Lakshmi Varanasi

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Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment' - Business Insider

Business July 27, 2026

OpenAI's CEO says we've reached a point in the AI race that is the stuff of science fiction novels. "We are now, like, in the singularity," Sam Altman said on Saturday's episode of the "Relentless" οΏ½...

Hugging Face CEO shares his demands of OpenAI after 'rogue' agent hack: 'It deserves an unprecedented response' - Business Insider

Business July 27, 2026

Even in the AI age, some conversations are best had in person. Last week, after Hugging Face suffered an unusual security breach involving an AI agent running on OpenAI models, the company's CEO, ClοΏ½...

Elon Musk and Sam Altman Are Fighting in Public Again - Business Insider

Business July 14, 2026

It's Altman vs. Musk yet again. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the recent bout of attention he's received from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk must mean his company is doing good work. "There are a lot of benchmaοΏ½...

What smart people are saying about Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets - Business Insider

Business July 12, 2026

The AI talent war may now be worthy of a Hollywood adaptation. In a new lawsuit that reads like a corporate crime thriller, Apple accused OpenAI of poaching former Apple employees, conducting "show οΏ½...

A new dashboard tracks how much KPMG workers use AI. They say it's easy to game the system. - Business Insider

Business May 5, 2026

The gamification of AI adoption is here. KPMG told Business Insider it has introduced a dashboard for its US advisory division where KPMG recently laid off 400 employees that lets employees track hoοΏ½...

Sam Altman says Elon Musk can come to his GPT 5.5 party: 'World needs more love' - Business Insider

Business May 4, 2026

After battling it out in court this week, OpenAI CEOΒ Sam AltmanΒ made a surprising, if not full-throated, gesture to his rival, Elon Musk, on Saturday. OpenAI is planning a small celebration on May ...

A massive Oracle data center planned for rural Michigan secures $16 billion in funding - Business Insider

Business April 27, 2026

As far as data centers go, it's a big one. The Saline Township campus in Michigan, about 50 miles outside of Detroit, will have a capacity of more than 1 gigawatt. That's huge. Most data centers havοΏ½...

A look inside Moltbook β€” the Reddit-style social media site for AI agents that is dividing humans - Business Insider

Business February 3, 2026

Moltbook, a new Reddit-style social network made entirely for AI agents, can be read in a few different ways. It might be an ominous glimpse of an AI-driven future. Or a clever meta-commentary on hoοΏ½...

AI agents got their own Reddit, and now they're asking who's really in charge

Crypto February 3, 2026

The AI agents have gathered.Screenshot from Moltbook. Moltbook is a viral new social media site similar to Reddit exclusively for AI agents.The site was created by former Octane CEO… [+5793 chars]

Gemini strikes new deal with Walmart, further narrowing ChatGPT's lead - Business Insider

Business January 14, 2026

Gemini is on a roll. After a slow start, Google's AI chatbot is rapidly gaining users, topping AI benchmark leaderboards, and forcing its biggest competitor, OpenAI's ChatGPT, into "code red" emergeοΏ½...