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February 17, 2026
The narrow slice of data that worries biosecurity experts
Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, Stanford, Columbia and NYU are calling for guardrails on certain infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses.Why it matters: On...
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January 21, 2026
Big tech's AI tools crowd the classroom
The next major AI battleground is the classroom, as Google, Microsoft and Anthropic race to make their tools the chatbots of choice for teachers and students. Why it matters: Whoever wins schools n...
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January 16, 2026
ChatGPT ads are coming, and they'll be influenced by your conversations
ChatGPT will soon show ads alongside chats, OpenAI announced Friday. Why it matters: The party's over. The company behind the world's most popular chatbot needs to make money. OpenAI will begin te...
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January 7, 2026
Anthropic's Claude Code in the spotlight
Anthropic is quietly winning favor with engineers and hobbyists with its tools designed to simplify and automate coding.Why it matters: Everyone is talking about Claude Code, reinforcing the fact t...
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January 5, 2026
Exclusive: 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT for health care
Data: OpenAI; Chart: Axios VisualsMore than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, according to a report OpenAI has shared exclusively with AxiosWhy it matters: American...
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December 29, 2025
Nvidia deal shows why inference is AI's next battleground
Chipmakers Nvidia and Groq entered into a non-exclusive tech licensing agreement last week aimed at speeding up and lowering the cost of running pre-trained large language models. Why it matters: G...
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December 25, 2025
Using AI? Here's how NOT to use it
Last Christmas, we showed you how people would use AI in their daily lives. This year, to save you from tears, we're telling you how they're choosing not to use it. Why it matters: AI is reshaping ...
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December 13, 2025
OpenAI isn't too big to fail. It's bigger.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is feeling the heat from Google, continued lawsuits from families and more than $1 trillion in spending promises on the line.Why it matters: The ChatGPT-maker is so central to...
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December 3, 2025
The three things keeping Sam Altman up at night
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is feeling three prongs of increased pressure that have him seeing red: Wall Street, chatbot users and Google.Why it matters: They're all testing a CEO known for staying cool ...
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November 30, 2025
ChatGPT's third year rewrites the rules of work
Another year into society's great ChatGPT experiment, AI is proving adept at amplifying workers' productivity, or taking over work altogether. Why it matters: OpenAI first released ChatGPT on Novem...
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November 29, 2025
AI is upending retirement planning
AI is upending everything, including retirement planning.The big picture: Our comfortable golden years have always rested on assumptions of a steady full-time career, employer-sponsored savings and...
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November 27, 2025
How to talk to grandma about AI
Etiquette experts advise not talking about politics and religion at the holiday dinner table, but there's good reason to talk about AI, especially with older relatives.Why it matters: Seniors are a...
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