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How a 23-year old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsized influence from Silicon Valley to D.C.

Leopold Aschenbrenner is a Wall Street novice. So why have some Silicon Valley bigwigs trusted him with billions?

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Sharon Goldman

AMD stock jumps on OpenAI deal as Big Tech seeks to reduce reliance on Nvidia

The deal represents a major win for AMD in its battle against GPU leader Nvidia, and shows how OpenAI is racing to secure the hardware it needs to...

monday 2

Sharon Goldman

We’re not in an ‘AI winter’—but here’s how to survive a cold snap

Experts' strategies to steer AI investments wisely—and weather the chill.

01.10.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

How OpenAI and Stripe’s latest move could blow up online shopping as we know it

By putting payments inside an AI chat, OpenAI and Stripe have set off a race to control the future of e-commerce—forcing brands, retailers, and even...

30.09.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

I met Sam Altman in Texas. He’s turning the race for AI into a gigawatt arms race

In Abilene, I saw how tech companies like OpenAI are redefining the AI race—not in code or GPUs, but in industrial projects so massive they dwarf...

25.09.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

OpenAI plans to build 5 giant U.S. ‘Stargate’ datacenters, a $400B challenge to Meta and Microsoft in the relentless AI arms race

The ChatGPT maker, along with Oracle and SoftBank, drew reporters to rural West Texas to tour the flagship Stargate data center, provide an update on...

24.09.2025 20

Sharon Goldman

‘Every copilot pilot gets stuck in pilot’—unless companies balance data security and innovation, say experts

At Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech, executives warned that AI pilots are stalling out over data security fears—but argued that curiosity-driven cultures...

20.09.2025 6

Sharon Goldman

Big Tech’s standard for fighting AI fakes puts privacy on the line

C2PA content credentials promise a way to detect deepfakes and other AI-generated content. The risk: new privacy liabilities, identity exposure, and a...

18.09.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

Agentic AI moves beyond hype—but true autonomy is still a ways off

At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, leaders from Zillow, Experian, Okta, and Salesforce agreed: Agents aren’t just smarter chatbots. But as early...

14.09.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

For OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, research chops rather than ‘big marketing efforts’ are the key to winning customers

At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, OpenAI chief revenue officer Ashley Kramer says keeping rivals at bay will take more than flashy marketing.

11.09.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

Cohere looks to shed its underdog status with a star AI hire, new CFO and $7 billion valuation — chasing ‘ROI over AGI’

The Toronto startup wants to prove it’s more than a national champion. With former Meta AI exec Joelle Pineau on board and a $7 billion valuation,...

09.09.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

Jeffrey Katzenberg says legislation to protect children from online harms is unlikely: ‘It took 80 years’ to pass seatbelt laws

Katzenberg warns that laws protecting kids online could take decades — just like seatbelts — and says parents need AI-powered guardrails now.

09.09.2025 1

Sharon Goldman

Inside the Anthropic ‘Red Team’ tasked with breaking its AI models—and burnishing the company’s reputation for safety

Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team is unique for its mandate to raise public awareness of model dangers, turning its safety work into a possible...

05.09.2025 9

Sharon Goldman

As AI eats entry-level jobs, uncertainty fills the gap

If companies and governments don’t step up, a generation of workers may be left without a clear on-ramp to the future economy

04.09.2025 6

Sharon Goldman

Nvidia is positioning itself to cash in on the data center boom—even if mega-AI campuses don’t get built

While all eyes have been on Nvidia's its $4T empire built on AI chips, the company is quietly building the networking “plumbing” that could keep...

28.08.2025 20

Sharon Goldman

Nvidia will move the market tonight in a test of the alleged AI bubble

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

27.08.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Nvidia’s moment of truth: With AI bubble fears and China uncertainty, global markets brace for Nvidia earnings

Nvidia’s earnings are now a cultural event, with watch parties, bubble fears, and billions on the line—even a small miss could send markets reeling.

27.08.2025 9

Sharon Goldman

AGI talk is out in Silicon Valley’s latest vibe shift, but worries remain about superpowered AI

From “AGI Sherpas” to “Feel the AGI,” the hype hit fever pitch over the past three years. Now the mood is shifting to pragmatism — though...

