The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says In Brief Posted: 11:20 AM PDT · March 17, 2026 Image Credits:Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency / Getty Images After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together. Instead, the Pentagon is building tools to replace...

Sam Altman responds to ‘incendiary’ New Yorker article after attack on his home OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post on Friday evening responding to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness. Early Friday morning, someone allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s San Francisco home. No one was hurt in the...

AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost Indian startup Rocket is betting that the next big opportunity is the part before vibe coding: having AI help people decide what to build. It has launched a platform that produces consulting-style product strategies. The startup, based in Surat, India, on Tuesday launched its platform, Rocket 1.0, which connects...

OpenAI ends Disney partnership as it closes Sora video-making appOsmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesSora launched in December 2024 OpenAI has shut down its artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation app Sora less than two years after its launch made headlines for creating realistic clips based on simple prompts.OpenAI told the BBC on Wednesday that it has discontinued Sora so that it...

OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills OpenAI is expanding its footprint in India and moving into the country’s higher-education system through partnerships with leading academic institutions. The move comes as the South Asian nation seeks to scale AI skills and build domestic capacity in one of the world’s largest talent markets. On Wednesday, OpenAI said it was...