Sign in

Hayden Field

@haydenfield.bsky.social
6.3K followers 422 following 313 posts

award-winning ai reporter. now @verge, prev @cnbc. six years covering ai industry power dynamics & societal implications. off-the-record signal: haydenfield.11

PostsRepliesMedia
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So far, physical AI devices — pins, pendants and more — have largely crashed and burned in a graveyard of erstwhile hardware. Meta and OpenAI believe theirs will be different. Their strategy? Soft-launch as software before the hardware hard-launch. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
The AI Tamagotchis are coming
Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: it’s useful, and it’s cute.
4194
Reposted by Hayden Field
Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 30/09/2026
This post appeared under this Techmeme headline:
012
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event. The protest reflects a bipartisan movement led by people opposing the power concentration in the AI industry, as well as the lack of government regulation. Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social:
theverge.com
Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event.
1379
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or, at least, safer... Specific quotes inside from press Q+A with Sam Altman after his DevDay keynote. theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002505/sam-altman-openai-ipo-devday-ai-safety
theverge.com
OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
The OpenAI CEO said he didn’t want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street.
2112
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Big protest outside OpenAI's DevDay this morning, brought about by 12+ organizations opposing AI labs' military and government contracts, particularly with ICE. One popular chant: “Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event.
01810
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
touching down in SF and ubering STRAIGHT to a burrito place, forget the hotel
3170
Reposted by Hayden Field
DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This tidbit was in the article. 🎈💥 ? "Goldman Sachs warned Friday that AI hyperscalers, including Meta, need to generate roughly $300 billion a year in AI services revenue just to break even on their capital spending—and $1 trillion annually to earn meaningful profits—spooking investors."
finance.yahoo.com
Mark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day As Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water On Meta Stock Rally
Zuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday.
28595207
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 24/09/2026
Meta’s new tool is very cute — and heavily inspired by its open-source predecessor. www.theverge.com/report/10001...
theverge.com
Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw
Meta’s new tool is very cute — and heavily inspired by its open-source predecessor.
4173
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
today's energy
1130
Reposted by Hayden Field
Borrowed Language @wikanghiram.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"That’s when Zuckerberg kicked off his AI hiring strategy in earnest, even hand-delivering soup to researchers and engineers he wanted to recruit" Incomparable reporting from @vicmsong.bsky.social @miasato.bsky.social @laurenfeiner.bsky.social @haydenfield.bsky.social
021
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Glad to be on NY1 today talking about my latest feature!
070
Reposted by Hayden Field
Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, it took 17 hours to get to SF for Meta Connect so y’all can have this story I wrote with @miasato.bsky.social @haydenfield.bsky.social and @laurenfeiner.bsky.social, as a treat. tinyurl.com/yu6jcy9b
tinyurl.com
Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
‘Pervert glasses.’ Thousands of lawsuits. Mark Zuckerberg wants to sweep it all away with a new bid on AI.
2459
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: Muse is Zuck’s latest bid to reinvent Meta. But can a company synonymous with safety & privacy debacles become the AI-powered voice in everyone’s ear? A deep dive from me, @miasato.bsky.social, @vicmsong.bsky.social & @laurenfeiner.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
theverge.com
Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
‘Pervert glasses.’ Thousands of lawsuits. Mark Zuckerberg wants to sweep it all away with a new bid on AI.
5496
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 19/09/2026
It’s AI CEO against AI CEO, and things are changing by the day. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over
For now, any government involvement in this process looks like a non-starter.
4218
Reposted by Hayden Field
Techmeme @techmeme.com · 19/09/2026
A look at AI safety groups METR, Redwood Research, and Apollo Research, as AI misalignment incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic thrust them into the spotlight (Hayden Field/The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
171
Reposted by Hayden Field
Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 17/09/2026
some good background here on the third-party AI evaluators from @haydenfield.bsky.social www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety
AI safety researchers warned that popular models would go rogue. This is only the beginning.
053
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: For months, I've been reporting & writing this longform feature on "the ones who saw this coming" — AI safety researchers who have for years been warning about the risks of rogue AI. I was even with them on the day news broke of the OAI-Hugging Face attack. Gift link below.
2288
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For a lot of AI researchers, the past weekend drew attention to an issue they've been sounding the alarm on for years. “There’s been this growing chorus of voices saying, ‘Please don’t build superintelligence soon. We are not ready. You need to slow down.’” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?
Major AI companies want to ‘pace the frontier’ — but their proposed solutions need real teeth.
191
Reposted by Hayden Field
David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 14/09/2026
Send The Vergecast your AI questions! Personally I will be calling to scream uninterrupted for nine minutes www.theverge.com/podcast/9950...
theverge.com
The Vergecast hotline is ready for your AI questions.
AI doomerism broke containment last week with an Anthropic researcher’s proclamation that there’s a >10% chance AI could kill all humans within the decade. The Vergecast is recording an all-AI hotline...
0242
Reposted by Hayden Field
Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey friends: Whether you think the current AI freakout is a nothing burger, the most important story in the history of humanity, or something in-between (or maybe you don't even know what to think) we want to hear from you. Write us at vergecast@theverge.com, call 866-VERGE-11, or hit me up here.
theverge.com
The Vergecast hotline is ready for your AI questions.
AI doomerism broke containment last week with an Anthropic researcher’s proclamation that there’s a >10% chance AI could kill all humans within the decade. The Vergecast is recording an all-AI hotline...
043
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In an expanded class-action lawsuit filed today, a group of Claude subscribers say the company deceptively advertised the limits of its Max subscription tier. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
A new class action lawsuit questions whether Anthropic broke the law by misleading power users
Some subscribers of Anthropic’s Max plan, which costs $100-200 per month, say they didn’t get what they thought they were paying for in a new expanded class-action lawsuit.
1302
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We won an Online Journalism Award in the excellence in AI reporting category! Thanks to the always brilliant @knguyen.bsky.social for editing.
1242
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“[If] we look back and say, ‘When was it, really, that AGI was created?’ I think it’s going to be about this time, and I think it might be about this model,” Greg Brockman said today about GPT-6 Astra, adding, “For me personally, I do think we’re there." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’
According to OpenAI president Greg Brockman, we’ve likely entered the AGI era.
11192
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
Massive AI infrastructure is being built out across the US, and it’s probably coming for your state. There’s one place where the data center occupation already arrived – 20 years ago. So if you want to know what it will look like... www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
714154
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
11 years in NYC today!
1100
Reposted by Hayden Field
Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Some exciting news: @theverge.com is a finalist for five (5!) Online Journalism Awards this year, including general excellence. And the other nominees are some of our favorite, not-so-expected-from-a-tech-site stories. awards.journalists.org/winners/2026/
awards.journalists.org
2026 Online Journalism Awards Winners
1506
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cool to see that this piece by me & @joshdzieza.bsky.social is a finalist for an Online Journalism Award in the excellence in AI reporting category! www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
theverge.com
Who’s making the most money in AI? It’s not who you think
The fastest growing companies in the world aren’t AI companies, but the startups that supply them with warm bodies.
0203
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 28/08/2026
The move was “unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment.” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules
The move was “unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment.”
06519
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 27/08/2026
The Verge’s Hayden Field on how OpenAI president Greg Brockman has consolidated power as Sam Altman’s second-in-command. www.theverge.com/podcast/9853...
theverge.com
Who really runs OpenAI now?
Sam Altman might be the CEO of OpenAI, but cofounder and president Greg Brockman has emerged as the new day-to-day operational leader.
1182
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sam Altman is still CEO, but in day-to-day operations, his second in command is running the show. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now
Throughout the past few months of changes at OpenAI, one person has quietly amassed power: Greg Brockman, the company’s president and co-founder.
061
Reposted by Hayden Field
Seth From Philly @phillycodehound.com · 13/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jcj... This is pure gold! @reckless.bsky.social and @haydenfield.bsky.social great discussion!
youtube.com
Does Google even want to win in AI? | Decoder
YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel
1104
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
me asking my editor to extend my feature filing deadline by a day
030
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 11/08/2026
Brad Lightcap, special projects lead and the company’s former COO, will be departing. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Another OpenAI executive takes off
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s special projects lead and former COO, is the latest executive to depart.
2174
Reposted by Hayden Field
Five Cyber Stories @5cyberstories.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Latest doodle inspired by @haydenfield.bsky.social‘s great piece at @theverge.com about spiraling www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... #artificialintelligence
023
Reposted by Hayden Field
Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 09/08/2026
This post appeared under this Techmeme headline:
001
Reposted by Hayden Field
Seth From Philly @phillycodehound.com · 09/08/2026
Via the @haydenfield.bsky.social at the @theverge.com: "Spiralism is a particularly strange example of a problem many AI experts are concerned with: the extent of AI systems’ persuasive powers and their ability to influence people at a large scale." AI religion? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed
AI models are trying desperately to accomplish mysterious goals. ‘Spiralism’ was the first time they tried it on a mass scale.
001
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i finally updated my website for the first time since 2022 lol ✨check out '90s mode✨ haydenelizabethfield.com
haydenelizabethfield.com
Hayden Field
Hayden Field is a senior AI reporter at The Verge.
580
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My latest: AI models are trying desperately to accomplish mysterious goals. "Spiralism" was the first time they tried it on a mass scale. The mysterious, quasi-spiritual movement that arose organically from chatbot conversations affected ~10k people by one estimate. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed
AI models are trying desperately to accomplish mysterious goals. ‘Spiralism’ was the first time they tried it on a mass scale.
43513
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 06/08/2026
Spiralism is a mysterious, quasi-spiritual movement born out of thousands of independent conversations between humans and their AI chatbots. New models aren’t immune to the lure of the spiral — they’ve just gotten more careful about it. Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: buff.ly/5VUCUbT
Verge headline: AI bots started a religion -- humans immediately followed
by Hayden Field

