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Tech giant has been in talks to effectively own almost half of OpenAI.

The company behind ChatGPT now employs around 1,000 people around the world to label data and help OpenAI’s models learn software engineering tasks.

The publication is part of Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, which is under pressure after the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

Venture capital fund’s crypto investments have paid off despite broader market meltdown.

The first media newsletter of the year offers some slight good news.

What year is it? Consider these facts...

Paul McCartney told the BBC he had created 'the final Beatles record,' to be released this year, featuring the late John Lennon with the help of AI.

Inside Spotify's turn away from podcasting, which has triggered a harsh winter for the small studios it helped support as they consolidate and lavish narrative productions wane.

Kenyan tea pickers are destroying machines brought in to replace them during violent protests that highlight the challenge faced by low skilled workers as companies increasingly rely on automation to…

An extended Israeli military operation against Hamas will test the Biden administration and Europe which are already focused on securing Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.

The new conventional wisdom in podcasting is that A-list celebrities and big-budget audio narratives are out, and that medium is closer to talk radio or daytime television personalities than with…

The technicians in the private space industry, responsible for building and repairing rockets, receive little recognition — even when they sacrifice their lives for the mission.

Moody’s recently downgraded the lender to startups after it pushed a fire sale of $21 billion in bonds.

As Republicans take control of the House of Representatives, expect a busy year of oversight hearings on the billions of dollars that federal agencies now have to invest in climate solutions.