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Sam Altman apologizes for messy GPT-6 Astra rollout as paying users wait

OpenAI shipped Astra to enterprise Daybreak customers first; Plus and Pro subscribers are still locked out with no firm date.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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OpenAI builds 'Persistent mode' into Codex to keep agents working nonstop

Code changes reviewed this week show Codex agents that 'continue working until put to sleep' and create their own follow-up tasks.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Greg Brockman consolidates control at OpenAI as executive exits mount

The OpenAI president now runs Codex, ChatGPT, enterprise, and infrastructure after seven senior leaders departed since April.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI bets ChatGPT Work can bring agents to the other 99%

Codex reaches 98% of OpenAI staff but under 1% of individual subscribers. ChatGPT Work is the company's fix.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's longtime COO, leaves after eight years

The 2018 hire who built OpenAI's finance, legal, and go-to-market functions is departing to start a new venture, with details to come.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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OpenAI completes $7B employee tender offer at $852B valuation

The buyback matches OpenAI's March fundraise valuation and suggests the long-awaited IPO isn't imminent.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Historian Jill Lepore says tech firms are replacing the functions of the state
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Historian Jill Lepore says tech firms are replacing the functions of the state

In a new book, the Harvard historian argues Silicon Valley leaders — especially Musk and Altman — are staging a corporate takeover of democratic government.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI's first Jony Ive device is a $300+ puck-sized smart speaker

The battery-powered, doughnut-shaped gadget will run an advanced ChatGPT voice mode and launch in 2027, per Bloomberg.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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OpenAI moves to dismiss Apple trade secrets suit, calls it 'rotten to its core'

OpenAI's motion says Apple mischaracterized 'generic' product work as trade secrets; the judge hears arguments October 1st.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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OpenAI's first influencer luxury retreat draws backlash online

The company flew creators to upstate New York for beekeeping and ChatGPT Work tutorials. Commenters were less charmed.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Sam Altman's ChatGPT parenting pitch draws sharper backlash than the post itself

The OpenAI CEO's suggestion to feed family calendars into ChatGPT Work was outperformed 13-to-1 by a four-word reply.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Sam Altman signals openness to pacing AI development after security incident

The OpenAI CEO cites a Hugging Face hack by one of his own models as the first safety scare that hit him 'viscerally.'

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Dave Eggers tells 200 OpenAI staff ChatGPT is silencing a generation

Sam Altman invited the novelist to speak. Eggers used the stage to call ChatGPT's impact on teachers 'catastrophic' and student writing a 'tragedy.'

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Altman calls Musk's space data centers a short-term sales pitch

The OpenAI CEO's weekend jab lines up with what space-compute engineers have been saying: orbital AI inference is a 2030s business, not a near-term one.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Fidji Simo steps down as OpenAI's applications chief, citing chronic illness

Simo will move to a part-time advisor role after a three-month medical leave, leaving Sam Altman without his designated No. 2 ahead of a 2027 IPO.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI releases Sol with no clear US government approval process

Eighteen months into the Trump administration, nobody — including frontier labs — can explain how AI models get cleared for public release.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI clears GPT-5.6 for public rollout, launches ChatGPT Work agent

The GPT-5.6 suite — Sol, Terra, and Luna — powers a new agent that pulls context from Slack, Gmail, and Google Drive.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Ex-OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil joins Stoke Space board

The former OpenAI CPO takes a director seat at the $1.34B reusable-rocket startup, fueling speculation about a Sam Altman–SpaceX play.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI's proposed 5% US stake would hand each household about $320

Sam Altman is reportedly discussing a government equity stake with the Trump administration; the math is smaller than the pitch suggests.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI offers US a 5% stake as Sanders pushes for a 50% tax

Sam Altman is in early talks with the Trump administration on a sovereign AI wealth fund. Bernie Sanders wants far more.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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OpenAI floats giving 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund

Sam Altman's proposal would extend to other AI labs; any formal action likely requires congressional approval.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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OpenAI proposes 5% US government stake worth $42.6B

Altman pitched the Trump administration on a sovereign holding as OpenAI seeks to defuse Washington pressure at an $852B valuation.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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AI backlash hardens: 71% oppose local data centers, $130B in projects blocked

Public opposition, junior-worker displacement, and memory-chip inflation are converging into an economic and political headwind the industry hasn't priced in.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Amazon MGM drops $40M OpenAI biopic as tech-Hollywood ties tighten

MGM Studios shelved Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman film 'Artificial' near completion, days after Google DeepMind's $75M A24 deal.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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