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Illustrative image of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. (iStock via Getty Images)
August 30, 2026, 6:22 pm
Top tech firms call for defensive measures against looming wave of AI-driven hacks
OpenAI, Anthropic among companies to warn of ‘limited window’ to prepare for sophisticated cyberattacks; urge tech leaders, governments to work together on issue
By Agencies
Left to right: A digital billboard for Anthropic's Claude AI seen at Times Square, New York City, June 20, 2026. (Brian Logan/iStock); Decart founders Dean Leitersdorf (left) and Moshe Shalev. (Amit Elkayam)
August 14, 2026, 2:39 am
Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli-founded AI startup at $6B valuation
Potential acquisition of Decart, which is working to boost chip efficiency and develop generative AI models, would be Anthropic’s first acquisition in Israel and largest to date
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' (Publicity)
July 27, 2026, 9:51 am
‘Skynet Day,’ when AI hacked into startup, brings dystopian sci-fi scenarios closer than ever
While real-life ‘Terminator’ is not at hand, use of AI in military is getting uncomfortably close to film’s imagery, such as Israel’s use of programs to find targets in Gaza war
By Laurie Kellman and Lindsey Bahr
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model, December 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
July 22, 2026, 6:08 pm
OpenAI models go rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ cyber breach
New York-based AI startup Hugging Face says it used an open-sourced Chinese model to contain the hack, which compromised its infrastructure
By Raphael Satter
Illustrative: The Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on February 16, 2026 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
March 2, 2026, 6:05 pm
Hours after Trump announced ban on Claude AI, US military used it in Iran strikes — reports
US military said to employ AI tool to assess intelligence, identify targets and simulate battle scenarios; Trump has now banned it due to a dispute
By ToI Staff
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 1:04 pm
OpenAI’s Altman: World ‘urgently’ needs AI regulation, similar to nuclear safeguards
Warning of AI-made pathogens and technological centralization, man behind ChatGPT urges creation of IAEA-style watchdog ‘for international coordination of AI’
By AFP
People take a look at Nvidia''s new products during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
October 29, 2025, 6:54 pm
AI chipmaking giant Nvidia becomes world’s first $5 trillion company
Having already been the first firm to pass the $4 trillion mark earlier this year, Nvidia’s market cap is now greater than the GDP of India, Japan and the United Kingdom
By Michelle Chapman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an Apple event announcing new products in Cupertino, California, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
January 8, 2025, 7:17 pm
OpenAI head Sam Altman accused by sister of raping her, family says claim untrue
Accuser has mental health issues and refuses treatment, say other family members, as she seeks at least $75,000 in damages for alleged abuse when ChatGPT creator was a teen
By Sarah Young and Jonathan Stempel
Ilya Sutskever, Russian Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and then-chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
September 4, 2024, 10:15 pm
OpenAI co-founder Sutskever’s new safety-focused AI startup SSI raises $1 billion
New company plans to focus on building a small, highly trusted team of researchers and engineers split between California’s Palo Alto and Tel Aviv
By Kenrick Cai, Krystal Hu and Anna Tong
OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman (center) and Ilya Sutskever (right) on a panel at Tel Aviv University, June 5, 2023. (Chen Galili)
June 20, 2024, 5:51 pm
OpenAI co-founder creates a new AI startup with a research lab in Tel Aviv
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, plans to open offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv to recruit top talent and hire the world’s best engineers and researchers
By Sharon Wrobel
The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing a portion of the company website in New York, November 21, 2023. (Peter Morgan/AP)
June 1, 2024, 11:01 pm
OpenAI says it disrupted covert influence operation by Israeli firm STOIC
Company behind ChatGPT also accuses Russia, China and Iran of using artificial intelligence models to carry out deceptive activities online
By AFP
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event at the Chatham House think tank in London, January 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
February 14, 2024, 3:48 pm
US rivals including Iran, North Korea using generative AI in offensive cyber ops
Microsoft publishes report on instances of those countries, along with Russia and China, using its tech and that of partner OpenAI in attacks
By Frank Bajak
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, San Francisco, November 16, 2023. (Eric Risberg/AP)
November 22, 2023, 6:55 pm
OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO, days after firing him
Shuffle at the top of company that made ChatGPT will see reinstated co-founder answer to different board of directors than panel that pushed him out
By Matt O'Brien
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
November 20, 2023, 2:05 pm
ChatGPT founder Sam Altman hired by Microsoft, days after OpenAI let him go
OpenAI board cites ‘behavior and lack of transparency’ as reason for firing CEO, appoints Emmett Shear as interim replacement
By AFP
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law hearing on artificial intelligence, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
November 18, 2023, 2:57 am
OpenAI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, says he wasn’t ‘consistently candid’
Board of ChatGPT-maker says it ‘no longer has confidence’ in Altman, names Mira Murati, chief technology officer, as interim CEO
By Matt O'Brien
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