Andrej Karpathy’s remarks come at a time of rising concerns about AI replacing workers, of mass layoffs, with AI being seen as the culprit.

OpenAI said today it has bought a company called Software Applications Inc., which is building an artificial intelligence-based natural language interface for Apple Inc.’s Mac computers.

OpenAI on Thursday said it bought Software Applications Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The two-year-old artificial intelligence startup develops Sky, which allows Mac users to take action on their screens and within apps using text-based prompts.

The move followed a viral controversy in which users of OpenAI’s Sora 2 model, an AI text-to-video generator, generated a realistic AI-made video of actor Bryan Cranston appearing alongside a digital likeness of Michael Jackson—without the actor's consent.

OpenAI, along with Oracle and Vantage Data Centers, will develop a data center campus in Wisconsin, as part of the Stargate project, to keep the U.S. ahead in the global artificial intelligence race,