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Google snatches Windsurf execs in a $2.4B deal, derailing OpenAI’s biggest acquisition yet
In a stunning reversal, Google DeepMind acquires Windsurf’s top talent just weeks after OpenAI’s $3B deal collapsed over IP ...
OpenAI launches a full-fledged ChatGPT agent which can work without supervision
OpenAI has launched new agent functionality in ChatGPT that can perform tasks outside the chatbot, even while you're away.
OpenAI, Google, and Meta Researchers Warn We May Lose the Ability to Track AI Misbehavior
The researchers argue that CoT monitoring can help researchers detect when models begin to exploit flaws in their training, ...
Google Hires A.I. Leaders From a Start-Up Courted by OpenAI
In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to ...
Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart
As of Friday, Windsurf’s head of business, Jeff Wang, will take over as the startup’s interim CEO, he announced in a post on ...
How Google Killed OpenAI’s $3 Billion Deal Without an Acquisition
In the high-stakes battle for AI supremacy, Big Tech has found a new weapon: buying a company’s brainpower without buying the ...
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
OpenAI’s deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, cofounder Douglas Chen, and some ...
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Agent as it looks for a much-needed win
OpenAI released Agent Mode on Thursday, a welcome distraction from what has otherwise been a rough summer for the AI startup.