AI
Sam Altman Promises a “Fun” ChatGPT—With Emojis and Erotica
Sam Altman says ChatGPT’s getting its personality back—and adding erotica for adults. The AI glow-up nobody asked for.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: The Vegas Tech Overload, Apple’s Robot Era, and Humanity’s Relentless Need for Printers
Read the latest SiliconSnark stories—from MWC Las Vegas and Apple CEO rumors to OpenAI’s app store, Cineverse’s streaming flop, and humanity’s undying love for printers.
Satire
Inside the OpenAI–Stripe Deal: A Totally Imagined, Deeply Snarky CEO Conversation
We imagine a snarky backroom chat between Sam Altman and Patrick Collison that turned ChatGPT into your new shopping mall.
Guides
The Definitive Guide to AI's GPTs and Friends
Your go-to, alphabetized field guide to the chatbots, large language models, and generative darlings currently powering our weird, slightly unsettling, extremely helpful digital future.
Launch
ChatGPT Pulse: Now Your AI Will Nag You Before You Even Ask
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive AI assistant that delivers daily personalized updates from your chats, calendar, and Gmail. Helpful productivity tool—or algorithmic nag?
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Apple’s Avalanche of Launches, Databricks’ Alphabet Soup, and Microsoft’s Empty Promises
This Week in Snark: Microsoft’s empty MOU, Apple’s press release flood, Databricks’ Series K, and Google censoring our funniest articles.
AI
Microsoft and OpenAI Announce a Memorandum of Understanding, Which Is Fancy Talk for “We’ll Get Back to You Later”
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a non-binding MOU with just 47 words — here’s an 800-word snarky breakdown of what the shortest press release in tech history really means.
AI
GPT-5 Stole the Show—And Every Other Tech Launch Today Is Just Background Noise
Snarky breakdown of the GPT-5 launch, highlighting new features, performance benchmarks, and OpenAI’s most ambitious model yet.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: TSA Scans, StreamStore Schemes, and Silicon-Powered Egos
Skewering TSA’s AI dreams, OpenAI’s power-hungry Stargate, Xfinity’s StreamStore mess, and more absurd 2025 headlines.
AI
OpenAI Stargate Expansion to Consume Power Equivalent of Four Tech Thought Leaders' Egos
OpenAI’s massive Stargate expansion sparks controversy over energy use as it partners with Oracle to build a 4.5GW AI data center.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: From Kiss Cam Collapses to Color-Picking Clouds
A snark-filled roundup of the week's wildest tech news, featuring Astronomer’s scandal, AI paint picks, spider silk deals, Ethernet hype, and more.
Guides
The Great AI Talent Wars: A Snarky 25-Year Retrospective
A snarky deep dive into the 25-year AI talent war, featuring Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Anthropic, DeepMind, and the billion-dollar bidding battles reshaping Silicon Valley.