OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model

The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users’ unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.

Trump administration undermines EPA enforcement of Clean Air Act

The EPA’s new rule seeks to undo a 2009 finding that allowed the federal government to regulate six greenhouse gases.

Apple acquires all rights to ‘Severance,’ will produce future seasons in-house

The show is expected to run for four seasons, with the possibility of spin-offs, a prequel, and foreign versions.

Amazon’s new eero Signal keeps you connected to the internet when outages occur

A new device from eero will keep you online even if your ISP goes down.

Activist investor Ancora publicly opposes the WBD-Netflix deal

An investment group is trying to sway Netflix shareholders to reject the WBD deal in favor of Paramount.

Bluesky finally adds Drafts

The move comes as Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported drafts.

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

This week’s release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.

Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month

Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production.

Intel will start making GPUs, a market dominated by Nvidia 

Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs.

YC startups can now receive investment in stablecoin

All startups accepted into YC will soon have the option to receive their seed checks via stablecoins.