OpenAI listing plans hit as Altman scraps robotics spin-off idea May 5, 2026 Tech behemoth OpenAI internally shelved plans to spin off its robotics and consumer hardware divisions, as chief executive Sam Altman tightens focus ahead of a potential IPO that could value the company at up to $1 trillion (£737bn). The proposed restructure, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal, would have mirrored Alphabet’s model, separating [...]
The AI bubble has a name – and it’s OpenAI April 29, 2026 For three years, Sam Altman has worn the badge of greatest pitchman in the history of tech. He sold the world a vision of artificial general intelligence – a machine that thinks, reasons and creates – and sold investors the bill to build it. The man raised more capital in a single funding round than [...]
King’s Cross puts London on the AI map April 28, 2026 A description of King’s Cross a little over 20 years ago sounds like something from a Dickens novel. It was “a place of decay, dereliction, crime and filth” – known for drugs and prostitution. Some readers may remember its rave scene but for most people it was a no-go area. That opening description comes from [...]
‘A London Marathon every weekend? I think we can get to that – and sell out’ April 24, 2026 Sam Browne, co-founder of the tech platform, Let’s Do This, which runs the London Marathon ballot, on its rapid growth… and the coming AI revolution. On Sunday 59,000 keen runners, amateur plodders and fundraisers dressed as, among other things, a pair of testicles will line up to take on the London Marathon. This year’s ballot [...]
Startups should pray the US AI giants don’t run out of cash April 23, 2026 As City AM revealed earlier this week, a London-based business has raised £2m to fund the development of an AI-powered coffee vending machine. The company’s founders say they can tailor the contents of the hot drinks – like coffee strength and milk content – based on the preferences of the customer, using AI. That sounds [...]
Peter Kyle touts US opportunities as OpenAI pauses UK investment April 10, 2026 Business secretary Peter Kyle has insisted Britain’s economic ties with the US are strong despite political tensions, in what he dubbed a “really great economic set of opportunities” between the two countries. Speaking ahead of a major trade mission to California, Kyle was optimistic about transatlantic relations, despite rhetoric from Trump straining diplomatic ties. “The [...]
Miliband slammed for net zero sprint as high costs hamper businesses April 10, 2026 Labour-linked researchers have slammed Ed Miliband’s net zero drive as the UK’s sky-high energy costs have come under intense scrutiny due to oil trade disruptions from the war in Iran and OpenAI’s decision to put a landmark data centre project in the UK on. Researchers at the Tony Blair Institute blamed the UK government’s dithering [...]
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK project over energy costs and regulation April 9, 2026 OpenAI has paused plans to develop a major AI data centre project in the UK, citing high energy costs and regulatory uncertainty. The US firm confirmed that its ‘Stargate UK’ infrastructure initiative, first announced in September, has been put on hold as it reassesses the conditions needed for long-term investment. “We see huge potential for [...]
US AI firms team up to avoid another Deepseek moment April 7, 2026 US artificial intelligence (AI) heavyweights are together stepping up to protect their commercial edge, as Chinese rivals increasingly chip away at their pricing power. Google, Anthropic and OpenAI have begun sharing information on rivals trying to replicate their models through distillation, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The united effort has been coordinated through an industry non-profit, [...]
OpenAI calls for ‘tax on automated labour’ as it sounds alarm on economic risks April 7, 2026 OpenAI has called for a tax on automated labour as the firm laid bare the scale of the structural risks to the global economy that could be wrought by the rise in artificial intelligence. In a wide-ranging set of proposals in a paper described as “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age”, the ChatGPT maker called [...]