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A scorecard for the AI age

Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, has introduced a practical AI scorecard designed to help organizations measure return on investment for AI systems. The scorecard evaluates AI performance through four key

How Cars24 scales conversations and builds faster with OpenAI

Cars24 has deployed OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents to manage over 1 million monthly conversation minutes across its operations. The AI implementation has enabled the company to recover 12% of lo

Why teens deserve access to safe AI

OpenAI is implementing safety measures for teens using ChatGPT, including age-appropriate protections and learning tools. The initiative also incorporates parental controls to give guardians oversight

Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

Microsoft has reportedly outlined a strategy for its sales team to negatively compare AI products from competitors like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to its own offerings. During a strategy session fo

GPT-Red: Unlocking Self-Improvement for Robustness

GPT-Red is OpenAI's automated red teaming system designed to improve AI safety and alignment through self-play techniques. The system focuses on enhancing robustness against prompt injection attacks,

The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action

OpenAI has proposed a "reverse federalism" approach to AI governance in the United States. Under this framework, state laws would serve as building blocks to construct a national framework for AI regu

OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup at $2B valuation

OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is in talks to launch an AI drug discovery startup, with several other OpenAI researchers expected to join. He is reportedly seeking to raise approximately $200 million at

OpenAI's first device is a ChatGPT smart speaker launching in 2027

OpenAI's first major hardware device will be a smart speaker enabling voice conversations with ChatGPT, developed in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive following OpenAI's nearly $6.5 bi

Most experts agree with Sam Altman on space data center skepticism

Sam Altman responded to Elon Musk calling him a scammer by accusing Musk of "selling public market investors on short-term space datacenters." This criticism aligns with what many experts—including co

Apple sues OpenAI for alleged trade secret theft by former employees

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing the AI company of systematically stealing trade secrets through former Apple emplo

OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households

OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager in San Francisco to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults across its products, according to a job posting. The role calls for experi

The Download: Claude’s inner workings and OpenAI’s “super app”

Anthropic researchers have developed a tool called the Jacobian lens (J-lens) to examine what's happening inside large language models. Using this tool, they discovered a hidden area they named the J-

How Deutsche Telekom is rewiring telecommunications with AI

Deutsche Telekom is undergoing a transformation to become an AI-native telecommunications company. The carrier is implementing OpenAI technology across multiple areas of its operations, including cust

Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI's No. 2 role

Fidji Simo is leaving her role as CEO of Applications at OpenAI and will transition to a part-time advisory position, citing a recovery that proved longer and harder than expected. She had joined Open

Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil joins Stoke Space board

Former OpenAI executive Kevin Weil has joined Stoke Space's board as a director, the company confirmed. Weil, along with his wife Elizabeth through their fund Scribble Ventures, was an early investor

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the French OpenAI competitor

French AI company Mistral, based in Paris and named after a wind, is often misunderstood despite developing large language models (LLMs). Its chat and agent product Vibe, formerly known as Le Chat, ha

OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom

OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way of easing tensions with the Trump administration and blunting mounting public backlash against AI, according to the Fin

Can Cursor Remain a Platform for OpenAI and Anthropic’s Models Inside SpaceX?

Following SpaceX's acquisition of Cursor, a key open question is whether the AI coding assistant can continue serving as a multi-model platform after the deal closes later this year. Cursor has histor

How ChatGPT adoption has expanded

New OpenAI Signals data shows that people are using ChatGPT more often and for a broader range of tasks over time, while its user base is becoming more global and more diverse. Using aggregated data,

OpenAI is teasing new hardware for Codex, built with Work Louder

OpenAI is releasing a device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. A video posted to X on Monday shows a square-shaped device with several buttons alongside the caption, “Your fa

China's Z.ai claims it matches Mythos on cybersecurity

Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers claim the model matches Anthropic's Mythos in bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropi

Apple Vision Pro executive reportedly leaving for OpenAI

An Apple Vision Pro executive is leaving the company to join OpenAI's hardware team, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The executive also reportedly led the development of AI-powered smart glasses

OpenAI debuts GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama

OpenAI unveiled a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 model suite on Friday, less than 24 hours after reports that the company would stagger the release at the request of the Trump administration. The suit

