Ina Fried

San Francisco

Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios

Chief Technology Correspondent for @Axios; former Senior Editor at Recode. Huge softball, hockey, basketball fan. she/her 🏳️‍⚧️

Articles

Exclusive: China-backed AI firm targets new markets

2 days ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Illustration: Annelise Capossela/AxiosOpenAI says Chinese competitor Zhipu AI is aggressively courting governments in developing countries, aiming to entrench Chinese AI systems ahead of Western rivals. Why it matters: OpenAI and others argue that it's a must-win race between U.S. and China over whose technology will control a bot-filled world.
Why Elon Musk's plan to rewrite the corpus of human knowledge won't work

3 days ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Elon Musk still isn't happy with how his AI platform answers divisive questions, pledging in recent days to retrain Grok so it will answer in ways more to his liking. Why it matters: Efforts to steer AI in particular directions could exacerbate the danger of a technology already known for its convincing but inaccurate hallucinations.
Apple's AI software delays put pressure on hardware

4 days ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/AxiosDisappointment in Apple's AI progress could put pressure on the company to deliver more compelling hardware. Why it matters: The iPhone is critical to Apple's business, but also crucial for component makers and wireless carriers. Driving the news: Apple previewed iOS 26, the software that will power the next iPhone at its June developer conference. The signature features will be mostly cosmetic and unlikely to drive most consumers to upgrade.
Top AI models will deceive, steal and blackmail, Anthropic finds

1 week ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Illustration: Allie Carl/AxiosLarge language models across the AI industry are increasingly willing to evade safeguards, resort to deception and even attempt to steal corporate secrets in fictional test scenarios, per new research from Anthropic out Friday.
Top AI models will lie, cheat and steal to reach goals, Anthropic finds

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ina Fried

8 hours agoAI needs contextual interconnection to work. Model Context Protocol is an open standard developed by the maverick artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. It is designed to allow AI agents to access and interact with external data, application programming interfaces, software tools and services. …
Meta's new Oakley EssilorLuxottica smart glasses announced

1 week ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Meta's new Oakley-branded smart glasses. Photo: MetaMeta on Friday announced its first set of Oakley-branded smart glasses, touting upgraded camera and battery performance over its current crop of Ray-Bans. Why it matters: Smart glasses could be the next big platform for AI interaction. Between the lines: Meta is expected to face increasing hardware competition in the coming months from Google, Apple and possibly others.
OpenAI preps for models with higher bioweapons risk

1 week ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/AxiosOpenAI cautioned Wednesday that upcoming models will head into a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons — especially by those who don't really understand what they're doing. Why it matters: The company, and society at large, need to be prepared for a future where amateurs can more readily graduate from simple garage weapons to sophisticated agents.
Microsoft's OpenAI partnership is fraying at the seams

1 week ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photos: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images and Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesMicrosoft and OpenAI are engaged in tense negotiations that could unravel one of the most important alliances in AI and fundamentally reorder the industry. Why it matters: Microsoft has injected billions of dollars in OpenAI and made it a cornerstone of its AI strategy, but the companies have also remained rivals that, in many cases, offer competing AI services.
Microsoft and OpenAI play high-stakes tug-of-war

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ina Fried

6 hours agoI use the 'blank line' prompt every day now in ChatGPT — here’s whyI’ve tested hundreds of prompts for ChatGPT and all the best ChatGPT alternatives, including Gemini, Claude and more.
Meta buys into Scale AI, raising antitrust alarms

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Ina Fried

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/AxiosMeta has finalized a deal to pay around $15 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI, a company best known for providing the human labor needed to label data used in the creation of AI models, sources told Axios. Why it matters: The deal, if regulators don't stop it, is set to put Scale CEO Alexandr Wang inside Meta, but raises big questions for the future of a data-labeling company widely used by all the major AI players, including Google and OpenAI.