OpenAI is back hunting for capital, looking for another $100 billion in a funding round that would value the company at $750 billion.
Category: TRENDS IN AI – Feb 3 2026
AI AS A HEATING UTILITY
AI data centers are vast campuses with tens or hundreds of thousands of chips and servers generating heat that has to be drained off. Instead of venting it, data center operators are starting to sell it.
ANTHROPIC CEO WARNS AGAINST AI WHILE HIS COMPANY ADVANCES THE TECH
In a 38-page essay, CEO Dario Amodei of AI contender Anthropic warns that AI heightens the risk of bioterrorism, dictatorships, labor market turmoil, and the greater concentration of wealth.
AI IS MORE CREATIVE THAN AT LEAST HALF OF HUMANITY, STUDY SUGGESTS
Large language AI models including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others are more creative than the typical human, evidence from a study from the University of Montreal suggests.
WORKERS, BOSSES DIFFER OVER AI’S BENEFITS
Companies are spending billions of dollars to infuse AI throughout their workforces. At the same time, employees dealing with AI say that not only does the technology not save them time, but they also feel overwhelmed by trying to fit it into their workflows.




