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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over stifling AI competition

“In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI," the lawsuit reads.

26/08/2025

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OpenAI and Google win at the world’s most prestigious math competition

Only 10 per cent of human competitors won gold.

22/07/2025

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OpenAI pauses Jony Ive partnership marketing in trademark dispute

OpenAI has to stop advertising a partnership project with an iPhone designer due to a trademark dispute. But the case hints at what we could expect from the Jony Ive partnership.

24/06/2025

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From French fishing roots to OpenAI: What we know about Fidji Simo

The rising star from the south of France was the first in her family of fishermen to graduate university, talked her way into a job at eBay, and is now joining OpenAI.

09/05/2025

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OpenAI could ‘adjust’ its AI safety if a competitor makes high-risk AI

If a competitor releases an AI model that has a high level of risk, OpenAI says it will consider adjusting its safety requirements so that it might be able to as well.

18/04/2025

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Is OpenAI about to launch a social media platform? Here’s what we know

The platform would be based on ChatGPT’s image-generation feature, which caused a trend in reproducing Studio Ghibli alikes, reports citing company insiders say.

17/04/2025

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OpenAI secures $300bn valuation in funding round led by SoftBank

The firm has raised $40 billion, one of the largest ever funding rounds secured by a private start-up.

01/04/2025

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OpenAI faces complaint after ChatGPT alleged man murdered his sons

The complaint has been filed to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, alleging that OpenAI violates Europe’s GDPR rules.

20/03/2025

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How Elon Musk's €94.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion (€94.4bn) takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman's push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company.

12/02/2025

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AI Action Summit in Paris: This is everything you need to know

From who is there to what will be discussed, Euronews Next takes a look at what can be expected.

10/02/2025

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Why DeepSeek's 'major security and safety gaps' are causing concern

A new study looking into DeepSeek-R1’s safety found that it could explain in detail the biochemical interactions of mustard gas with DNA.

31/01/2025

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OpenAI launches first AI agent but it won’t be coming to Europe yet

OpenAI said the tool can do your shopping and book your travel.

24/01/2025

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Elon Musk clashes with OpenAI's Sam Altman over AI data centre project

Tech news outlet The Information first reported on an OpenAI data centre project called Stargate in March 2024, indicating that it had been in the works long before Trump announced it.

23/01/2025

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German watchdog orders biometric ID project World to delete data

The iris-scanning identity technology World has already been banned in some European countries over privacy concerns.

19/12/2024

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Why Sam Altman's OpenAI salary isn't as high as you would expect

His OpenAI salary isn’t the bulk of Sam Altman's estimated wealth.

21/11/2024

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Scientist warns AI arms race could be ‘suicide’ for humanity

“Losing control of AGI is just like walking right off a cliff, in which case it's game over for humanity,” warned Max Tegmark.

16/11/2024

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OpenAI’s advanced voice mode is now available in Europe

The ChatGPT maker ran into controversy after one of its voices resembled the voice of actor Scarlett Johansson in the 2013 film “Her.”

22/10/2024

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OpenAI confirms it is opening offices in Paris and Brussels

OpenAI, the company behind the wildly successful chatbot, has made no secret of its plans to expand in Europe.

09/10/2024

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OpenAI plans to build even larger AI model as value skyrockets

Now the world’s third largest venture-backed company, OpenAI has signalled that it will further boost its AI research.

03/10/2024

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OpenAI could switch to for-profit company giving Sam Altman a stake

Chief technology officer Mira Murati is also the latest senior staffer to step down in a leadership shake-up

26/09/2024