My book on the rise of A.I. arrives today (bit.ly/GeniusMakers), and this excerpt is where the book begins. It had to begin here. This is a story you have never heard, and it encapsulates a global arms race that is only just getting started: wired.com/story/secret-aucti…

Thanks a lot to @CadeMetz for quoting me in this excellent @nytimes article on the impact of AI on science. I discussed my experience with GPT-5 Pro and how these amazing AI collaborators will change and super-accelerate how we advance science! “Dr. Derya Unutmaz, a professor at the Jackson Laboratory, a biomedical research institution, said the latest A.I. systems had reached the point where they would suggest a hypothesis or an experiment that he and his colleagues had not previously considered. “That is not a discovery. It is a proposal. But it lets you narrow down where you should focus,” said Dr. Unutmaz, whose research focuses on cancer and chronic diseases. “It allows you to do five experiments rather than 50. That has a profound, accelerating effect.” When Dr. Unutmaz uses A.I. for his research into chronic diseases, he said, he often feels like he is talking with an experienced colleague. But he acknowledges the machine cannot do its work without a human collaborator. An experienced researcher is still needed to repeatedly prompt the system, explain what it should be looking for and ultimately separate the interesting information from everything else the system produces. nytimes.com/2026/01/14/techn…

I am looking for people who were affected by the recent problem with Cursor, where its support line shared untrue information with users (news.ycombinator.com/item?id…). If you were affected by this, please contact me at: cade.metz@nytimes.com

For everyone not living and breathing AI tech because they've got other things going on in their lives, we found @CadeMetz's piece in the Times to be the clearest explainer about what's happening and why. Nice work. nytimes.com/2025/01/27/techn…

Is the Tech Industry Already on the Cusp of an A.I. Slowdown? Companies like OpenAI and Google are running out of the data used to train artificial intelligence systems. Can new methods continue years of rapid progress? nytimes.com/2024/12/19/techn… @cademetz @trippmickle @nytimes

Suchir Balaji, who spent four years at OpenAI, says OpenAI's use of copyrighted data violated the law and ChatGPT damages the internet; he left in August 2024 (@cademetz / New York Times) nytimes.com/2024/10/23/techn… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/241023/p29#a241…

Former OpenAI researcher who helped gather data for what became ChatGPT says the company broke copyright law: nytimes.com/2024/10/23/techn…

Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying (with @MikeIsaac, @eringriffith, @KYWeise and @trippmickle!): nytimes.com/2024/10/17/techn…

Interestingly this year's physics Nobel prize is on use of Physics in AI. nobelprize.org/prizes/physic… One book which covers in detail the work of Prof. Hinton is by @cademetz and it's an easy and entertaining read. #NobelPrize2024 #NobelPrize

Tracking the Sam Altman road show to drum up global support for a massive data-center and chip-factory investment plan. @CadeMetz + @trippmickle nytimes.com/2024/09/25/busin…

OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Can Reason Through Math and Science: nytimes.com/2024/09/12/techn…

Introduction ⁦@CadeMetz⁩ to remote supervision of automated vehicles using ⁦@zoox⁩ as an example. Key support for robotaxi service. Raises cost, improves safety, and employs people. nytimes.com/interactive/2024… via ⁦@nytimes⁩

"Today, OpenAI has more than 1,700 employees, and 80 percent of them started after the release of ChatGPT in November 2022." nytimes.com/2024/09/03/techn… via @nytimes @CadeMetz

Elon Musk revives his OpenAI lawsuit, filing a complaint in California to allege that OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman breached OpenAI's founding contract (@cademetz / New York Times) nytimes.com/2024/08/05/techn… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/240805/p14#a240…

Elon Musk has revived his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman: nytimes.com/2024/08/05/techn…

China rising in AI -- and the open-source dilemma. @megatobin1 + @CadeMetz nytimes.com/2024/07/25/techn…

Great article from @CadeMetz @nytimes! Open research and open-source are the foundations of AI progress and leadership. IMO, if you don't support them, either as a company or country, you run the risk of losing your leadership and control over your destiny! nytimes.com/2024/07/25/techn…

OpenAI begins training its new flagship AI model, a process that could take nine months or more, and creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore risks (@cademetz / New York Times) nytimes.com/2024/05/28/techn… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/240528/p5#a2405…

Two voice actors are paid small sums by an anonymous buyer to read scripts they're told will never be made public. Years later, they discover *by chance* that a tech firm cloned their voices and is using them to raise money and sell AI technology. Great, cool, good stuff

What Do You Do When A.I. Takes Your Voice?: nytimes.com/2024/05/16/techn…

The Old-Fashioned Library at the Heart of the A.I. Boom, by @CadeMetz @miramurati Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/05/15/techn…