Nikita Ostrovsky

TIME

Nikita reports on AI in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Previously, he studied physics (and some philosophy) at the University of Oxford, developed AI systems for museums at Axiell and dangerous capability evaluations of frontier AI models at LASR Labs.

Stories by Nikita
Nikita Ostrovsky
‘I Have This Baby on the Way. Are We Doomed?’: Inside ‘The AI Doc’
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Mar 27, 2026
Nikita Ostrovsky
How OpenAI Decides What ChatGPT Should—and Shouldn’t—Do
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Mar 25, 2026
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6 Graphs That Show Where the U.S. Leads China on AI—and Where It Doesn’t
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Jan 28, 2026
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How Do You Teach an AI to Be Good? Anthropic Just Published Its Answer
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Jan 21, 2026
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AI Is Moving Beyond Chatbots. Claude Cowork Shows What Comes Next
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Jan 15, 2026
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Starlink’s Quiet Role in Venezuela’s Political Crisis
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Jan 9, 2026
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3 Common Misunderstandings About AI in 2025
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Dec 29, 2025
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Five AI Developments That Changed Everything This Year
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Dec 22, 2025
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AI Is Getting Better at Science. OpenAI Is Testing How Far It Can Go
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Dec 16, 2025
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Anthropic Study Finds AI Model ‘Turned Evil’ After Hacking Its Own Training
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Nov 21, 2025
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5 Things to Know Before Using an AI Browser
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Nov 13, 2025
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A Timeline of the Battle for OpenAI: Musk, Altman, and the For-Profit Shift
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Oct 27, 2025
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OpenAI Removed Safeguards Before Teen’s Suicide, Amended Lawsuit Claims
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Oct 23, 2025
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OpenAI’s Sora Underscores the Growing Threat of Deepfakes
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Oct 20, 2025
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Is Sam Altman Gambling With the U.S. Economy?
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Oct 10, 2025
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AI Is Learning to Do the Jobs of Doctors, Lawyers, and Consultants
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Oct 1, 2025
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Why NVIDIA Is Buying Into Quantum Computing
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Sep 23, 2025
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AI Is Learning to Predict the Future—And Beating Humans at It
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Sep 18, 2025
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AI Is Scheming, and Stopping It Won’t Be Easy, OpenAI Study Finds
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Sep 18, 2025
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Inside the ‘Dead Internet’ Theory—and Why It’s Spreading
By Nikita Ostrovsky / Fellow
Sep 10, 2025