Tech executives line up to get on the president-elect’s good side just a month before he takes the oath of office for a second time.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to convert the artificial intelligence developer, which is governed by a nonprofit, into a for-profit corporation. His biggest hurdle is Microsoft, which has outsize influence on the process after having committed more than $13 billion to OpenAI.

Most notably, there’s co-founder Elon Musk, who now runs rival startup xAI, and is in the midst of a heated legal battle with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday.

CEO Andy Jassy noted, "We've seen significant reacceleration of AWS growth for the last four quarters," putting its annualized revenue run rate at $110 billion. With that, AWS controls roughly 33% of the cloud infrastructure services market, more than Azure and Google Cloud combined, according to research firm Canalys.

Amazon Music expanded its partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) to address ‘unlawful AI-generated content’ and protect artists against fraud and misattribution.

Amazon and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are joining Meta in donating $1 million each to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. The donations come as major tech companies seek to improve ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning on donating $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, Fox News reported on Friday.

This week highlights OpenAI unveiling its o3 models, Amazon’s new password sharing policies, rumors of the iPhone SE 4 being renamed to iPhone 16e, WhatsApp’s seasonal features, and Google’s announcement of a 10% job cut in managerial positions.

Over the past month, we've seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it's been making the AI community's head spin. It has also poured fuel on the fire of the OpenAI-Google rivalry, an accelerating game of one-upmanship taking place unusually close to the Christmas holiday.

For users in the United States, ChatGPT is available for phone calls and texts through the 1-800-CHATGPT service. OpenAI has clarified that interactions made through 1-800-CHATGPT will not be used to train the AI model. This assurance is expected to address concerns about privacy and data security.