Newly-revealed courtroom exhibits in the blockbuster case between Elon Musk and Sam Altman show how OpenAI nearly ended up with a different name — one intended as a jab at an AI rival. Loading audio narration… Musk and Altman, along with others, founded OpenAI in December 2015 as a nonprofit…
Mackenzie Young, 26, lives in White Lake Township, Michigan, and quit his job as a software engineer at Google in May 2025 to pursue a career in music. Business Insider has verified his identity. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity. Loading audio narration… Coming out of college,…
A Google DeepMind employee said that he was “incredibly ashamed” to be a researcher at the company after it signed a deal with the Pentagon for classified operations. Loading audio narration… “I’m speechless at Google signing a deal to use our AI models for classified tasks. Frankly, it is shameful,”…
Don’t pursue computer science just for the money, says Replit’s CEO. Loading audio narration… On an episode of the “20VC” podcast released on Saturday, Amjad Masad said that young people who are not deeply interested in CS should not study it.”If you don’t feel like you’re drawn to it like…
A new AI startup called Core Automation, founded by an ex-OpenAI researcher, is snatching top talent from Anthropic and Google DeepMind. Loading audio narration… On Tuesday, Core Automation wrote in its first X post that it is “building the world’s most automated AI lab.””Our objective: systems that optimize and automate…
Khartoon Weiss, the former lead executive for TikTok’s North American ads business, is joining Google. Loading audio narration… She’ll serve as vice president of US Mid Market Sales (MMS), Commerce, according to a memo sent to Google employees on Monday.MMS typically handles medium-sized advertising clients for Google. The commerce team…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Zhang, a 25-year-old former Google employee based in Seattle. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When Google hired me as a software engineer at 22 years old, it felt like a huge accomplishment. It wasn’t just…
Paramount Skydance is bringing on a former Big Tech executive to take its technology to the next level. Loading audio narration… Hugh Williams, a former Google VP credited with helping invent the “infinite scroll” feature, is joining David Ellison’s Paramount to bolster the company’s advertising tech and product.Williams, who’s been called “the…
I threw out the Google Home device we kept in the kitchen on a whim. It was simply an off day. I was trying to get dinner going, and I kept asking Google to turn the volume down. But when it was unresponsive too many times, it went straight to…
Meta and Google were found negligent in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday, potentially setting the stage for dozens of similar lawsuits that have been brought against Big Tech companies. Loading audio narration… The case centered on a 20-year-old woman, identified as KGM, who said her…
