OpenAI

Explore our coverage of OpenAI, its future, its legal battles and its competition


Business

Elon Musk’s xAI goes after OpenAI

The fight is turning nasty

Finance & economics

Computers unleashed economic growth. Will artificial intelligence?

Two years after ChatGPT-3.5 arrived, progress has been slower than expected

Business

Nvidia’s boss dismisses fears that AI has hit a wall

But it’s “urgent” to get to the next level, Jensen Huang tells The Economist

Business

What ChatGPT’s corporate victims have in common

The first casualties of generative AI offer lessons for other businesses

The World Ahead Technology in 2025

Will the bubble burst for AI in 2025, or will it start to deliver?

It is the biggest gamble in business history—but adoption of AI is proving patchy

Leaders

Why open-source AI models are good for the world

Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits

Science & technology

A battle is raging over the definition of open-source AI

Companies that bet on the right one could win big

Business

Why your company is struggling to scale up generative AI

As employers hesitate, workers are ahead of the curve

Business

What if Microsoft let OpenAI go free?

It may not be as crazy as it sounds

Business

Can artificial intelligence rescue customer service?

The adoption of AI is surging in call centres

Business

Will America’s government try to break up Google?

Antitrust remedies that target its generative-AI ambitions are more likely

Leaders

Dismantling Google is a terrible idea

Despite its appeal as a political rallying cry

Business

AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers’ world

Their code will get cheaper. So might they

Business

What does the OpenAI exodus say about Sam Altman?

Another departure focuses attention on his leadership

Business

OpenAI’s new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley

Generative AI is forcing America’s disrupters in chief to think differently

Leaders

The breakthrough AI needs

A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits

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