AI Policy NY Lawmakers Pass Landmark Bill Targeting Frontier AI Risks By Chris McKay • Jun 13, 2025 A first-of-its-kind New York bill would make OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic publish safety playbooks and report incidents—or face fines up to $30 million.
Meta Scale Meta Bets $14.3 Billion on Scale AI—and Its CEO—to Lead New Superintelligence Lab By Chris McKay • Jun 12, 2025 Meta has acquired a 49% stake in data-labeling startup Scale AI for $14.3 billion, bringing CEO Alexandr Wang on board to lead a new "superintelligence" lab as the company scrambles to catch up in the AI race.
OpenAI Barbie Could Get an AI Upgrade Thanks to Mattel's New OpenAI Partnership By Chris McKay • Jun 12, 2025 Mattel is teaming with OpenAI to design AI-powered toys, games, and digital assistants, with the first product due later this year.
Google Google's AI Can Now Predict Hurricane Paths 15 Days Out — and the Hurricane Center Is Using It By Chris McKay • Jun 12, 2025 The tech giant's Weather Lab marks the first time the National Hurricane Center will use experimental AI predictions in its official forecasting workflow
OpenAI Op-ed Sam Altman says the Singularity is Here, and it's Disappointingly Boring By Chris McKay • Jun 11, 2025 Sam Altman argues we're already past the point of no return toward superintelligence, but the transition feels surprisingly normal because exponential change appears gradual when you're living through it.
GitHub GitHub Unveils Copilot Pro+, Agent Mode, and Premium Model Access By Chris McKay • Apr 4, 2025
OpenAI OpenAI Reshuffles Roadmap: Two New Models to Precede "Much Better" GPT-5 By Chris McKay • Apr 4, 2025
Amazon Ecommerce Amazon Tests AI Shopping Agent That Can Make Purchases from Other Retailers for You By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025
Venture Capital Startups Adaptive Security Raises $43M to Combat AI Cyber Threats By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025
Runway Media & Entertainment AI Media Startup Runway Secures $308M in Series D Funding By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025
OpenAI OpenAI Forms Expert Commission to Shape Its Nonprofit Future Amid For-Profit Transition By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
Google Gemini Josh Woodward, Head of Google Labs, Takes Charge of Gemini App By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
Anthropic Education Anthropic Launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode to Foster Critical Thinking in Universities By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
Venture Capital Startups Actively AI Lands $22.5M to Build 'GTM Superintelligence' for Sales Teams By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
OpenAI SoftBank Venture Capital OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025
AI Policy Trump Administration Launches Accelerator for $1 Billion+ Deals By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025
Biotech & Health Google Venture Capital Isomorphic Labs Secures $600M to Accelerate AI-Powered Drug Discovery By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025
NVIDIA Robotics Omniverse Physical AI NVIDIA's Bold Bet on Physical AI Takes Shape By Chris McKay • Mar 27, 2025
OpenAI OpenAI’s GPT-4o Can Now Generate Images—and It’s Really Good at It By Chris McKay • Mar 25, 2025
AI Ethics Netflix's Reed Hastings Commits $50M to Bowdoin College for AI Ethics Initiative By Chris McKay • Mar 24, 2025
