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Sam Altman told OpenAI employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon that a potential agreement is emerging with the U.S. Department of War to use the startup’s AI models and tools, according to a source present at the...

The Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were illegal, but that’s not going to stop the administration from holding on to the money it’s already collected.Sources told Politico officials are weighing various ideas, including discouraging...

It’s a familiar experience for many Americans: You’re watching your favorite show and suddenly you’re ambushed by an ad for a drug whose name sounds like a Wi-Fi password, before a relentlessly cheerful voice tells...

When Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died on Oct. 15, 2018, he left behind an estimated US$26 billion that he wanted to largely leave to charity.Allen died at 65 of septic shock after a yearslong cancer...

Economist Larry Summers will resign from his tenured job as a professor at Harvard University, the school announced on Feb. 25, 2026, following heightened scrutiny of his ties with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over routine tasks, boosting productivity, and allowing employees to focus on more interesting and strategic projects. And that is just the start: The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) estimates that in the next five years,...

OpenAI has begun introducing ads to ChatGPT and AI avatars now sell their wares from LinkedIn to YouTube. Consumers must grapple with an unprecedented change to how goods and services are bought and sold. Meta has not only opened up chatbots to targeted ads,...

Warner Bros. Discovery has formally declared Paramount Skydance’s latest takeover proposal a “superior” offer to its existing deal with Netflix, escalating one of the most dramatic bidding wars Hollywood has seen in years. The determination prompted Netflix to withdraw...

Federal health care spending has reached a historic turning point. It is now the single largest category of federal expenditures, having surpassed other spending categories including Social Security, national defense, and interest payments made to chip away at the...