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    TIME's 2026 AI 100 spotlights rising app founders

    TIME just released its TIME100 AI 2026 list spotlighting the top 100 figures steering the industry across leaders, innovators, and thinkers. Alongside titans like Sam Altman, the Amodei siblings, and Elon Musk, this year gives prime real estate to breakout creators like Cursor CEO Michael Truell and Suno co-founder Mikey Shulman. Why it matters: The list signals that real influence is shifting rapidly from pure model labs into end-user workflows and agent tools.

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    Sam Altman puts a timeline on AGI

    Sam Altman just revealed that an AI model meeting his bar for AGI will exist internally at OpenAI by year-end. Chief scientist Jakub Pachocki noted that its Astra model can already handle a week of researcher work solo. Why it matters: AI creating genuine new knowledge takes model capability into uncharted territory, even as OpenAI slows frontier rollouts to refocus on safety.

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    Americans want to hit the brakes on AI

    A diverse coalition of everyday Americans just landed on the cover of TIME magazine, urging policymakers to slow the frantic pace of AI development. Spanning different professions and ideologies, the group argues unchecked technological progress is moving too fast for society to safely manage.

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    TIME launches conversational AI toolbar powered by ElevenLabs

    TIME just launched TIME AI, an interactive tool built with ElevenLabs and Scale AI that turns static articles into a two-way voice conversation. Readers can ask follow-up questions directly to an audio agent equipped with article context and archives, essentially giving legacy journalism a personalized interactive guide.

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    Time debuts an AI chatbot for Person of the Year

    Time just rolled out an AI chatbot alongside its 2024 Person of the Year feature, built in partnership with Scale AI. Readers can ask questions about the story, digest it into short summaries, translate it into six languages, or generate audio playback. It is a major experiment to see if conversational AI can keep digital readers engaged longer.

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    Perplexity cuts publishers in on AI ad revenue

    Perplexity just launched a revenue-sharing program for publishers, signing up partners like TIME, Der Spiegel, and Fortune. When media content is cited in sponsored follow-up queries, publishers will earn a revenue share, plus free API access to build custom on-site answer engines and a year of Enterprise Pro for their entire staff.

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    TIME adds ElevenLabs AI voiceovers to TIME.com

    TIME just teamed up with ElevenLabs to bring Audio Native to TIME.com, automatically generating voiceovers for select articles. The integration started brewing back in March 2023 and is now live with voice options like Brian. Why it matters: It gives millions of readers a hands-free listening option and shows how top newsrooms are practical about adopting AI audio tools.

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    Sam Altman opens up on OpenAI drama and AGI risks

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just gave a wide-ranging interview after being named TIME's CEO of the Year, discussing his brief ouster, AI governance, and the road to AGI. Altman called AGI humanity’s most powerful technology yet, admitting he feels far more pressure about steering superintelligence and countering election disinformation than boardroom politics.

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    Sam Altman named TIME’s 2023 CEO of the year

    Sam Altman just won TIME’s 2023 CEO of the Year after surviving a wild boardroom coup that nearly tore OpenAI apart. Just a year after launching ChatGPT, Altman transformed OpenAI into an $80 billion juggernaut and the face of the AI boom. Why it matters: The reinstatement cements Altman's unchecked influence over the frontier AI race, even as lingering questions remain about safety and internal governance.

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    Time names the 100 most influential people in AI

    Time just revealed its inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in AI, spotlighting figures from tech giants to global policymakers. The roster includes OpenAI's Sam Altman, Elon Musk, UAE's AI minister Omar Al Olama, and AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton. The ages range from an 18-year-old activist to a 76-year-old veteran, showing how diverse forces are steering the technology.

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    DeepMind's CEO wants AI developers to slow down

    DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is urging caution in the race toward AGI, directly pushing back against Facebook's famous mantra to 'move fast and break things.' With emerging risks spanning dangerous chemicals and rogue cyberattacks, Hassabis warns that developers cannot afford to deploy first and clean up the damage later.