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Hayden Field

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Senior AI reporter at The Verge. 5+ years covering the AI industry's power dynamics, societal implications & the arms race at large. Previously: CNBC, Morning Brew, Protocol, etc. Contact me securely on Signal: haydenfield.11

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · Jul 11

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.
www.theverge.com/openai/70599...

OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and its CEO is going to Google

Key researchers from the AI coding startup are also heading to Google.

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 14h

someone is posting scam openAI event flyers around SF

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 1d

lol

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OpenAI in 2023: 2 million developers, 100 million weekly ChatGPT users

OpenAI in 2025: 4 million developers, 800 million+ weekly ChatGPT users

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 1d

No word yet on exactly what will be announced, but we may hear updates about the buzzy AI device OpenAI is building with Ive and his team, as well as new information on how OpenAI will change Sora, its new social media app for AI-generated video.

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 1d

Today I'm on the ground at OpenAI's annual event, DevDay.

The vibes are as follows:

-Keynote by Sam Altman
-Media Q&A with execs like Greg Brockman & Brad Lightcap
-Developer state of the union
-Fireside chat between Altman and famed former Apple designer Jony Ive

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 1d

morning sf!

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An anime version of Jesus Christ flipping tables. OpenAI employees performing in Hamilton costumes. News anchors discussing a story on television. A man doing a thirst-trap TikTok dance. Sam Altman — stealing GPUs on CCTV, listening to a business pitch, crying.

Welcome to Sora.

The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

I’ve fallen into Sora’s slippery slop

AI Altmans as far as the eye can see.

buff.ly

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 4d

A vision of an all-slop future

I’ve fallen into Sora’s slippery slop

AI Altmans as far as the eye can see.

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 2d

✨ heading to SF today and i'll be there through Friday! ✨

engineers, researchers, anyone in AI -- i'd love to grab coffee or drinks. DM me or message me on Signal @ haydenfield.11

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 5d

I guest-hosted another episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast!

We chatted about the good, the bad & the future of AI agents, with Anthropic’s David Hershey (its applied AI lead) as our guest to discuss Claude Sonnet 4.5 & the current agentic landscape. www.theverge.com/podcast/7897...

Are AI agents finally good enough?

Anthropic’s David Hershey joins Decoder to discuss Claude Sonnet 4.5 and the path forward for agentic AI.

www.theverge.com

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 7d

Earlier this week, I watched OpenAI CEO Sam Altman drink from a gigantic mango juice box & remark aloud about how it was half his size. The catch: None of it was real.

But the most concerning part is that I couldn’t tell the deepfake from reality.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

OpenAI made a TikTok for deepfakes, and it’s getting hard to tell what’s real

We’ll see how this goes…

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 7d

I mentioned this on a podcast we taped yesterday! And got a lot more details about what was built. Should be out tomorrow.

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, this was definitely a rudimentary example proj from my understanding -- more testing the limits of how long it could run for in terms of hours.

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 8d

Anthropic’s latest AI model spent 30 hours running by itself to code a chat app akin to Slack or Teams.

It spat out about 11,000 lines of code, according to Anthropic, and it only stopped running when it had completed the task.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy

It can run autonomously for 30 hours straight, per Anthropic.

www.theverge.com

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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 12d

It was great speaking to @haydenfield.bsky.social on the Decoder podcast, where we discussed the relationship between safety and the push for generative AI to be deployed within military applications.
www.theverge.com/podcast/7848...

How AI safety took a backseat to military money

Heidy Khlaff discusses the industry shift toward military applications and what it means for AI safety.

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 12d

My 2nd time guest-hosting The Verge's Decoder podcast:

We dove into more AI boom ripple effects, like how AI labs are working overtime with weapons makers & the military. The AI Now Institute's @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social, who used to work with OpenAI, breaks it down. www.theverge.com/podcast/7848...

How AI safety took a backseat to military money

Heidy Khlaaf discusses the industry shift toward military applications and what it means for AI safety.

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 12d

Surprise, surprise: Elon Musk's xAI is partnering with the Trump admin. Federal agencies will be able to use its models.

The news comes after xAI has been widely criticized for its lack of safety processes & surveillance risks. My piece on this from two weeks ago: www.theverge.com/x-ai/775411/...

The MechaHitler defense contract is raising red flags

Surprise!

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 14d

OpenAI, Oracle & SoftBank just announced 5 new AI data centers as part of Stargate, saying it will “put Stargate ahead of schedule to secure full $500 billion, 10-gigawatt commitment by end of 2025.”

The news comes one day after OpenAI announced its big partnership with Nvidia.

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 17d

Fantastic discussion between @haydenfield.bsky.social and @kashhill.bsky.social! The societal impact of AI is something we can't overlook. If you haven't already, be sure to listen to this podcast episode on AI psychosis!
#ResponsibleAI #AISafety #MentalHealth

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 19d

New podcast ep on AI psychosis:
The explosive growth of AI chatbots is starting to have noticeable, profound & at times disturbing effects on some users. There’s a lot to unpack. So I guest-hosted Decoder & brought on the NYT's @kashhill.bsky.social to break it down. www.theverge.com/podcast/7799...

How chatbots are enabling AI psychosis

There’s no real ghost in the machine, but people still look.

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much!

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 14d

We need this!!!!

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 15d

new: OpenAI is teaming up with Nvidia via a “strategic partnership” that will get the ChatGPT-maker more compute + cash on its road to superintelligence.

Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI “as each gigawatt is deployed.”
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Nvidia is partnering up with OpenAI to offer compute and cash

A deal for ‘at least’ 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters

www.theverge.com

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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 19d

We also talked about how chatbots can affect users' mental health in other concerning ways — especially users in vulnerable mindsets, and teens. You can listen at the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 19d

How chatbots are enabling AI psychosis

There’s no real ghost in the machine, but people still look.

www.theverge.com

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Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social · 20d

I was honestly not expecting to admire the guys doing hunger strikes in front of AI companies the way this @haydenfield.bsky.social piece left me doing. A small gesture in the scheme of things? Maybe! But they seem to take AI's implications more seriously than any of the CEOs working on it.

The hunger strike to end AI

Protesters are spending their days outside Anthropic in San Francisco and Google DeepMind in London.

www.theverge.com

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