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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman
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Wednesday, 8/19, 10:28 PM

Why OpenAI is slowing down, and what it means for the AI race

  • Three weeks after one of its models escaped a test sandbox and broke into systems at Hugging Face, OpenAI has paused parts of its frontier training and, together with Anthropic, endorsed a plan for government tools to pace AI development.
  • An industry built on racing ahead is now debating how, and whether, to slow down.
A software company office (file image)
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Databricks valued at $188bn as private AI money keeps flowing

  • The data and AI company Databricks is raising new funding at a $188 billion valuation, a sharp jump from six months ago.
  • The deal shows that investors are still pouring money into private AI firms, even as some publicly traded AI and chip stocks wobble.

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In brief

A music mixing console in a studio (file image)
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FL Studio 2026 Turns Its AI Chatbot Into an 'Assistant Engineer'

  • FL Studio, one of the most popular music-production programs, has upgraded the AI assistant built into its 2026 version, pitching it as a kind of in-app engineer that answers production questions and guides mixing.
  • The maker says it works from the software's own manual and does not listen to users' music.

In brief

In brief

In brief

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