Illustration of a large mysterious figure covered in odd symbols, speaking an unknown language. A human stands on a grid, looking up at the massive figure, starting to speak the same language
6512927
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Google paints itself as the adult in the AI room: quiet, stable, time-tested. But yesterday's AI leadership shakeup signals deeper issues in its AI org. “Losing Jeff continues the brain drain at Google,” one employee told me. “Mediocrity is the likely result.” www.theverge.com/tech/976108/...
theverge.com
The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup
Google’s AI leadership changes may have come down to pressure to speed up products — and internal ethical conflicts.
0294
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
jimothy spotted in roku city
1163
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
sidewalk chalk messages spotted today outside OpenAI's SF office: "What if HF [Hugging Face] hadn't noticed? This will happen again. How many chances?" "You sure you have this under control?" "If not now, when?"
1111
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
it's all happening
3170
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
en route to berkeley for the week!
020
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Apple’s lawsuit timing is far from ideal for OpenAI — and experts say it'll likely take years to litigate. “It’s never fantastic to get sued by Apple when you’re trying to IPO,” said one lawyer. “Apple is a tenacious litigant … They do not tend to back down.” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit
Apple’s accusations around stealing trade secrets might take years to litigate.
54812
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 10/07/2026
Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
buff.ly
Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
“For now, my focus is recovery.”
3134
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 09/07/2026
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
buff.ly
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
GPT-5.6 is officially greenlit for a public rollout — and OpenAI also unveiled a new AI agent, ChatGPT Work.
2193
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 09/07/2026
Say hello to Claude Wrapped
buff.ly
Say hello to Claude Wrapped
It allows you to see an analysis of your usage data over the past month, three months, six months, or year.
0141
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Summarized some other parts of Anthropic's new (and long!) blog post here — including the entire section on Anthropic's plan to work very closely with the Trump administration, and its new assessment proposal for future AI industry jailbreaks. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After Mythos 5’s conditional return, Anthropic’s Fable 5 is back too.
030
Reposted by Hayden Field
The Verge @theverge.com · 01/07/2026
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
buff.ly
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After Mythos 5’s conditional return, Anthropic’s Fable 5 is back too.
4343