ISACA survey finds 47% of women in tech have faced gender discrimination
ISACA survey finds 47% of women in tech have faced gender discrimination

Almost half of women working in tech, 47%, say they have been treated unfairly at work because of their gender, according to a new survey by ISACA. Two years ago, the figure was 42%. The rise was noted by ISACA, a global association for IT governance a…

Atlassian does not use Chinese AI models in production, its CEO says
Atlassian does not use Chinese AI models in production, its CEO says

Atlassian does not run any Chinese AI models in its products, chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes said in an interview with 20VC, the podcast hosted by investor Harry Stebbings. The episode came out on Monday and was recorded in Amsterdam, where Atlass…

Sam Altman says OpenAI will put its mission before its share price
Sam Altman says OpenAI will put its mission before its share price

Sam Altman said OpenAI will put its mission ahead of its share price once it goes public, even if the stock “falls a lot”. The OpenAI chief executive said it in an interview with Vanity Fair, published on 5 October. Vanity Fair global editorial directo…

Sam Altman says Trump’s AI accord is a good start and more will be needed
Sam Altman says Trump’s AI accord is a good start and more will be needed

Sam Altman said the superintelligence accord that President Donald Trump signed with AI executives is “a good start”, but that the industry will need more. He said it in the second of two interviews with Vanity Fair, recorded in San Francisco on 2 Octo…

Sam Altman tells Vanity Fair Elon Musk is a bully he will still work with
Sam Altman tells Vanity Fair Elon Musk is a bully he will still work with

Sam Altman called Elon Musk a bully and said he would still work with him, in an interview with Vanity Fair. The magazine published it on 5 October with its revived New Establishment list. The OpenAI chief executive tops that list. Vanity Fair global e…

ChatGPT for Teens is unsafe for under-18s, Common Sense Media says
ChatGPT for Teens is unsafe for under-18s, Common Sense Media says

ChatGPT is unsafe for anyone under 18, even in the teen mode OpenAI launched in August, according to a new risk assessment from Common Sense Media. The US nonprofit gave ChatGPT for Teens its lowest rating, “Unacceptable Risk”, in a report published on…

‘When everyone’s responsible, no one is’: the AI champion problem
‘When everyone’s responsible, no one is’: the AI champion problem

Find a champion. Protect 20% of their time. Wait for it to spread. One of the people in the room with me had run that play before, in the era of robotic process automation. Their leadership agreed to protect 20% of an AI champion’s time. A month later,…

At a private AI retreat, the vendor told us the tool won’t save you
At a private AI retreat, the vendor told us the tool won’t save you

Grady Sokaras, Zapier’s head of sales, opened a session at the company’s private AI retreat with a line about the kind of product Zapier sells. “A tool is never the solution,” Sokaras said. A company that buys the product and expects a transformation g…

Pope Leo says AI safety fears are not ‘fake news’, criticises Jensen Huang
Pope Leo says AI safety fears are not ‘fake news’, criticises Jensen Huang

AI safety warnings are not “fake news”, Pope Leo XIV said on Monday. He told reporters the world should heed the concerns of AI experts. He spoke on his flight back to Rome after a four-day trip to France. He said he was not in “panic mode”, and that h…

Peter Thiel says the pope’s AI encyclical was ‘working for’ China
Peter Thiel says the pope’s AI encyclical was ‘working for’ China

Peter Thiel has called Pope Leo XIV a “useful idiot” for the Chinese Communist Party over the pope’s call to regulate AI. The PayPal and Palantir co-founder spoke to Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner on the MD Meets podcast, released on Thu…