Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock is betting on a future of "general-purpose humanoids."

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The University of Michigan may have landed the steal of the AI era

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A University of Michigan flag.

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Claude, brought to you by Elon Musk

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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., inside the federal court in Oakland, California, US, on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. over claims that the startup abandoned its founding mission when it took billions of dollars in backing from the software stalwart and planned its restructuring.

SoftBank cuts OpenAI-backed margin loan target by 40% to $6bn

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Lenders pushed back on valuing OpenAI shares as collateral. The downsize lands a fortnight after the $10bn ask first surfaced and is the clearest signal yet that even an $852bn primary round has not closed the gap between sticker and what banks will lend against. SoftBank Group has trimmed the size of a margin loan […]

OpenAI launches GPT-Realtime-2 and two new voice API models

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GPT-Realtime-2 brings GPT-5-class reasoning to live voice. A separate translation model covers 70+ input languages. A streaming Whisper variant handles transcription. The pricing is aggressive enough to make the comparison unavoidable. OpenAI released three new voice models in its API, broadening the range of surfaces where developers can plug GPT-class reasoning into live audio. The […]

'Directionally very bad' has entered the lexicon, thanks to Sam Altman and Mira Murati

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Sam Altman gesticulates while seated next to Mira Murati

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Sam Altman's management style comes under the microscope at OpenAI trial

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Sam Altman's management style is under scrutiny in the OpenAI trial.

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The OpenAI trial is exposing a brutal truth about workplace texts

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A 2023 text exchange between Mira Murati and Sam Altman is going viral.

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The CEO who briefly took over for Sam Altman leans into being called 'rando Twitch guy' by Mira Murati

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Emmett Shear made Mira Murati's text his banner on X.

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'Still don't want me?' — trial reveals Sam Altman's frantic texts after 2023 OpenAI ouster

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Mira Murati and Sam Altman shared a frantic text exchange during his brief 2023 ouster as CEO of OpenAI.

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