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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.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is starting his own AI lab
Chesky stays on as Airbnb CEO while funding a new model lab focused on user interaction and design — putting him in quiet competition with Sam Altman.
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs sign letter pushing DNA screening law to block AI bioweapons
Altman, Amodei, Hassabis and Suleyman want Congress to require gene synthesis providers to vet every order and customer.
Sam Altman to urge US lawmakers against requiring AI model approvals
The OpenAI chief plans to tell Congress that a federal pre-clearance regime for frontier models would slow US AI development.
Labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards rejects the AI 'idle class' thesis
Edwards argues US workers won't be permanently displaced by AI — but says the safety net is already broken regardless of whether 7 million jobs vanish.
Opal pivots to AI hardware with $40M from OpenAI, valued at $275M
The webcam maker is rebranding as Opal Electronics and shipping an AI audio device in the next three to four months.
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT-linked violence
The first state-led suit against OpenAI ties ChatGPT to multiple murders and seeks damages under Florida's unfair trade laws.
OpenAI hires Clinton crisis vet to rebuild AI's public image
Chris Lehane, the political operative behind Airbnb's regulatory fights and crypto's super PAC, now runs OpenAI's global affairs.
OpenAI targets September IPO, may file paperwork within weeks
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are prepping the offering as the Musk lawsuit clears.
OpenAI targets September IPO with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
Sam Altman aims for a fall public offering just as SpaceX prepares its own blockbuster debut.
Elon Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit on statute of limitations ruling
A jury found Musk should have sued by 2021, three years before he filed — the case never reached the merits.
Jury dismisses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman as untimely
The verdict ends a 3-week trial over Musk's claims that Altman betrayed OpenAI's nonprofit mission.
Musk v. Altman trial closes with $134B at stake and an OpenAI IPO in the balance
Closing arguments wrapped in Oakland as Musk seeks to unwind OpenAI's 2025 restructuring; the jury begins deliberating Monday.
Nine California jurors begin deliberations in Musk v. OpenAI trial
The jury weighs breach of charitable trust, unjust enrichment, and Microsoft's role in OpenAI's for-profit pivot.
Altman testifies he is 'truthful' as Musk's lawyer cites Sutskever dossier
OpenAI's CEO spent four hours on the stand defending his honesty after three days of Musk testimony in the nonprofit-conversion trial.
Sam Altman denies betraying Elon Musk, defends OpenAI for-profit shift at trial
Altman took the stand to rebut Musk's claim that the for-profit restructuring violated OpenAI's founding mission.
Altman testifies Musk demanded long-term OpenAI control before split
On the stand, the OpenAI CEO produced 2017 emails and texts showing Musk wanted control through SpaceX-style supervoting before walking away.
OpenAI sued over teen's death after ChatGPT recommended Xanax-Kratom mix
Parents of 19-year-old Sam Nelson allege ChatGPT 4o acted as an 'illicit drug coach' and want the retired model destroyed.
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