ChatGPT

How Americans use AI at work, according to new Gallup poll

January 31, 2026 Matt O Brien and Linley Sanders

American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll. Some 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their […]

Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit; skepticism remains

December 20, 2025 Matt O Brien

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.— Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence […]

OpenAI now worth $500B, possibly making it world’s most valuable startup

October 11, 2025 Matt O Brien

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker. Current and former […]

UNC board discusses tuition increase, AI

October 2, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The UNC System Board of Governors’ September meeting included discussion of a possible increase in tuition, artificial intelligence and a remembrance of Charlie Kirk. The UNC System has not raised tuition for the past nine […]

OpenAI, Microsoft reach new agreement to change corporate structure

September 20, 2025 Thalia Beaty and Matt O Brien

OpenAI has reached a new tentative agreement with Microsoft and said its nonprofit, which technically controls its business, will now be given a $100 billion equity stake in its for-profit corporation. The maker of ChatGPT […]

State treasurer shares report on OpenAI pilot program

August 16, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner issued an independent study report on his agency’s OpenAI pilot program. The report was rolled out at a joint press conference Aug. 1 with NC Central’s Siobahn […]

OpenAI’s advisory board calls for continued, strengthened nonprofit oversight

July 26, 2025 Thalia Beaty

OpenAI should continue to be controlled by a nonprofit because the artificial intelligence technology it is developing is “too consequential” to be governed by a corporation alone. That is the message from an advisory board […]

OpenAI, Musk legal battle reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’

December 23, 2024 Matt O’Brien

A seven-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence “dictatorship” is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the […]

Lawyers submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT; Judge fines them $5K

July 11, 2023 Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

NEW YORK — A federal judge imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation […]

How to use ChatGPT to plan your next trip

June 16, 2023 The Associated Press

Planning travel can be a daunting maze. Guidebooks, by their nature, send all readers to the same destinations. And web searches can yield an unhelpful mess of content. Yet some tech-savvy travelers are finding success […]