25.08.2025 30

Sharon Goldman

China’s DeepSeek quietly releases an open-source rival to GPT-5—optimized for Chinese chips and priced to undercut OpenAI

DeepSeek is forcing the U.S.–China AI rivalry into sharper focus and may put OpenAI on the back foot following its disappointing GPT-5 launch.

22.08.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

Meta wants to speed its race to ‘superintelligence’ — but investors will still want their billions in ad revenue

Even as Meta reorganizes once more to chase AI ‘superintelligence,’ the company’s core business still lives and dies by advertising revenue

21.08.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Sam Altman’s AI paradox: Warning of a bubble while raising trillions

Sam Altman says AI might be in a bubble—then touts trillions for OpenAI’s buildout. Call it the paradox powering Silicon Valley’s biggest spending...

19.08.2025 8

Sharon Goldman

Exclusive: Profound raises $35M as Sequoia backs its ambitious bid to become the Salesforce of AI search

The startup wants to help brands stay visible as AI reshapes search, in what backers call a once-in-a-generation marketing shift.

13.08.2025 7

Sharon Goldman

Why GPT-5’s most controversial feature—the model router—might also be the future of AI

OpenAI’s latest upgrade was supposed to be a leap forward. Instead, it sparked backlash—and raises big questions about whether stitching together...

13.08.2025 6

Sharon Goldman

Will GPT-5 let OpenAI break away from the pack?

As OpenAI scales up revenue, infrastructure, and model complexity, GPT-5 is a test of whether the business can keep pace with its ambition.

08.08.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

OpenAI launches GPT-5, its most powerful AI yet—will it be enough to stay ahead in today’s ruthless AI race?

OpenAI hopes its fastest, smartest model yet will help it fend off rising competition from Google, Meta, Anthropic, and Chinese startups.

07.08.2025 3

Sharon Goldman

OpenAI launches its first open model in years so it can stop being on the ‘wrong side of history’—while still keeping its most valuable IP under wraps

For the first time since GPT-2, OpenAI is releasing models with open weights—but key details like architecture and training methods remain secret.

05.08.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

From OpenAI to Nvidia, researchers agree: AI agents have a long way to go

The speakers at the Agentic AI Summit, which took place at UC Berkeley, had plenty of optimism to share, even if today's agents don't yet live up to...

05.08.2025 3

Sharon Goldman

I bombed algebra in high school. ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is my redemption arc

ChatGPT Study Mode wasn’t built for journalists with math trauma—but it turns out, it’s exactly what I needed.

31.07.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

Mark Zuckerberg is pouring billions of dollars into AI ‘superintelligence’—so why does his Instagram pitch feel so underwhelming?

With Meta Superintelligence Labs, Zuckerberg has launched an ambitious AI initiative. But his vision for what superintelligence will do seems prosaic...

30.07.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Alexandr Wang is now leading Meta’s AI dream team. Will Mark Zuckerberg’s big bet pay off?

Tapped by Mark Zuckerberg to lead Meta’s most ambitious AI initiative yet, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang now oversees a powerhouse team tasked with...

24.07.2025 6

Sharon Goldman

Silicon Valley’s elite descend on DC to celebrate Trump’s AI Action Plan in a surreal fusion of podcast and policy

David Sacks, Trump’s AI czar, shared the stage with his cohosts from the All-In podcast on Wednesday, walking through the various elements of the...

23.07.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

Exclusive: Who covers the damage when an AI agent goes rogue? This startup has an insurance policy for that

As AI agents start taking on real-world tasks, one startup is offering a new kind of safety net: audits, standards—and liability insurance.

23.07.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

How Walmart, Amazon, and other retail giants are using AI to reinvent the supply chain—from warehouse to checkout

In a time of tariffs, labor shortages, and global uncertainty, AI is playing a key role in getting the right product to the right customer as...

23.07.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

What Eric Xing’s Abu Dhabi project says about the next phase of AI power

As U.S. and China battle over AI dominance, the UAE is quietly building soft power—with Eric Xing at the helm of its most ambitious intellectual...

22.07.2025 3

Sharon Goldman

Jeff Dean, Google’s chief scientist, is quietly betting on the next wave of AI startups

Google’s longtime AI guru has quietly backed more than 30 startups in the past two years—offering founders early credibility and cachet.

