Amazon lets its advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT in a pilot with OpenAI
Amazon lets its advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT in a pilot with OpenAI

Amazon will let advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT through its own advertising platform. Amazon Ads announced the partnership with OpenAI in a blog post on 10 September. Select US advertisers are already testing it in a pilot. Advertisers who plan and run …

Anthropic maps three AI economies, from a mild boost to mass job loss
Anthropic maps three AI economies, from a mild boost to mass job loss

Anthropic has built a model of how AI might reshape the US economy by 2030. Its most extreme case describes an economy roughly a third larger than it would otherwise be. That same case carries knowledge-work unemployment near 18 percent. The company pu…

Oracle is spending more on building data centres than it earns in a quarter
Oracle is spending more on building data centres than it earns in a quarter

Oracle told investors this week that it is sitting on $664bn of work it has agreed to do and has not yet done. Accountants call this remaining performance obligations, which is a dense way of saying that customers have signed contracts, the money is pr…

Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone

A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.

Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board
Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board

“If there is a way in, the modern AI threat will find it,” Kevin Mandia wrote in March, in the blog post that launched his cybersecurity startup, Armadin. Six months later, Amazon has elected him to its board of directors. Amazon announced the appointm…

U.S. Open Gave Creators A Pass. FIFA & TikTok Gave Them A Role. Wimbledon Passed

Amid the latest U.S. Open creator controversy, Wimbledon does not plan dedicated creator accreditation for 2027, unlike U.S. Open and FIFA-TikTok models.

Sergey Brin is back at Google, working on Gemini
Sergey Brin is back at Google, working on Gemini

Sergey Brin holds no executive title at Google. He has nonetheless become increasingly influential over Gemini, the company’s flagship AI model, Business Insider reported, citing eight current and former employees. The Google cofounder works from a con…

Chinese AI Chipmaker Enflame Mints Two Billionaires As Stock Surges 180% In Shanghai Debut

Market euphoria has vaulted Shanghai Enflame’s cofounders into the world’s billionaire ranks, raising questions about how long the rally can last.

State-By-State Laws Governing AI Mental Health Chats Spur Worrisome Jurisdictional Model Drift

U.S. states are enacting AI laws on mental health chats. AI makers are dealing with jurisdictional model drift. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

NYT Pips Answers For Friday, September 11

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Pips? We’ll walk you through today’s puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.