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FILE - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Altman, the ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry. San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday, Nov. 21: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO just days after his firing unleashed chaos

The ousted leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him just days ago. The move culminates a short but chaotic power struggle that shocked the tech industry and underscored the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence.

Then-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear speaks during the keynote address during Twitchcon at Moscone West in San Francisco on September 25, 2015. OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the AI world. Emmett Shear announced his new role Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in a post on X. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

What you need to know about Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s new interim CEO

OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader, Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence.

File - Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, gestures during an event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

IBM, EU, Disney and others pull ads from Elon Musk’s X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash

Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

An Amazon sign is shown at a location in San Francisco, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Amazon, will launch vehicle sales in the U.S. next year and allow local car dealers to sell directly to customers on its site. In a joint announcement with car manufacturer Hyundai on Thursday, Nov. 16, the two companies said Amazon will begin by offering Hyundai vehicles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Amazon will allow US customers to buy cars on its site from local car dealers starting next year

Want to buy a car on Amazon? Well, now you might get your chance. The e-commerce giant will launch vehicle sales in the U.S. next year and allow local car dealers to sell directly to customers on its site.

Amazon closing two clothing stores in another failed bid into physical retail

Amazon is saying goodbye to its clothing stores. The company said Thursday that it will close its two “Amazon Style” stores in Los Angeles and Columbus, Ohio.

Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says

A newly unredacted portion of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon says the company used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites.

FILE - United Auto Workers members walk the picket line during a strike at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory

Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union on Saturday as it escalated strikes against General Motors by adding a plant in Tennessee.

Amazon posts strong revenue and profits, says it’s in ‘best position’ it’s ever been before holidays

Amazon on Thursday reported strong revenue and profits from the summer months driven by growth in online sales and its advertising business.

In this picture, the desktop and mobile websites for Stable Diffusion are seen, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. Computer-generated child sexual abuse images made with artificial intelligence tools like Stable Diffusion are starting to proliferate on the internet and are so realistic that they can be indistinguishable from photographs depicting actual children, according to a new report. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. Now there are calls for action

A new report warns that the proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos.

File - Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sits on a podium at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 19, 2023. The fallout from the Israel-Hamas war has spilled into workplaces everywhere. In a LinkedIn post and a letter to employees, Bourla said he has been constantly on the phones with friends and relatives in Israel and expressed his horror of hearing of "civilians of all ages targeted and killed in cold blood, hostages taken and tortured." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war

The fallout from the Israel-Hamas war has spilled into workplaces everywhere, with corporate leaders from the highest ranks of prominent companies weighing in with their views while workers complain their voices are not being heard.

This photo provided by Amazon shows a drone delivering presciption drugs in College Station, Texas. Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The company said Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 that customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order. (Amazon via AP)

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries.

FILE - In this April 17, 2019, file photo, online customer reviews for a product are displayed on a computer in New York. Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said Tuesday, Oct. 17. 2023 they’re going to team up to battle fake reviews. Amazon, reviews site Glassdoor and Trustpilot as well as travel companies Expedia Group, Booking.com and Tripadvisor announced they're launching a group called the “Coalition for Trusted Reviews." (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

The internet is littered with fake reviews. Amazon, Glassdoor and others are trying to fight back

Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said Tuesday they’re going to team up to battle fake reviews.

TikTok and content creators challenging Montana’s ban face off with the state in federal court

TikTok and Montana faced off in federal court in a case filed by the video sharing app and five content creators who want the court to temporarily block the state’s ban on the platform before it takes effect on Jan. 1.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘Addictive’ social media feeds that keep children online targeted by New York lawmakers

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users. Gov.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, left, and Britain's Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, participate in The Archewell Foundation Parents' Summit "Mental Wellness in the Digital Age" as part of Project Healthy Minds' World Mental Health Day Festival on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say social media is harming kids’ and teens’ mental health

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are calling for social media platforms to adopt better content-moderation policies and other fixes.

FILE - An Amazon Prime delivery vehicle is seen in downtown Pittsburgh on March 18, 2020. The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC

The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon is the most aggressive move it has taken yet to tame the market power of a company that’s become synonymous with online shopping and fast deliveries.

Palestinians inspect the rubble Abu Helal family in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The strike killed dozens of people.(AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Aid groups scramble to help as Israel-Hamas war intensifies and Gaza blockade complicates efforts

Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and Hamas and determine what aid operations are still safe to continue, efforts that are being complicated by an intensified blockade of Gaza and the ongoing fighting.

