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The quest to keep OpenAI honest

Why the EyesOnOpenAI coalition is pushing the AI giant to help humanity instead of chase profits.

Alex Heath
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Steve Ballmer’s Clippers are being accused of using a fake sponsorship to get around the NBA salary cap.

Forget toilets, a report by Pablo Torre claims the ex-Microsoft CEO invested $50 million in a fraudulent tree-planting company, Aspiration, passing $28 million to Kawhi Leonard in a fake endorsement deal.

The Clippers called the accusations “provably false,” while Mark Cuban says he’s “team Ballmer,” and that the team was scammed.

Mia Sato
Mia Sato
Vogue has a new top editor.

But she won’t get the editor-in-chief title that Anna Wintour held for decades — the role is officially called the “Head of Editorial Content.” Editor of Vogue.com Chloe Malle was named to the position this morning.

Malle is something of a safe bet: she’s been at Vogue for 14 years, beginning with a social editor position. Her last name may be familiar: she’s the daughter of director Louis Malle and actress Candice Bergen (she’s also related to perfume industry giant Frédéric Malle).

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Microsoft has a discount AI deal for the US government too.

The GSA and Microsoft announced a discount deal on Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure, and other services, promising “potential savings of $3.1 billion in the first year” with free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot for one year.

OpenAI and Anthropic already offered similar discounts for AI access, but what’s the price in year two?