The Download: chaos at OpenAI, and the spa heated by bitcoin mining
Rhiannon Williams
created: May 19, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: May 20, 2025, 12:31 p.m.
—Niall Firth, executive editor, MIT Technology ReviewIn 2019, Karen Hao, a senior reporter with MIT Technology Review, pitched me a story about a then little-known company, OpenAI.
The finished story was a prescient look at a company at a tipping point—or already past it.
This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin miningAt first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end spas.
But after diving deep into the world of bitcoin, he realized he could fit cryptocurrency mining seamlessly into his business.
—Carrie KleinThis story is from the most recent edition of our print magazine, which is all about how technology is changing creativity.
7 months ago: MIT Technology Review