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Ian Krietzberg

A visionary reporter at the forefront of his field, Ian Krietzberg covers the business of A.I. with the expert sourcing and candid insights of a practitioner—exploring the industries that large language models are transforming, the arms race to unleash superintelligence, the battle to separate fact from science fiction, and how it’s all playing out on Wall Street and in Washington.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
school computer ai
Ian Krietzberg • September 11, 2025
School of Grok
A bracing roundtable with professors and academics about how A.I. has invaded their classrooms, whether it’s incompatible with the aims of higher education, and their recently published open letter calling on universities to reject the use of generative A.I. in schools.
Sam Altman
Ian Krietzberg • September 9, 2025
Sam Altman’s Legal Turing Test
The latest lawsuit over a chatbot-fueled tragedy raises novel questions for OpenAI and the artificial intelligence industry: Would a “reasonable person” rely upon ChatGPT for important life decisions? And does a lack of reasonable safeguards amount to negligence?
HER movie
Ian Krietzberg • September 4, 2025
Id, Ego & A.I.
Slingshot, which counts a16z as an investor, recently launched “Ash,” a new therapy chatbot that’s being billed as a cheap pocket shrink. Is this an improvement on the current anthropomorphizing of ChatGPT, a preview of the inevitable, or just a really bad idea?
waiter robot ai job
Ian Krietzberg • September 2, 2025
The A.I. Jobpocalypse, Revisited
Another new academic paper adds some nuance to the dystopian narrative that A.I. is coming for all of our jobs. As usual, the truth is more complex and, frankly, uncertain.
Tye Sheridan Nikola Todorovic
Ian Krietzberg • August 28, 2025
Can A.I. Make Hollywood Great Again?
Amid all the hyperventilating and legitimate fears over generative A.I., a new wave of entrepreneurs is creating more specialized, A.I.-fueled VFX tools to empower directors, lower effects budgets, and maybe even help the industry embrace its future.
Hurricane Helene florida damage
Ian Krietzberg • August 26, 2025
The Day After Tomorrow
Weather prediction agencies across the world are embracing A.I. models to assist with forecasting, but there are plenty of reasons to believe old-school, physics-based models aren’t going anywhere. Instead, the real revolution will involve the encroachment of the private sector on the industry.
Alexandr Wang
Ian Krietzberg • August 21, 2025
The Big Wang Theory
In the span of a few months, Meta has split its A.I. unit in two, launched a superintelligence lab, gone on a multibillion-dollar hiring spree, and restructured the same unit again. Now, it has put 28-year-old Alexandr Wang in charge of the whole enchilada. Meta says there’s nothing to see here, but the scramble says a lot about where the industry is now—and where it’s headed.
Danielle Perszyk amazon agi labs
Ian Krietzberg • August 19, 2025
Amazon’s A.G.I. Prime
While others have abandoned the pursuit of artificial general intelligence, Amazon’s AGI Labs is still chasing the dream. Cognitive scientist Danielle Perszyk explains how they’re trying to build advanced, reliable agents—and ruminates on the existential implications if they succeed.
Karanandeep Anand
Ian Krietzberg • August 14, 2025
Time to Pretend
A year after Character.AI was sued over the suicide of a teen who allegedly became obsessed with its chatbot, the company’s new C.E.O., Karandeep Anand, opens up about the company’s evolving business model, its $2.7 billion Google deal, and pivoting from companionship to entertainment.
Sam Altman
Ian Krietzberg • August 12, 2025
Altman in the Iron Mask
The poor reception of GPT-5 is likely due, in part, to growing doubts that Altman’s long-espoused goal of achieving A.G.I. is as close as he claims. If it isn’t, the industry has much larger problems on its hands.
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