… Zoë Schiffer: WIRED's director of business and industry, who oversees coverage of business and Silicon Valley. Maxwell Zeff: a senior writer at WIRED covering the business of artificial intelligence. …
… Weil was previously an early executive leading product at Instagram. “Today is my last day at OpenAI, as OpenAI for Science is being decentralized into other research teams,” Weil said in a social media post on Friday, shortly after WIRED reported his departure. “It’s been a mind-expanding two year… …
… ChatGPT solves that: figuring out what to buy.” Condé Nast, the parent company of WIRED, has a business deal with OpenAI for website links to appear in the chatbot. …
… When WIRED reached out to OpenAI for comment, the company claimed this removal was an error and added a similar sentence back, in a different paragraph. This section now says that OpenAI uses some information to run ads outside its platform. …
… Musk also reposted Farrow’s story on Monday from his account. “Calling him “Scam” Altman is accurate,” he wrote on X, referring to a line in the article about his nickname for the leader of OpenAI. “This is very much worth reading.” X and OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment … …
In Brief Posted: 8:33 AM PDT · May 16, 2026 Anthony Ha OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman is officially taking the reins of the company’s product strategy, according to Wired . …
… It’s just the tip of a financial trail that appears to lead to OpenAI. …
… OpenAI and xAI did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment. OpenAI has been trying to prevent its competitors from distilling its AI models, in particular, the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek. …
… OpenAI previously said Brockman would oversee product strategy in her absence. The company tells WIRED that Simo remains on medical leave, and expects her return, noting that she worked directly with Brockman on these organizational changes. …
… OpenAI’s chief of global affairs, Chris Lehane, told WIRED last week that the company’s AI policy is now oriented around passing a series of similar state laws. …
