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OpenAI’s Head of Safety is Out

Turnovers at that ChatGPT maker continue. The company’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, and AGI head, Fidji Simo, announced their departures earlier this week. Now Johannes Heidecke, who has overseen OpenAI’s safety efforts, is out, as ChatGPT 5.6 rolls out and raises some alarms.

Instagram's newest AI tool didn't survive the week

Meta said that its new feature allowing users to generate AI images from public Instagram posts is no longer available.

AI is rewriting the Big Tech org chart. See which roles are getting hit the most.

AI is reshaping Big Tech hiring. Engineers now make up a larger share of hires as design, product, and marketing roles shrink.

OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households

ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting.

My colleague wanted a nerdy, niche tool for his MacBook. Codex whipped it up in minutes.

Business Insider's Stephen Council used OpenAI Codex to build a custom Mac clipboard app in minutes—no coding required.

The real danger of AI isn't that it's wrong

A professor warns AI could weaken critical-thinking skills by making people less likely to question, verify, and evaluate information.

Oh dear, did someone steal something from Apple?

Apple says OpenAI stole its trade secrets. Here's how Apple has faced similar accusations from rivals in the past.

Dark smoke rose above a Virginia data center as a heat wave pushed the power grid close to its limits

A large Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia turned on diesel generators over the July 4 weekend to deal with a strained grid.

AI companies are throwing museums a lifeline. What do they want in return?

Touted as a way to engage visitors and boost funding, new tools are triggering concerns around trust and ethics

Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?

Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers

Phia accused of 'cookie stuffing,' taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn't earn

Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.

OpenAI’s Greg Brockman will keep heading up product at the company.

Brockman had taken over product when Fidji Simo went on medical leave, and he’ll continue those responsibilities now that Simo is stepping down from her full-time OpenAI job and becoming a “part-time advisor,” CNBC reports.