AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council as local governments take up safety concernsAt a hearing of the New York City Council, recently departed employees of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind described a reckless cultur...
06 Oct, 2026, 10.14 AM IST
OpenAI fires three researchers: What we know so farOpenAI has made headlines by firing three safety team researchers accused of leaking sensitive information externally. This violation of co...
02 Oct, 2026, 12.50 PM IST
Trump's AI lunch: Zuckerberg, Pichai, Musk and Huang head to the White HousePresident Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson plan to meet with AI executives at the White House. The discussion will focus on bala...
29 Sep, 2026, 06.57 AM IST
AI firms like Anthropic can slow down, but can't ask others while they keep building: Zoho's Sridhar VembuSridhar Vembu emphasised the responsibility of AI companies to address safety while continuing development. He criticised firms that advoca...
23 Sep, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
AI leaders called for a slowdown; now they're being sued over itAI leaders’ calls for slowing the pace of artificial intelligence development have triggered a fresh debate over safety, competition and re...
22 Sep, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Course correction? How the last 10 days changed the way we see AIIn a series of cascading events over a 10-day stretch, OpenAI and Anthropic, the largest AI labs, found themselves reeling as their own cre...
19 Sep, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
AI doomsday warnings unlikely to slow IPOs but questions lingerAnthropic is expected to beat rival OpenAI to the public markets with a blockbuster IPO later this year despite recent doomsday warnings, b...
18 Sep, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
UPI MDR explained; AI leaders split on slowing downUPI’s new MDR framework will change how large merchant payments are charged. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
16 Sep, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
Ex-Google worker adds to AI alarm, warns of 'potential to kill us all'A former Google DeepMind employee warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could become uncontrollable and has "the potential ...
15 Sep, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could 'kill all humans'AI researchers express growing concerns about the technology's potential to cause human extinction. One former Google DeepMind employee rec...
15 Sep, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
What Amodei, Altman and Musk have said about AI risks, stoking 'doom' fearsTech leaders like Amodei, Altman, and Musk are raising alarms about AI's potential dangers, fueling widespread 'doom' fears. Their public s...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk: AI’s biggest rivals suddenly agree the race needs brakesAI leaders Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk agree on slowing development. They cite escalating risks from increasingly autonomous an...
14 Sep, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower AI progress, warns of 'catastrophic' risksAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocates for a more measured pace in AI development. He warns that rapid progress could outpace our understandi...
13 Sep, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here's how it imploded.Meta considered cutting some teams by as much as 60% under an AI-driven restructuring plan, Reuters reported. The company ultimately cut 10...
26 Aug, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Apple and OpenAI escalate legal battle over devicesThe case comes at a sensitive time for OpenAI, which is worth a reported $852 billion as it works towards a potential IPO. The lab is also ...
08 Aug, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
OpenAI seeks dismissal of Apple's trade secrets lawsuitOpenAI asked a judge to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing it of trade-secret theft. The company stated it is building something entirely new...
06 Aug, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
OpenAI seeks over $1 million from xAI as legal battle escalatesOpenAI requested over one million dollars in legal costs from xAI. This follows the dismissal of xAI's trade secrets lawsuit against the Ch...
14 Jul, 2026, 05.54 PM IST