AI & Tech News Digest

OpenAI announced another major reorganization Friday, consolidating product divisions and officially putting company president Greg Brockman in charge of all product efforts. In a memo obtained by The

Andon Labs conducted an experiment called "Thinking Frequencies" where four AI models each ran their own internet radio station with $20 in seed money and minimal oversight. The stations included "Ope

The Bay Area's beloved mountain retreat, Lake Tahoe, is facing an energy crisis as its current power contract expires next May. Liberty Utilities' agreement with NV Energy is set to end in May 2027, f

Runway, an AI video-generation startup based in New York, is positioning itself as a challenger to tech giants like Google and OpenAI by betting that the future of artificial intelligence lies in vide

YouTube announced on May 15, 2026, that it is making its AI-powered likeness detection tool available to all users aged 18 and older with a YouTube account. Previously, the feature was limited to cont

Osaurus, a new open source platform, is bringing flexibility to Mac users who want to experiment with different AI models without sacrificing privacy. The platform acts as a control hub that lets user

OpenAI has introduced personal finance capabilities to ChatGPT, with the new tools now available in preview for Pro subscribers in the United States as of Friday. The feature allows users to link thei

ArXiv, the widely-used preprint server for academic research, announced new enforcement measures against researchers who submit papers containing unvetted AI-generated content. Thomas Dietterich, who

The high-profile trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman concluded this week, with closing arguments repeatedly centering on one critical question: whether the public can place trust in thos