Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) speaks during a July 16, 2025 press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) “AI systems are creating real-world consequences,” said one expert. “Congress should treat this with the urgency it deserves.” Brett Wilkins… Continue reading
In San Francisco, the artificial-intelligence boom still has a remarkably clean public image. It looks like office towers refilling, restaurants getting lunch traffic again, young engineers moving into Mission Bay and city leaders building political careers on the narrative of recovery. Across the rest of the country, it looks very… Continue reading
Journalist Thomas Smith got invited into the secretive glass-fronted tower in Mission Bay, and came away with a new perspective on the AI giant A modern glass office building with a sky bridge and landscaped seating area, home to artificial intelligence company OpenAI, in San Francisco, May 27, 2025.Smith Collection/Gado By Thomas… Continue reading
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers appears at FOX Studios on May 24, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images) “There is no greater indication that OpenAI is unserious about the interests of humanity than their elevation of Larry Summers to its board of directors,” said one watchdog…. Continue reading
22 NOVEMBER 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) A little over four days after being ousted as one of the most highly visible CEOs in the Bay Area tech scene, Sam Altman has been reinstated as the top exec at OpenAI. And the board that ousted him has mostly resigned. Echoing a statement… Continue reading