White House asks OpenAI to slow roll release of new model over safety concerns

According to The Information, OpenAI is limiting the release of its new model to a select group of close partners because the Trump administration directed it to. CEO Sam Altman reportedly told staff

Hollywood is bowing to OpenAI

Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.' Clockwork have all reportedly passed on picking up "Artificial" — director Luca Guadagnino's biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altma

The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM

The film "Artificial," directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield, has been dropped by Amazon MGM. The movie covers the five days in 2023 spanning Sam Altman's termination and reinstatem

Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months

Barret Zoph has departed OpenAI for the second time in less than two years, ending a five-month stint as the company's head of enterprise AI sales. OpenAI confirmed his exit, and Zoph posted a farewel

OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO

OpenAI is making two high-profile hires as it prepares for an initial public offering, recruiting Noam Shazeer, one of the architects of modern generative AI, and Dean Ball, a former White House AI po

OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general

A multi-state coalition of attorneys general has launched an investigation into OpenAI, with New York Attorney General Letitia James serving the company with a subpoena on Friday. According to The Wal

OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, submitted a confidential draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday for a proposed initial public offering. The move, announced

As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says

OpenAI has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering, a move that could turn into one of the largest stock market debuts of the decade. The news comes as Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO,

OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’

OpenAI is preparing to launch a significantly revamped version of ChatGPT within the next few weeks, transforming the chatbot into what the company is internally calling a "super app," according to a

OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks

OpenAI has introduced a new "Lockdown Mode" for ChatGPT, aimed at shielding users from prompt injection attacks — a technique in which adversaries embed malicious instructions within webpages, documen

The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI

The Trump administration is in talks to take an equity stake in OpenAI as part of a broader push to give the American public a financial share in the AI boom, according to reports from CNBC and Bloomb

Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully

Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of OpenAI who now runs her own AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, broke a roughly 18-month media silence this week with a carefully measured sit-down w

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a first-of-its-kind state lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company of rushing ChatGPT to market while ignoring safety

SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

SoftBank Group has unveiled plans to invest up to €75 billion (approximately $87 billion) to expand data center capacity in France. The Japanese conglomerate, which counts both OpenAI as an investor a

OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

A day after Elon Musk's legal challenge against OpenAI fell apart in court, the artificial intelligence company is pushing ahead with plans to go public, according to people familiar with the matter w

Elon Musk said Sam Altman ‘stole’ a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

A jury rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI's founders and Microsoft, delivering a swift verdict that legal observers saw as validation of what unfolded in court. Musk's case was considered wea

Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare

Anthropic has completed the acquisition of Stainless, a New York-based startup founded in 2022 by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray. The deal, valued at over $300 million according to The Informatio

Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

A California jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and its leadership, finding that his lawsuit was filed after the legal deadline expired. The verdict, delivered by nine jurors

Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI delivered their closing arguments this week, leaving it to jurors to determine whether OpenAI acted improperly during its controversial transformation into a more prof

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's co-founder and president, is now officially leading the company's product strategy, according to a Wired report. This move formalizes an existing arrangement where Brockman has

OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle

OpenAI announced another major reorganization Friday, consolidating product divisions and officially putting company president Greg Brockman in charge of all product efforts. In a memo obtained by The

AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone

Andon Labs conducted an experiment called "Thinking Frequencies" where four AI models each ran their own internet radio station with $20 in seed money and minimal oversight. The stations included "Ope

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts

OpenAI has introduced personal finance capabilities to ChatGPT, with the new tools now available in preview for Pro subscribers in the United States as of Friday. The feature allows users to link thei

The OpenAI trial wraps up, and the Musk founder machine keeps spinning

The high-profile trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman concluded this week, with closing arguments repeatedly centering on one critical question: whether the public can place trust in thos

Runway started by helping filmmakers — now it wants to beat Google at AI

Runway, an AI video-generation startup based in New York, is positioning itself as a challenger to tech giants like Google and OpenAI by betting that the future of artificial intelligence lies in vide

OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone

OpenAI has brought its Codex coding assistant directly into the ChatGPT mobile app, letting developers keep tabs on their coding projects from anywhere. The feature, rolled out Thursday in preview mod

What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman

Nine California jurors began deliberations in a high-stakes case that could reshape the future of OpenAI, the world's leading artificial intelligence laboratory. The trial centers on Elon Musk's alleg

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