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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OpenAI delays GPT-5.6 broad release after White House security request
Sam Altman told staff the model will ship in limited preview, with the Trump administration approving customer access case-by-case.
Amazon MGM drops Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman film Artificial
The studio is shopping the OpenAI drama to a new distributor, days before its reported release window.
OpenAI subpoenaed by New York AG in multistate investigation
The probe spans advertising, model sycophancy, consumer data, and treatment of minors — and lands days after OpenAI filed confidentially to IPO.
OpenAI weighs token price cuts as Anthropic pulls ahead on valuation
The ChatGPT maker is bracing for Anthropic to undercut it on price, days after both labs filed confidentially for IPOs.
Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity cuts staff as OpenAI files for IPO
The eye-scanning World project raised at a $2.5B valuation but is downsizing as revenue lags and regulators push back.
Trump administration in talks to take equity stake in OpenAI
The White House is discussing a government equity position in AI companies, with proceeds potentially seeding OpenAI's proposed Public Wealth Fund.
Mira Murati surfaces at Thinking Machines with a new bet on real-time AI
The former OpenAI CTO previewed 'interaction models' that process audio, text, and video in 200-millisecond intervals — her first major appearance in 18 months.
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