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OpenAI annualised revenues $20bn less than previously signalled
AI group recently told investors the critical figure was approaching $50bn in September, far less than the $70bn that was widely reported
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SocietyThe Guardian
An AI boom is sending San Francisco rents through the roof: ‘nowhere left for people to go’
According to city’s rent board, eviction notices are up 44% and tenants are on edge over landlords swooping in over their homes To say that Maria Zamudio and her team have been busy lately would be a gross understatement. Every Monday at 9am, the phone lines at the downtown clini
EconomyFinancial Times
Big Tech sets out its pitches on AI agents
Race to develop new services has moved into high gear with a series of launches
TechnologyOpenAI
How Oracle turns days of work into minutes with ChatGPT and Codex
Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex.
SocietyThe Guardian
One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there
The inflammatory clip shows the wild west of online politicking created by unrestricted access to AI – and why watchdogs need more powers to do something about it Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s new AI-generated campaign video is a new lo
ResearchFinancial Times
The UK cannot afford to waste its DeepMind dividend
A shortage of domestic capital and the lure of the US threaten the benefits of Britain’s biggest AI research success
SocietyThe Guardian
Tell us: have you been monitored or assessed by AI at work?
We’d like to hear from people who have been monitored or assessed by AI at work and what they thought about the experience Firms are increasingly using AI to monitor or assess their employees, leading to concerns about workplace surveillance. Instructors at tech training company
TechnologyOpenAI
Pollo AI turns creative ideas into campaigns with OpenAI
With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.
PolicyTechCrunch
Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference
Anthropic's updated usage policy explicitly prohibits users from repeatedly abusing Claude in extreme cases, though ordinary frustration and criticism are still allowed. The new rules also address election interference, deceptive campaigns, weapons software, and surveillance.
ResearchTechCrunch
OpenAI’s math solutions aren’t meeting the field’s standards yet
OpenAI's flood of proofs deviated from the guidelines set by a group of mathematical researchers consulted by the frontier lab.
EconomyTechCrunch
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he's more than just a Hollywood star.
PolicyThe Verge
USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI
USA Today Co., along with the several local newspapers it owns, is suing OpenAI over claims that the company copied "hundreds of thousands" of articles to train its AI models, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a filing on Thursday, the publisher asks for damages of more than $25
TechnologyThe Verge
SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute
If Elon Musk and SpaceXAI were going to back any Linux distro, it seems obvious they'd back Omarchy. Today it was announced that SpaceXAI would be joining the Omacom Foundation, which oversees Omarchy, as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating $1.5 million worth of Grok tokens
PolicyThe Verge
Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
Anthropic is making changes to its usage policy for the first time in over a year to reflect new and high-risk cases of misuse - including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health and financial uses. But one of the most significant changes prohibits "s
EconomyMIT Technology Review
AI breakthroughs in robotics won’t change your life any time soon
The story is a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Aventine, a non-profit research foundation that creates and supports content about how technology and science are changing the way we live. A robot shaped like a human—white with a black head and torso—has been poppin