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- Breaking: OpenAI is probably toastFeb 13, 2026Gary Marcus
Will OpenAI someday be seen as the WeWork of AI, as I have suggested several times, as far as back as late 2023? I still think so, and I think that moment is drawing close. They have, by any reasonable standard, seen rough times of late. Google and Anthropic have each largely caught up; various Chinese companies are closing in. More and more questions are being raised about their financing. (And m
- About that Matt Shumer post that has nearly 50 million viewsFeb 11, 2026Gary Marcus
Something big is allegedly happening
- The literal enshittification of The United StatesFeb 11, 2026Gary Marcus
I wish I could say this was satire.
- BREAKING: LLM “reasoning” continues to be deeply flawedFeb 10, 2026Gary Marcus
A new review underscores the breadth of the problem, and shows that close to a trillion dollars hasn’t changed that
- Some disconcerting facts about AI and banking that may have profound consequencesFeb 10, 2026Gary Marcus
Disturbing new numbers
- Super Bowl Matchup: Anthropic vs OpenAIFeb 08, 2026Gary Marcus
You don’t have to be a football fan to enjoy the ads
- Is the Great AI meltdown imminent? [NSFW]Feb 05, 2026Gary Marcus
A $100 billion dollar deal that was propping up the industry just disappeared
- Sam Altman and the day Nvidia’s meteoric rise came to an endFeb 04, 2026Gary Marcus
Happy half anniversary, GPT-5
- Four theories about the SpaceX - xAI mergerFeb 03, 2026Gary Marcus
Spoiler alert: it’s probably not really about synergy
- Where is AI headed? 8 perspectives at The New York TimesFeb 02, 2026Gary Marcus
Honored to be a part of this, along with Yuval Noah Hariri, Melanie Mitchell, Helen Toner, Carl Benedikt Frey, Ajeya Cotra and co-founders of Perplexity and Cohere:
- OpenClaw (a.k.a. Moltbot) is everywhere all at once, and a disaster waiting to happenFeb 01, 2026Gary Marcus
Not everything that is interesting is a good idea.
- AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracyJan 23, 2026Daniel Thilo
When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away
- Breaking: Yann LeCun, longtime critic of neurosymbolic approaches, changes teamsJan 22, 2026Gary Marcus
Yann LeCun has completely flipped
- Breaking: Sir Demis Hassabis becomes the latest to say that ChatGPT is a dead-end and that we must turn our focus to world modelsJan 22, 2026Gary Marcus
Per the Times of India:
- The Big Short meets Marcus on AIJan 21, 2026Gary Marcus
Word about the massive problems facing generative AI is spreading
- A few dark words about chatbots and deathJan 15, 2026Gary Marcus
Content warning: this article includes discussion of suicide.
- How Generative AI is destroying societyJan 14, 2026Gary Marcus
An astonishingly lucid new paper that should be read by all
- The rapid rise and slow decline of Sam AltmanJan 13, 2026Gary Marcus
Bad news from Apple yesterday highlights OpenAI’s eroding lead
- Let’s be honest, Generative AI isn’t going all that wellJan 12, 2026Gary Marcus
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