OpenAI scraps controversial plan to become for-profit after mounting pressure
On Monday, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced it will remain under the control of its founding nonprofit board, scrapping its controversial plan to split off its commercial
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OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Control
The company will become a public benefit corporation and the nonprofit that has controlled it will be its largest shareholder.
F1 in Miami: Like normal F1, but everyone wears pastels
After a brief reprieve, Formula 1’s teams were back at it this past weekend at the Miami Grand Prix. It was the first of three
On cusp of storm season, NOAA funding cuts put hurricane forecasting at risk
The National Hurricane Center’s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its
What’s Behind Technology’s Disembodied Female Voices?
If you listen to the many artificial, automated voices that have become prevalent online, the answer doesn’t really matter, as long as she’s helping you.
A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful
A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.
Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighbors
Residents of an upscale enclave outside Austin, Texas, learned the hard way what it’s like when a multibillionaire moves into the mansion next door. Some
The Last of Us takes Dina and Ellie on a tense, pictuesque Seattle getaway
New episodes of season 2 of The Last of Us are premiering on HBO every Sunday night, and Ars’ Kyle Orland (who’s played the games) and
Claude’s AI research mode now runs for up to 45 minutes before delivering reports
On Thursday, Anthropic announced significant upgrades to its AI assistant Claude, extending its research capabilities to run for up to 45 minutes before delivering comprehensive
Review: Thunderbolts* is a refreshing return to peak Marvel form
It looks like Marvel has another critical and box office hit on its hands—and deservedly so—with Thunderbolts*, a follow-up of sorts to 2021’s Black Widow and
Screwworms are coming—and they’re just as horrifying as they sound
We’re on the verge of being screwwormed. The biological barrier was breached, they’re slithering toward our border, and the US Department of Agriculture is now
Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts
For many, many years, I wouldn’t get a new game console until a couple years after it launched. This was partly because I wanted any
A DOGE recruiter is staffing a project to deploy AI agents across the US government
A young entrepreneur who was among the earliest known recruiters for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has a new, related gig—and he’s
Trump’s 2026 budget proposal: Crippling cuts for science across the board
On Friday, the US Office of Management and Budget sent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee, an outline of what to