The Anthropic cofounders standing up to Trump
Many billionaires have kowtowed to the President lately. That’s what makes Dario Amodei’s refusal to cave so stunning — and may be behind Claude’s surge at the App Store.
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Google’s data centre buildout could top US$1 trillion
In an exclusive interview, Google’s new AI infrastructure chief says the tech giant has a “significant investment” planned. At current levels, Forbes projects it could be a very big number indeed.
Sam Altman on Elon Musk, Donald Trump, robotics, fatherhood and more
Across two wide-ranging interviews with Forbes, Altman covered more ground than could fit in our profile. Here are his remarks on everything from vaccine research to critics who argue he backs companies to solve problems he helped create.
Sam Altman reveals why OpenAI is poised to make the biggest business bets ever
Sam Altman founded his first tech company as a teenager and was running Y combinator, the world’s leading startup accelerator, by 28. As CEO of OpenAI, the 40-year-old billionaire unleashed ChatGPT, creating a $500 billion behemoth. As a new father, he’s building the future his kids will have to live in. Oh yeah, and the rest of us, too.
ChatGPT users say swapping out models is like ‘replacing a service animal’
OpenAI wanted GPT-5 to be less warm and agreeable than its predecessor. Some neurodivergent people struggled with the change, showing the tricky balance AI companies must strike when releasing new models.
The world’s youngest self-made billionaires are a trio of 22-year-old AI founders
With a new $10 billion valuation for their AI recruiting startup Mercor, the founders are the youngest tech billionaires ever.
How this investor spots billion-dollar winners in boring industries
Satya Patel of Homebrew, No. 13 on this year’s Midas Seed list, scouted companies like IPO-bound digital bank Chime and payroll unicorn Gusto long before they made it big.
AI agents could finally make Siri and Alexa truly useful
In the new year, advancements in AI and voice technology could fulfill a promise that tech giants have been making for more than a decade.
The Forbes CIO Next List: 2024
Discover Forbes’ 2024 CIO Next list, featuring top Chief Information Officers and tech leaders driving transformation and digital strategy in today’s tech landscape.
First look at Elon Musk’s long-awaited Tesla Cybercab
The billionaire CEO said the new fleet of autonomous vehicles would cost $30,000 and launch before 2027, though Musk has blown by product timelines in the past.