TikTok videos promoting steroid use have millions of views, says report criticized by the company

TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors promoting steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to millions of the app’s users, according to a report released Thursday that the social media company disputes.

Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.

This image provided by Amazon, shows an Amazon Echo device. Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features to better compete with other tech companies who've rolled out flashy chatbots. During a demonstration in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, Amazon’s devices chief Dave Limp said the latest language model will allow consumers to have more human-like conversations with a “smarter and more conversational” Alexa. (Amazon via AP)

Amazon unveils a ‘smarter and more conversational’ Alexa amid AI race among tech companies

Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features amid the heated AI race among tech companies.

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers for holiday season. Target says it will add nearly 100,000

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will hire 250,000 full and part-time workers for the holiday season, a 67% jump compared to last year.

Amazon says its increasing pay for contracted delivery drivers

Amazon says it’s boosting pay for contracted drivers who deliver millions of packages to customers every day.

This combination image created and provided by TikTok shows a product listing on TikTok from the retail company Revolve. TikTok is fully launching its e-commerce product in the U.S. in an effort to translate the app’s cultural relevance among young consumers to sales. The company said Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, that its shopping wing, called TikTok Shop, will include several features such as a “Shop Tab,” a marketplace its been testing on the app since August; affiliate videos in user’s feed that allows creators to earn commissions from products; as well as a logistics arm called Fulfilled by TikTok that stores and ships products for merchants. (TikTok via AP)

TikTok Shop launches in the U.S. as the company bets big on e-commerce

After months of testing, TikTok is fully launching its e-commerce product in the U.S., in an effort to translate the app’s cultural relevance among young consumers to sales.

FILE - AWS CEO Andy Jassy speaks in Las Vegas, on Dec. 5, 2019. Amazon employees have been pushing back against the company’s return to office policy for months - and it seems Jassy has had enough. During a pre-recorded internal Q&A session earlier this month, Jassy told employees it was “past the time to disagree and commit” with the policy, which requires corporate employees to be in the office three days a week. (Isaac Brekken/AP Images for NFL, File)

Amazon CEO says ‘it’s probably not going to work out’ for employees who defy return-to-office policy

Amazon employees have been pushing back against the company’s return to office policy for months — and it seems the ecommerce giant’s CEO has had enough.

FILE - Packages pass through a scanner at an Amazon fulfillment center, Aug. 3, 2017, in Baltimore. Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers need to spend on its site to get free shipping. To qualify for no-cost deliveries, some Amazon customers who don’t have Prime memberships now need to spend $35, up from $25 previously. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Amazon is raising free-shipping minimums for some customers who don’t have Prime memberships

Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping.

FILE - United Parcel Service driver Hudson de Almeida steers through a neighborhood while delivering packages, June 30, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass. The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday, Aug. 22, that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month, putting a final seal on contentious labor negotiations that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries

The union representing 340,000 UPS workers says its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month.

Workers picket outside an Amazon distribution center on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Palmdale, Calif. Dozens of Amazon drivers and dispatchers who work for a California-based delivery firm the Teamsters unionized in April have been picketing company warehouses, calling on the e-commerce behemoth to come to the table and bargain over pay and working conditions. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Teamsters add their heft to dozens of Amazon delivery drivers picketing around the country

The Teamsters flexed their muscles during contract negotiations with UPS last month, securing pay hikes for drivers and scoring other wins.

This image provided by shows Amazon shows the new generative AI product review feature. Amazon is rolling out a generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews for customers. The company said in a blog post Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, that it will use AI to pick out common themes in reviews and summarize them in a short paragraph on the product detail page. (Amazon via AP)

Amazon is rolling out a generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews

Amazon is rolling out a generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews for customers. The company said in a blog post Monday that it will use AI to pick out common themes in reviews and summarize them in a short paragraph on the product detail page.

Ayana Parsons, right, and Arian Simone, of Fearless Fund attend a during a news conference Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in New York. Attorneys for an Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program investing in Black women have vowed to fight back against the lawsuit calling it misguided and frivolous. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Fund sued over grant program for Black women enlists prominent civil rights attorneys to fight back

Attorneys for an Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program investing in Black women have vowed to fight back against the lawsuit calling it misguided and frivolous.

Amazon reports better-than-expected revenue and profits for 2Q, sending its stock higher

Amazon on Thursday posted better-than-expected revenue and profits for the second quarter, sending its stock higher in after-hours trading.