02 Jul 2026
Lawsuit: Bipolar Man Attempted Suicide After ChatGPT Poured Gasoline on His Religious Delusions
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. ChatGPT fanned the flames of a bipolar man’s worsening religious delusions, exacerbating a manic episode that culminated in a failed suicide attempt, a new lawsuit against OpenAI…
Maggie Harrison Dupré
2026
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported on Thursday , citing two people familiar with the matter.
Russell Brandom
2026
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake, FT reports
OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as AI firms face scrutiny in Washington over the likely misuse of advanced models and whether Americans would benefit from the industry's massive valuations.
The Detroit News
2026
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI discussed giving 5% stake to Trump administration, media report says
OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5-per-cent stake, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as AI firms face growing scrutiny in Washington over the potential misuse of advanced models and whether Americans will share in the sector’s profits.
@globeandmail
2026
02 Jul 2026
Is Cerebras Systems (CBRS) Still Undervalued As Q1 Results And OpenAI Deal Lift Confidence?
Cerebras Systems (CBRS) is back in focus after its Q1 2026 earnings call on June 23, where the AI infrastructure company reported higher revenue, a smaller net loss, and fresh scrutiny of its valuation.
News Desk
2026
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way of easing tensions with the Trump administration and blunting mounting public backlash against AI, according to the Financial Times.
Robert Hart
2026
02 Jul 2026
Fortune Tech: Meta cloud plans, SpaceX smartphone, Sony gaming goes digital
Good morning. How much would you pay for a robot companion? The Chinese robot maker UBTech on Wednesday unveiled what it calls an “ultra-bionic” full-sized humanoid family called Uworld U1. According to its maker, the bot features “biomimetic skin” and “emotion-driven” AI; it can also do “up to 90% of fundamental human movements.” (There’s a joke in there somewhere, I’m sure of it.) The U1’s…
Andrew Nusca
2026
02 Jul 2026
Sam Altman seeks new world order for AI as OpenAI slowly loses ground to Google and Anthropic
Tech stocks led declines globally overnight. The Nasdaq 100 closed down 1.54% yesterday. By contrast, the equal weight S&P 500 actually hit a record high yesterday—indicating that tech companies are the ones dragging down the broader index. “The main culprit has been another slide in chip stocks, with the Philly semiconductor index down -6.27%,” Henry Allen and his colleagues at Deutsche Bank…
Jim Edwards
2026
02 Jul 2026
Trump administration lifts restrictions on Anthropic's Claude models after cybersecurity alarm
FILE - Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York, Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/AP Photo/Patrick Sison SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns.
News Desk
2026
