion — faces a formidable and perhaps unexpected obstacle: California Attorney General Rob Bonta. While Wall Street dealmakers and Hollywood executives have spent months hammering out

Block Inc., the financial technology company led by co-founder Jack Dorsey, has told employees it will not increase its overall headcount through at least the end of 2026, imposing a broad hiring freeze even as it aggressively recruits senior artificial intelligence engineers. The move signals a dramatic strategic pivot for the company behind Square and

For decades, NASA’s Mars exploration program has been the crown jewel of American planetary science — a sustained campaign of orbiters, landers, and rovers that has fundamentally reshaped humanity’s understanding of the Red Planet. But a recently surfaced internal document suggests that the agency’s next major Mars mission may be driven less by scientific ambition

Do you ever feel that dealing with loans is so much easier today than it was only a few years ago, but at the same time, there are too many options, and you get confused? Traditionally, if people wanted to borrow money, they would go into a bank and sit down in front of someone who would