Hayden Field
@haydenfield.bsky.social
Senior AI reporter at The Verge. 6 years covering the AI industry's power dynamics, societal implications & the AI arms race. Previously: CNBC, Morning Brew, Protocol, etc. DM me off the record on Signal: haydenfield.11
sidewalk chalk messages spotted today outside OpenAI's SF office: "What if HF [Hugging Face] hadn't noticed? This will happen again. How many chances?" "You sure you have this under control?" "If not now, when?"
Apple’s lawsuit timing is far from ideal for OpenAI — and experts say it'll likely take years to litigate. “It’s never fantastic to get sued by Apple when you’re trying to IPO,” said one lawyer. “Apple is a tenacious litigant … They do not tend to back down.” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit
Apple’s accusations around stealing trade secrets might take years to litigate.
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Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
“For now, my focus is recovery.”
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OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
GPT-5.6 is officially greenlit for a public rollout — and OpenAI also unveiled a new AI agent, ChatGPT Work.
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Summarized some other parts of Anthropic's new (and long!) blog post here — including the entire section on Anthropic's plan to work very closely with the Trump administration, and its new assessment proposal for future AI industry jailbreaks. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After Mythos 5’s conditional return, Anthropic’s Fable 5 is back too.
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Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After Mythos 5’s conditional return, Anthropic’s Fable 5 is back too.
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The government has approved a select group of orgs to access Mythos 5 the same way it did for OpenAI's GPT-5.6. Now, foreign national Anthropic employees *and* non-US employees of those orgs can access Mythos 5, according to a letter viewed by The Verge. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 is back
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model, the subject of weekslong negotiations with the Trump administration, is back in action. No word yet on Fable 5.
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It’s been two weeks since Anthropic took its Mythos-class models offline after a Friday evening ultimatum from the Trump administration. Since then, what, if anything, has changed — and what hasn't? (Hint: Mostly nothing has. And that's the strange part.) www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse
Two weeks in, negotiations are still dragging on — with no resolution in sight.
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NEW: Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI after just five months in his new role as head of enterprise sales. Zoph had returned to OpenAI in Jan after abruptly departing his role as co-founder & CTO of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
He rejoined the company in January after a stint as co-founder of Mira Murati’s competitor, Thinking Machines Lab.
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Also I went on both Vergecast + Decoder this week! Give 'em a listen wherever you get your podcasts
The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoWho decides when AI is too dangerous?
Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits
Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits
Amazon has allegedly retaliated against three software engineers who spoke out in encouragement of regulations on data centers in Seattle.
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Three Amazon software engineers testified at June Seattle City Council hearings about data centers, encouraging regulation. Since then, the city passed a one-year data center pause. Now the employees say Amazon is retaliating—& called them into HR meetings. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits
Amazon has allegedly retaliated against three software engineers who spoke out in encouragement of regulations on data centers in Seattle.
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The government torpedoed Anthropic’s newest, most powerful model. Sources tell The Verge that the AI lab and other AI boosters spent the weekend trying to explain that Fable 5 wasn’t *too* powerful. Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
NEW: Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5. The Trump administration torpedoed Anthropic's newest, most powerful model. Sources told me the AI lab & other industry leaders spent the weekend trying to explain that Fable 5 wasn’t *too* powerful. Gift link: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
According to sources, Anthropic is in “uncharted territory.”
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wrote this yesterday (and then went on our live podcast to talk about it). what a day!
The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoApple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
Seattle's city council will vote today on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers—just 2 months after 5 large-scale centers were proposed. Among the moratorium’s fiercest supporters are employees of the city’s biggest tech giant, Amazon. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
Seattle’s city council is voting on whether to implement a one-year moratorium on new data centers — two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city.
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exactly one week after Anthropic — and on the day of Apple's WWDC!
The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoOpenAI files for IPO, following Anthropic
Fantastic line: “This year’s Build had the vibe of a freshly single divorcée posting a thirst trap on Instagram.”
Hayden Field@haydenfield.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor years, Microsoft’s AI business leaned hard on its exclusive relationship with OpenAI. But the drama-filled partnership devolved into a situationship — and then a separation. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the new freedom changes everything. With @tomwarren.co.uk www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft aims to become "one of the top four labs in the world", and "the pivotal moment was renegotiating our contract with OpenAI" (The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
For years, Microsoft’s AI business leaned hard on its exclusive relationship with OpenAI. But the drama-filled partnership devolved into a situationship — and then a separation. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the new freedom changes everything. With @tomwarren.co.uk www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth.
‘We have to prove that we can do everything that we need to from the ground up,’ said AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.
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Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells me "the goal is to prove that we can become one of the top four labs in the world." Interview from me and deep analysis from @haydenfield.bsky.social 👇 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth.
“We have to prove that we can do everything that we need to from the ground up,” said AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.
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After months of speculation about whether OpenAI or Anthropic would be first in the race to IPO, Anthropic just hit a key milestone: filing to kick off the process with the SEC. The news comes days after Anthropic became known as the world's most valuable startup, with a post-money val of $965B.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public
The news comes less than two weeks before SpaceX’s planned June 12 IPO.
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The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoAnthropic has officially filed to go public
this came from a source tip! reminder my signal is haydenfield.11 ✨🙏
The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoDid the Pope use AI to warn us about the dangers of AI?
The US military has backed AI development for decades; in turn, AI has transformed warfare. Amid shifting alliances & lawsuits, it’s easy to lose sight of the larger context: In recent years in particular, AI has enabled more and faster killings than ever before. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
AI warfare is already here
Even Anthropic seems to think its red lines won’t hold for long.
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oh you thought Musk v. Altman was over? no we've just graduated to a battle over who will IPO first