
MacKenzie Sigalos is a journalist at CNBC
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MacKenzie Sigalos as author
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPT-6 is in development with memory as a key feature to enable personalization, and confirmed future ChatGPT versions will comply with Trump administration requirements for ideological neutrality and customizability.
“Author of "Sam Altman on GPT-6: 'People want memory'" in CNBC”
Anthropic's strategy of algorithmic efficiency and disciplined spending with lower compute resources has kept it competitive with larger AI labs like OpenAI despite having a fraction of their capital and compute commitments.
“Author of "Anthropic's 'do more with less' bet has kept it at the AI frontier, co-founder Amodei tells CNBC" in CNBC”
OpenAI signed a $38 billion capacity agreement with Amazon Web Services, signaling its independence from exclusive reliance on Microsoft and marking a significant shift in cloud infrastructure partnerships.
“Author of "Cloud Alliances Are Shifting, and OpenAI Is Steering the Wheel"”
OpenAI and AMD reached a strategic deal valued at billions where OpenAI will deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs and can acquire up to 10% stake in AMD, with stock surging 23% on the announcement.
“Author of "AMD Stock Skyrockets 23% as OpenAI Looks to Take Stake in AI Chipmaker" in CNBC”
Sam Altman acknowledges the AI sector is in a valuation bubble with startups raising hundreds of millions on pitch decks alone, yet he and other tech giants are preparing to spend trillions on infrastructure as they believe long-term AI upside will justify current froth.
“Author of "Bubble Talk is Back, and This Time it's AI"”
Referenced in coverage
“MacKenzie Sigalos reported on Google's AI divisions restructuring with Demis Hassabis and Jeff Dean's role changes.”
“Reported on Google's Frozen v2 server chip development for more efficient Gemini inference.”
“Co-reported Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI claiming theft of hardware trade secrets.”
“Byline author reporting on Apple's reliance on Google's Gemini AI and the company's lag in generative AI development.”
“Byline author reporting on OpenAI's $500 billion valuation secondary share sale.”