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Image models drive 6.5x more AI app downloads than chatbot upgrades
Appfigures data shows Nano Banana added 22M Gemini installs in 28 days; ChatGPT's 4o image model converted to $70M.
OpenAI and Anthropic Pay Private Equity to Reach the Mid-Market Before IPO
OpenAI seeds a $10 billion joint venture with TPG, Bain and Brookfield while Anthropic strikes a $1.5 billion pact with Blackstone and Goldman Sachs.
Brockman Says AI Wrote 80% of OpenAI Code by Month's End, Up from 20%
OpenAI president Greg Brockman puts the company 70 to 80 percent of the way to AGI, drawing pushback from rival researchers.
Anthropic and OpenAI launch parallel joint ventures to chase enterprise AI deals
Anthropic's $1.5B vehicle with Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman lands hours before OpenAI's $10B Development Company surfaces.
Musk texted Brockman 'most hated men in America' before OpenAI trial, filing claims
OpenAI's Sunday filing tried to enter the settlement exchange into evidence; the judge ruled it inadmissible.
Musk's lone AI expert at OpenAI trial warns of AGI arms race
Berkeley's Stuart Russell told jurors AGI development creates winner-take-all dynamics that pull labs away from safety work.
Musk's 'World War III' Twitter threat resurfaces at OpenAI trial
OpenAI wants the judge to admit a pre-trial message from Musk to Greg Brockman warning he and Sam Altman would be 'the most hated men in America.'
Musk sought settlement with OpenAI before Oakland trial, filing shows
A new court filing reveals Elon Musk attempted to resolve his OpenAI lawsuit before jury selection in Oakland.
Harvard study: OpenAI's o1 beat ER doctors on triage diagnoses, 67% to 55%
In a 76-patient Beth Israel trial, o1 matched or outperformed two attending physicians and GPT-4o at the first diagnostic touchpoint.
Super PAC tied to OpenAI and Palantir execs pays influencers to frame China AI as a threat
Build American AI is offering creators $5,000 per TikTok to amplify anti-China messaging, funded by a $100M dark-money operation.
Musk Concedes xAI Used Distillation on OpenAI Models to Train Grok
Under oath in federal court, the xAI founder said his team partly trained Grok by querying OpenAI's models, calling it standard industry practice.
Pentagon awards classified AI contracts to OpenAI, Google, Nvidia — Anthropic shut out
The Defense Department signed seven AI vendors for classified use and labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk after a fight over autonomous weapons.
ChatGPT Images 2.0 finds its biggest audience in India, not the US
OpenAI's new image model logged 5M downloads in India during launch week versus 2M in the US, but global engagement barely moved.
Platformer's Casey Newton: the AI bubble looks more like railroads than crypto
A new framing argues today's AI overbuild will leave behind durable infrastructure, even if the equity returns disappoint a generation of investors.
OpenAI launches Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT, partners with Yubico on co-branded keys
The opt-in program targets dissidents, journalists, and enterprise users; two new YubiKeys plug straight into ChatGPT logins.
OpenAI gates GPT-5.5 Cyber after mocking Anthropic for doing the same with Mythos
Sam Altman called Anthropic's Mythos rollout 'fear-based marketing.' Now OpenAI is shipping its own cyber tool only to vetted defenders.
Anthropic Hits $30B Run Rate, Surges Past OpenAI as Amazon Adds $5B
The Claude maker has scaled from $1bn to $30bn in annual run rate in 16 months, eclipsing OpenAI's $25bn while accepting fresh Amazon backing.
AWS Launches OpenAI Models on Bedrock as Microsoft Exclusivity Ends
OpenAI's frontier models and Codex agent platform arrive on Amazon Bedrock one day after the Microsoft Azure exclusivity deal lapses.
Musk testifies xAI used OpenAI models to train Grok
Under cross-examination, Musk said distillation is standard practice across AI labs and admitted xAI did it 'partly' to OpenAI.
Reid Hoffman says doctors not using AI for second opinions border on malpractice
The LinkedIn cofounder, speaking at WIRED Health in London, argues frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic should sit beside every clinician.
Musk admits he froze OpenAI funding and poached Karpathy during 2017 power fight
Day three of Musk v. Altman surfaced emails showing Musk halted $5M quarterly payments and recruited from OpenAI while still on its board.
Anthropic weighs $50B round at up to $900B, more than double February's mark
Preemptive bids land at $850B–$900B as run-rate revenue jumps from $9B to $30B in four months. A board decision is expected in May.
GPT-5.5 Catches SEO Issues Claude Missed in Hands-On Site Audit Test
A live test of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on a real website surfaced fresh SEO recommendations that five prior Claude audits had missed.
OpenAI Strikes Back With GPT-5.5 as Anthropic Hits $1tn Secondary Valuation
OpenAI's new model targets agentic coding work as Anthropic pulls ahead in enterprise and trades at a higher private-market valuation.
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