Sam Altman

Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Upend Electricity Demand

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AI’s energy needs are enormous, and could have a once-in-a-generation impact on the electricity market.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is Growing a Stable of Allies

Adding as many corporate friends as possible is probably helpful in the face of mounting regulator unease.

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Artificial Intelligence

Altman-backed Startup is Forging a Nuclear Energy Deal with OpenAI

Nuclear-fusion startups are getting a lot of funding, but their commercial viability doesn’t seem too imminent.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Clash is a Vision of the Future

As one legal expert put the issue: “The technology is moving faster than the law ever will.”

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Blockchain

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Gets Kicked Out of Spain

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The country’s data protection watchdog took offense at the company’s eyeball-scanning data operations.

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Industries

The American Dream of Tiny Nuclear Power Plants Hangs By a Thread

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Funding for startups developing small modular nuclear power plants looks like it’s beginning to dry up.

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Consumer

Is the Restaurant Industry at the End of an Era?

Across-the-board inflation — including food costs, labor costs, and real estate costs — is pummeling restaurants. Can the industry survive?

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Legacy Media Gave Up on Cable

In 2024, legacy media giants like Disney and NBCUniversal finally had enough with cable — and started making their own off-ramps.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year YouTube Became TV

YouTube may have started off as a platform for small screens, but now it’s increasingly dominating the living room TV.

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