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OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math ‘slop’
The latest math problem OpenAI is trying to solve is a bunch of angry mathematicians. A researcher at OpenAI said on Thursday that the ChatGPT maker is no longer sponsoring Caltech’s “math hackathon,” an event where participants use large language models to solve research problems. OpenAI’s exit…
Sam Altman met with top power utilities about securing the electrical grid. He offered one possible solution: OpenAI’s cyber services.
OpenAI has met with representatives of multiple top power companies to discuss methods of securing the electrical grid, the artificial intelligence firm told POLITICO — conversations that occurred amid a continuing series of revelations about its own products’ role in a sprawling cyberattack. CEO…
Trump’s new Air Force One has had a rough journey of security concerns and operational mishaps. Here’s a complete timeline.
When an emergency slide on Trump’s new Air Force One deployed on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, delaying President Donald Trump’s flight, the president was asked if he was sure that his new presidential jet was safe to fly. Trump’s reply: “Yeah, I am, or I wouldn’t be on it.”…
Palantir cofounder and GOP donor says Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend is a ‘bribe’
Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale has a reality check for President Donald Trump’s latest proposal to give Americans cash. “For the record, I am hugely in favor of winning the midterms, and love much about this admin, but am strongly against bread and circus bribes,” Lonsdale wrote on X. Lonsdale…
8 of the best foods I ate at the US Open — and 3 I’d skip next time
Dobel Tequila Club tacos chilorio. Erin McDowell/Business Insider The US Open is known for its world-class tennis, people-watching, and, of course, its food. I recently ate my way through nearly everything on offer at the US Open’s Food Village. Some dishes stood out to me, but others aren’t worth…
How hard is it to get into the nation’s most selective universities? See the 25 lowest acceptance rates in the US.
People are applying to more colleges than ever before, but admission to some of the US’s top universities remains highly competitive. Using federal data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Business Insider compiled a list of the 25 universities in the US that are hardest to get into…
Gas prices are climbing again. See the states where it is the most and least expensive.
Filling up is getting more painful by the day. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.28 on Thursday, up 6 cents in 24 hours and 13 cents over the past two days, according to AAA. That’s $1.08 more per gallon than drivers were paying a year ago. The price
We asked AI how it could kill humanity. Here’s what it told us.
The researchers building our favorite chatbots are increasingly voicing concerns that AI could hurt — or end — humanity. So we asked four of the most-used generative AI tools what an AI doomsday could look like. We posed the same question, in identical wording, to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini…
People are flooding X with joke resignation announcements imitating the viral AI extinction warning
The AI world has turned one researcher’s extinction warning into its latest copy-and-paste meme: resign dramatically, accuse your company of racing recklessly toward disaster, then reveal that the supposed threat is a self-painting fake tunnel. The trend was sparked by Jacob Coxon, a former…
I landed a brand new job. Five months later, I quit.
I’ve always been an ambitious person. That’s probably why I didn’t think twice about starting a full-time master’s in TV Fiction Writing while planning a wedding and moving house last year. Then, to add to the chaos, I began a new journalism job four months before my wedding in April 2025. The role…