Hayden Field
@haydenfield
Senior AI reporter @Verge. Prev @CNBC, @MorningBrew, @Protocol & @Entrepreneur. Bylines @WiredUK, @techreview, etc. Signal: haydenfield.11
It's my first day @verge as senior AI reporter! I'll still be covering all things AI, incl leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google & Meta, plus high-flying startups. Pitch me at [email protected] & tip me on Signal (anon or not) at haydenfield.11. Psyched to get started!
Grok will no longer call itself Hitler or base its opinions on Elon Musk’s, promises xAI theverge.com/x-ai/707442/gr…
oh my God lol
NEWS: Cognition buys Windsurf in yet another AI deal, swooping in after Google bought Windsurf's founders and tech while leaving the rest of company behind windsurf employees will all participate financially, receiving accelerated vested shares nytimes.com/2025/07/14/tec…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei own words in a leaked memo explaining why the company was now seeking funding from Middle East countries, which Amodei acknowledged would likely enrich "dictators"
This is one of the most important research findings I've seen this year.
In a joint paper with @OwainEvans_UK as part of the Anthropic Fellows Program, we study a surprising phenomenon: subliminal learning. Language models can transmit their traits to other models, even in what appears to be meaningless data. x.com/OwainEvans_UK/…
You can now follow me as an author on The Verge—no subscription required! :) Sign in/sign up for a free account, then head to my author page + hit "follow" under my picture. Then you can go to the homepage & add topics and other authors to your feed. theverge.com/authors/hayden…
Instacart’s former CEO is taking the reins of a big chunk of OpenAI theverge.com/openai/710836/…
I sent ChatGPT Agent out to shop for me theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent, which can control an entire computer and perform multi-step tasks, powered by a new dedicated model, rolling out to paid users (@haydenfield / The Verge) theverge.com/ai-artificial-… techmeme.com/250717/p38#a25…
NEW: OpenAI is going all-in on the most-hyped trend in AI: Agents. Today it released "ChatGPT Agent," a combo of two prior products (Operator + Deep Research). Enter: AI-booked date nights, Labubu research reports, and more. theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
the verge adds a detail: five data areas remain a priority — code, languages, experts, audio, and experimental theverge.com/news/708377/sc…
"We ramped up our GenAl capacity too quickly over the past year," Scale's new CEO wrote in an email, adding, "It's clear this approach created inefficiencies and redundancies. We created too many layers, excessive bureaucracy, and unhelpful confusion about the team's mission."
Scale AI lays off 200 employees, ‘We ramped up our GenAI capacity too quickly’ theverge.com/news/708377/sc…
Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of Windsurf's R&D employees to focus on agentic coding efforts at DeepMind (@haydenfield / The Verge) theverge.com/openai/705999/… techmeme.com/250711/p28#a25…
Scoop: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off. The startup's CEO, co-founder & some R&D team members are all going to Google DeepMind to support its AI efforts and work on Gemini. theverge.com/openai/705999/…
How much of a role did Steve Bannon's War Room (and friends) end up killing the AI moratorium? Quite a bit, it appears. My latest: theverge.com/politics/70442…
Sources: some AI researchers rejected Meta's offers to stay at jobs that align with their values; far fewer defected from Anthropic and DeepMind than OpenAI (@haydenfield / The Verge) theverge.com/ai-artificial-… techmeme.com/250710/p29#a25…
NEW: Mark Zuckerberg’s Hail Mary is paying a premium for some of the AI world's brightest minds to safeguard Meta’s future. But although its primary weapon is vast amounts of money, sources we talked to across the AI industry questioned whether it's enough.theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
The livestream delays will continue until morale improves
I'll be on BBC World's Newshour radio program in just a few minutes, talking about my story on xAI updating Grok to be more "politically incorrect" which led to a flood of the chatbot's antisemitic posts. Tune in if you can!