22.07.2025 20

Sharon Goldman

I’ve spent the week at one of the world’s top AI research conferences. Here’s what is sticking with me

At ICML, the AI research elite gather to present papers, chase jobs, and quietly shape the future of the field.

17.07.2025 2

Sharon Goldman

Accenture warns AI’s carbon emissions could surge 11-fold. But Big Tech’s still racing to build—and not slow down for sustainability

Accenture says AI’s carbon surge can be avoided—but as Big Tech races to build ever-larger data centers, the question is whether anyone’s really...

03.07.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

CEOs have a new AI flex

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

03.07.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

The new CEO flex: Bragging that AI handles exactly X% of the work

Big Tech CEOs love to boast that AI is doing the work—but the numbers they cite are surprisingly vague, and the real impact is hard to track.

03.07.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Mark Zuckerberg overhauled Meta’s entire AI org in a risky, multi-billion dollar bet on ‘superintelligence’

Helmed by Alexandr Wang, Meta's newly created Superintelligence Labs unifies the company's sprawling AI efforts and raises the stakes for rival AI...

01.07.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Why this former OpenAI researcher thinks it’s time to start gaming out AI’s future

Former OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler explains why simulating AI’s rise could help us prepare.

26.06.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

A federal judge says training AI on copyrighted works is ‘fair use,’ but casts doubt on use of pirated materials

Training AI on books Anthropic bought is ok, but downloading pirated ones is not, judge says

24.06.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

Inside the rise of Alexandr Wang and Meta’s $14 billion bet that the MIT dropout will help bring AI supremacy

Wang turned Scale into a vital piece of the AI revolution, and briefly claimed the title of youngest self-made billionaire in the process. Now Meta's...

22.06.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Mark Zuckerberg has an AI talent problem—but money alone is unlikely to solve it

Zuckerberg is throwing pro-athlete-level salaries at top AI researchers. But for many, prestige, trust, and tribal loyalties matter more.

12.06.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

Everyone’s using AI at work. Here’s how companies can keep data safe

As enterprises roll out AI tools across the workforce, business leaders are learning the best ways to mitigate security issues.

11.06.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Exclusive: New Microsoft Copilot flaw signals broader risk of AI agents being hacked—’I would be terrified’

Microsoft fixed the Copilot flaw, but researchers warn the real danger lies in how all AI agents are built.

11.06.2025 10

Sharon Goldman

Big AI isn’t just lobbying Washington—it’s joining it

In Washington’s new AI universe, national security and corporate AI ambitions are fusing—reshaping policy, procurement, and the global balance of...

05.06.2025 5

Sharon Goldman

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s AI Expo serves up visions of war, robotics, and LLMs for throngs of tech execs, defense officials, and fresh recruits

From drone swarms to doomsday scenarios, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s DC showcase reveals how AI, geopolitics, and defense are fusing into one...

04.06.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

Elon Musk exits Trump administration after clash over ‘big beautiful bill’

As a special government employee, Musk’s time with Trump was slated to wrap up in late May.

29.05.2025 4

Sharon Goldman

When an AI model misbehaves, the public deserves to know—and to understand what it means

Safety testing AI means exposing bad behavior. But if companies hide it—or if headlines sensationalize it—public trust loses either way.

27.05.2025 5

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How a 23-year old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsized influence from Silicon Valley to D.C.

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Agentic AI moves beyond hype—but true autonomy is still a ways off

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China’s DeepSeek quietly releases an open-source rival to GPT-5—optimized for Chinese chips and priced to undercut OpenAI

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Meta wants to speed its race to ‘superintelligence’ — but investors will still want their billions in ad revenue

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OpenAI launches GPT-5, its most powerful AI yet—will it be enough to stay ahead in today’s ruthless AI race?

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OpenAI launches its first open model in years so it can stop being on the ‘wrong side of history’—while still keeping its most valuable IP under wraps

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Mark Zuckerberg is pouring billions of dollars into AI ‘superintelligence’—so why does his Instagram pitch feel so underwhelming?

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Alexandr Wang is now leading Meta’s AI dream team. Will Mark Zuckerberg’s big bet pay off?

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