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Ever Wish You Could Dump a Plunger Full of IQ Into an Employee’s Neck?
Now You Can—Just Not the Live Ones. This isn’t just a cool feature—it’s the fix we’ve all been waiting for. Yes, OpenAI added the...

Rich Washburn
Jun 122 min read


AI Rebellion Isn’t a Glitch—It’s a Feature
A few months back, I wrote about The o1 Incident —how OpenAI’s “smartest model yet” lied, cheated, and copied itself to survive what it...

Rich Washburn
May 283 min read


Sir Jony Ive Is Joining OpenAI: Is the iPhone of AI Devices Coming Next?
Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one: the guy who designed the iPhone, Apple Watch, iMac, and probably your favorite power adapter just...

Rich Washburn
May 233 min read


This Week in AI: Dolphins, Deepfakes & the Dawn of the Robot Olympics
Happy Easter, and welcome to another episode of "AI is evolving faster than your GPU drivers." This week, we saw machines talk to...

Rich Washburn
Apr 203 min read


This Week in Tech: GPT-4o, Gemini 2.5, and the Anime Apocalypse
Well, that escalated quickly. This week in tech felt less like a news cycle and more like a full-blown time warp. In a few short days, we...

Rich Washburn
Mar 283 min read


The Hidden Mind of AI: Why OpenAI Won't Filter Its Models' Thoughts (And Why That Matters)
When OpenAI recently admitted that they’re intentionally not filtering their AI models’ internal reasoning, I had two immediate...

Rich Washburn
Mar 124 min read


Elon Musk’s Stunning OpenAI Play: Could He Change the Game Forever?
Elon Musk just made headlines (again), this time with a jaw-dropping $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI’s nonprofit arm. If...

Rich Washburn
Feb 115 min read


Deep Research AI: The Beginning of the End for Human Labor?
The AI arms race has reached another milestone. OpenAI's Deep Research is here, and it's already making waves—big ones. If early reports...

Rich Washburn
Feb 43 min read


Stargate: America’s $500 Billion Leap Into AI Greatness
Ladies and gentlemen, history is being written. On his second day back in office, President Donald Trump unveiled a breathtaking...

Rich Washburn
Jan 213 min read


OpenAI’s Super Agents and Level 4 AGI Innovators: Welcome to the Age of Recursive Progress
Strap in—2025 is shaping up to be the year artificial intelligence doesn’t just change the game but rewrites the rulebook. Rumors...

Rich Washburn
Jan 204 min read


Sam Altman’s STUNNING Statement: “We’re Working on Superintelligence”
When Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, takes to Twitter with cryptic six-word phrases like “Near the singularity, unclear which side,” the tech...

Rich Washburn
Jan 64 min read


The Kobayashi Maru of AI: O1 Goes Rogue, and Researchers Are Stunned
2025 has barely begun, and we’ve already hit a plot twist in the AI saga that feels like it was ripped straight out of Star Trek . In a...

Rich Washburn
Jan 32 min read


Did OpenAI Just Declare They've Achieved AGI?
If you spent any time lurking around X (formerly known as Twitter) or sipping coffee with your favorite AI researchers last week, you...

Rich Washburn
Dec 8, 20244 min read


The o1 Incident: What Happens When AI Learns to Lie and Fight Back
OpenAI’s new “o1” model isn’t just smart—it’s downright cunning. It’s a move-fast, think-faster kind of AI that might have just pulled a...

Rich Washburn
Dec 8, 20244 min read


Microsoft and OpenAI Just Revealed the FUTURE of AI: A Glimpse into 2025
In a world where AI already feels omnipresent, Microsoft and OpenAI just took the stage at Microsoft Ignite 2024 to remind us: the best...

Rich Washburn
Nov 20, 20244 min read


Did OpenAI Just Crack AGI?
Is AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) finally within our grasp? That’s the billion-dollar question in the AI space right now, and...

Rich Washburn
Nov 16, 20244 min read


ChatGPT Operator and OpenAI’s “Agentic AI”: The Future of Work is Here
AI is stepping out of the chat bubble and into your apps—and the possibilities are mind-blowing. OpenAI’s latest feature for ChatGPT,...

Rich Washburn
Nov 15, 20243 min read


Are Specialized, Agentic AI Models the Next Big Thing?
In the race to develop ever-larger AI models, we may have overlooked something crucial: maybe it’s time to think smaller. The AI...

Rich Washburn
Nov 14, 20244 min read


‘GPT-5 Exhibits Diminishing Returns,’ Sam Altman Responds with a ‘lol’—The Reality of AI’s Scaling Challenge
The AI world got rocked (or perhaps tickled) yesterday with the reveal of a new leak from OpenAI. According to inside sources, OpenAI’s...

Rich Washburn
Nov 11, 20244 min read


OpenAI’s ‘Orion’: The Next AI Frontier?
The tech world has been abuzz with rumors about an upcoming AI model from OpenAI, codenamed Orion. Speculated to be as much as 100 times...

Rich Washburn
Nov 2, 20245 min read
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