Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market

China’s humanoid robots recently grabbed global attention with kung fu flips during the nation’s televised Spring Festival Gala. Meanwhile, Chinese phone maker Honor is set to unveil its first humanoid robot at the Mobile World Congress in Spain. Robotics was…

OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets

OpenAI has confirmed the termination of an employee for their activity on prediction markets, including Polymarket. The company alleges the individual used confidential internal information in connection with trades made on these platforms. While OpenAI did not release the employee’s…

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

President Trump has directed federal agencies to cease using all products from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. The order came in a post on Truth Social following a public dispute between the company and the Department of Defense. Agencies have…

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

The past two weeks have been defined by a clash between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as they battle over the military’s use of AI. Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for…

ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users, OpenAI announced Friday, putting the AI chatbot within striking distance of 1 billion users. OpenAI also shared that it now has 50 million paying subscribers. Subscriber momentum accelerated meaningfully to start the…