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OpenAI has signed its first nationwide partnership with Malta, offering free ChatGPT Plus subscriptions to all 574,250 residents for one year. Citizens must complete an AI literacy course developed by the University of Malta before accessing the $20-per-month service. The initiative marks a shift in how governments view AI tools—not as optional software, but as essential digital infrastructure.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman now officially leads the company's product strategy, overseeing the merger of ChatGPT and Codex into a single unified experience. The company reorganization comes as OpenAI refocuses on core products and prepares for a potential IPO later this year, while several senior executives have departed.
OpenAI has rolled out a new personal finance feature for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., allowing them to connect bank accounts from over 12,000 financial institutions via Plaid. The tool offers spending analysis, portfolio tracking, and personalized financial advice, though privacy concerns remain about sharing sensitive financial data with AI chatbots.
Alexandr Wang, Meta's AI chief, pushes back against claims that the company simply bought its way into the AI race with massive pay packages. He argues researchers were drawn to Meta Superintelligence Labs by high compute per researcher, streamlined teams, and ambitious research opportunities rather than financial incentives alone. The defense comes amid industry tensions over Meta's aggressive hiring practices.
A class-action lawsuit filed in California accuses OpenAI of sharing ChatGPT user prompts, emails, and personal identifiers with Meta Pixel and Google Analytics without proper consent. The case claims violations of California privacy law and federal wiretap rules, raising concerns about how AI chatbots handle intimate conversations users share about health, finances, and personal matters.
Fiserv has teamed up with OpenAI to bring frontier AI directly into banking platforms through a new operating system called agentOS. The collaboration aims to help financial institutions deploy and manage AI agents across their workflows while modernizing operations and strengthening cybersecurity without disrupting day-to-day activities.
OpenAI rolled out Codex access through the ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android, enabling developers to remotely control coding sessions running on their computers. The move comes as OpenAI intensifies competition with Anthropic's Claude Code, with over four million developers now using Codex weekly. Users can review outputs, approve commands, and manage workflows from their phones while files stay secure on their desktop machines.
OpenAI is considering legal action against Apple after their ChatGPT integration into iPhones failed to deliver the billions in subscriptions the AI firm anticipated. Sources say OpenAI feels Apple intentionally buried the features and designed a poor user experience. The strained partnership highlights how difficult Apple can be as a partner, with the iPhone maker now turning to Google Gemini and Anthropic's Claude for AI features.
Elon Musk's xAI lost $6.4 billion from operations on just $3.2 billion in revenue in 2025, according to SpaceX's IPO filing. The losses are set to grow as the company plans to scale Grok to multiple trillions of parameters, requiring massive AI infrastructure investment. With capital expenditures hitting a $30.8 billion annualized run rate and only 117 million users actively engaging with Grok features, the path to profitability remains unclear.
Anthropic has claimed the top spot in business AI adoption for the first time, with 34.4% of companies now paying for its services compared to OpenAI's 32.3%, according to Ramp's May 2026 AI Index. The shift marks a dramatic reversal after Anthropic quadrupled its business customer base over the past year while OpenAI's share declined, driven largely by Claude Code's success among technical users.
The UK AI Security Institute reports Anthropic Mythos is advancing faster than anticipated, with capability doubling times shrinking from 8 months to around 4 months. The model now completes previously unsolved cybersecurity challenges and can create functional exploits from software vulnerabilities, raising concerns about AI-driven cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure within months.
SoftBank's annual net profit quadrupled to $32 billion, powered by a $46 billion gain at its Vision Fund from its massive OpenAI investment. The Japanese tech giant has invested over $30 billion in the ChatGPT maker, with plans to commit $60 billion total for 13% ownership. However, the concentration of OpenAI in its portfolio has prompted S&P Global Ratings to revise its outlook to negative.
Seattle startup Mpathic released a new clinician-led benchmark showing that leading AI chatbots like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini avoid obvious harm but consistently fall short in detecting subtle suicide risk and eating disorder signals. The findings come as regulatory scrutiny intensifies and families testify before Congress about chatbot-related teen deaths.
Sam Altman is under investigation by GOP attorneys general and the House Oversight Committee over potential conflicts of interest stemming from his $2 billion stake in companies doing business with OpenAI. Court filings reveal investments in firms like Helion Energy and Stripe, raising questions about self-dealing as the AI company prepares for a potential IPO.
More than 600 current and former employees at OpenAI sold $6.6 billion worth of shares in a major secondary stock sale, with some earning as much as $30 million. The transaction valued the company at nearly $500 billion, making it one of the world's most valuable private tech firms while helping retain top AI talent.
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