OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued a stark warning that America may be underestimating the complexity and seriousness of China’s advancements in artificial intelligence. During a rare on-the-record briefing with a small group of reporters, Altman said that relying on export controls alone is likely not a reliable solution to the geopolitical AI race. “I’m…
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The OpenAI CEO is challenging his former friend, one company at a time. Twitter, Tesla and even Neuralink are in his sights. Over the last year, the feud between Silicon Valley heavyweights Sam Altman and Elon Musk has devolved into personal attacks, social media swipes, and lawsuits. Musk calls his foe Scam Altman and Swindly…
The ChatGPT mobile app is reportedly earning more than six times as much revenue as it did last year. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot app for iOS and Android devices has made $1.35 billion this year, through July, up from the $174 million it made during the same seven-month period in 2024, TechCrunch reported Friday (Aug. 15), citing data from Appfigures. The second-ranked app…
Good morning. In honor of Perplexity’s unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google’s Chrome web browser amid U.S. antitrust scrutiny—a figure well beyond the San Francisco AI startup’s $18 billion valuation!—five things I’d like to place an unsolicited bid on with someone else’s money: But please, Marc—keep the disco ball. Today’s tech news below. —Andrew…
“You liar.” xAI boss Elon Musk flung these two words at OpenAI chief Sam Altman in a post on X. The salvo was the latest in an ongoing war of words between two of the most influential figures in technology and artificial intelligence (AI). “You got 3M views on your bullshit post, you liar, far…
Elon Musk’s long-running feud with OpenAI and its chief, Sam Altman, appears to be continuing as he threatens a lawsuit over the App Store ranking of Grok AI assistant that competes with ChatGPT (JIM WATSON) Elon Musk has taken his feud against OpenAI to the App Store, accusing Apple of favoring ChatGPT in the digital…
Elon Musk says Apple has made it “impossible” for AI apps that aren’t ChatGPT to hit No. 1 on the App Store. The problem with that argument is that DeepSeek did exactly that earlier this year — and Musk’s Grok app may have as well. XAI’s Grok app currently sits at #5 on the Apple…
Apple’s stock is down nearly 20% so far in 2025, losing more than $750 billion in market value and falling from its position as the world’s most valuable company, particularly as a result of investor disappointment around Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts, with the company’s “Apple Intelligence” suite failing to impress. This week, Apple has a…
Ed Elson, a 26-year-old research analyst and co-host of the Prof G Markets podcast, has heard plenty of stories about generations before him getting rich on stocks. His own co-host, New York University business school professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway, who’s 60, invested $800,000 in both Apple and Amazon back in 2009. Today, those investments…