OpenAI disbands mission alignment team

OpenAI has disbanded a team dedicated to communicating the company’s mission to the public and its employees. The former leader of that team, Josh Achiam, has transitioned into a new role as the company’s “chief futurist.” OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch…

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

On Wednesday, xAI took the unusual step of publishing a full 45-minute recording of an all-hands meeting on X, making it publicly available. Details of the Tuesday night meeting had been previously reported by The New York Times, which may…

Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again

Apple has been promising a new and improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024. Over the year and a half since then, the release date for this new era of Siri has been continuously pushed…

Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull

Elon Musk is addressing a wave of departures from xAI, including two more co-founders who left this week. This brings the total number of departed co-founders to six out of the original twelve. At an all-hands meeting, Musk suggested the…