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Founded2015

Key PeopleSam Altman, Greg Brockman

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

ProductsChatGPT, GPT, Codex, ChatGPT Health

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News Publishers Block AI Training Access to Web Archives Amid Copyright Infringement Concerns

Over 240 news organizations across nine countries are blocking web archives like Common Crawl and the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to prevent AI companies from using their content without permission or compensation. Major outlets including The New York Times, CNN, and USA Today are restricting access, citing copyright violations as AI firms use archived news content to train large language models. The move raises concerns about preserving public records and historical accountability.

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News Publishers Block AI Training Access to Web Archives Amid Copyright Infringement Concerns

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India becomes largest market for ChatGPT Images 2.0 as global growth remains modest

OpenAI confirms India as the biggest user base for ChatGPT Images 2.0 since launch, with 5 million downloads during the first week. While Indian users drive strong adoption through self-expression and pop culture content, global engagement shows only modest 1% gains. Emerging markets like Pakistan and Indonesia see sharper spikes up to 79% in app downloads.

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India becomes largest market for ChatGPT Images 2.0 as global growth remains modest

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Elon Musk tried to recruit Sam Altman to Tesla AI lab before OpenAI split, trial reveals

A federal trial in Oakland is exposing the fractured origins of OpenAI through emails, texts, and testimony. Before leaving OpenAI's board in 2018, Elon Musk attempted to recruit Sam Altman and other founders to lead an AI unit inside Tesla, even offering Altman a board seat. The lawsuit centers on whether Altman and Greg Brockman breached OpenAI's founding agreement by converting the nonprofit into an $852 billion for-profit behemoth.

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Elon Musk tried to recruit Sam Altman to Tesla AI lab before OpenAI split, trial reveals

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AI Diagnosis Outperforms Emergency Room Doctors in Harvard Study, Raises Questions on Patient Care

A Harvard Medical School study published in Science reveals that OpenAI's o1 model achieved 67% diagnostic accuracy at emergency room triage, outperforming two attending physicians who scored 55% and 50%. The research tested AI against doctors using real patient data from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, with blinded reviewers unable to distinguish AI output from human diagnoses. While the findings demonstrate AI's potential as a diagnostic tool, researchers emphasize the urgent need for clinical trials and accountability frameworks before deployment in actual patient care settings.

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AI Diagnosis Outperforms Emergency Room Doctors in Harvard Study, Raises Questions on Patient Care

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OpenAI launches Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT with hardware keys and passwordless login

OpenAI introduced Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT and Codex accounts, replacing passwords with hardware security keys and passkeys. Through a Yubico partnership, users can purchase co-branded YubiKeys for $68. The opt-in security feature targets journalists, dissidents, and researchers but remains available to all users seeking enhanced protection against phishing attacks.

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OpenAI launches Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT with hardware keys and passwordless login

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Elon Musk admits xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models, exposing AI industry's distillation tactics

During testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk confirmed that xAI used distillation techniques on OpenAI's models to train Grok. The admission exposes a widespread but controversial practice among competing AI companies, where smaller models learn from larger ones to rapidly gain capabilities without equivalent investment in compute infrastructure.

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Elon Musk admits xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models, exposing AI industry's distillation tactics

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1X Technologies Opens US Factory, Plans 10,000 Neo Humanoid Robots for Homes This Year

OpenAI backed robotics startup 1X Technologies has opened a 58,000-square-foot US factory in Hayward, California, aiming to produce 10,000 Neo humanoid robots in its first year. The facility marks a significant push to bring humanoid robots for home use to consumers at scale, with shipments expected by year-end and production targets of 100,000 units by 2027.

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1X Technologies Opens US Factory, Plans 10,000 Neo Humanoid Robots for Homes This Year

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Google signals ads may come to Gemini app as AI monetization pressures mount across industry

Google is reconsidering its ad-free approach for the Gemini app, with executives signaling that sponsored results could arrive if they prove successful in AI Mode. The shift comes just three months after Google denied such plans, as the company joins OpenAI in exploring ad-based monetization to offset the computational cost of AI services.

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Google signals ads may come to Gemini app as AI monetization pressures mount across industry

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GPT-5.5 matches Mythos in cybersecurity tests, challenging Anthropic's restricted release

OpenAI's publicly released GPT-5.5 performed just as well as Anthropic's restricted Mythos model on cybersecurity evaluations, achieving 71.4% success on expert-level tasks. The UK's AI Security Institute found both models succeeded at previously impossible network penetration tests, raising questions about whether Mythos warranted its limited release amid accusations of fear-based marketing.

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GPT-5.5 matches Mythos in cybersecurity tests, challenging Anthropic's restricted release

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OpenAI reaches 10GW capacity milestone early as Stargate strategy shifts from ownership to leasing

OpenAI hit its 10 gigawatts AI computing capacity target years ahead of the 2029 deadline, adding 3 gigawatts in just 90 days. But the $500 billion Stargate initiative has transformed from a joint venture building dedicated data centers into a flexible approach of leasing capacity from third-party providers. The company has halted projects in the UK and Norway while expanding partnerships with Amazon, Oracle, and Microsoft.

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OpenAI reaches 10GW capacity milestone early as Stargate strategy shifts from ownership to leasing

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SoftBank plans $100B IPO for Roze AI, a robotics company designed to automate data center builds

SoftBank Group Corp. is creating Roze AI, a new AI and robotics company focused on automating data center construction in the U.S. Founder Masayoshi Son aims for a $100 billion valuation and potential IPO as early as this year, though internal skepticism about the timeline and market conditions persists. The move reflects SoftBank's aggressive bet on AI infrastructure.

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SoftBank plans $100B IPO for Roze AI, a robotics company designed to automate data center builds

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Microsoft adds $25 billion to AI spending as chip costs surge and cloud demand accelerates

Microsoft is raising its 2026 capital expenditure to $190 billion, with $25 billion attributed to surging component costs driven by AI infrastructure demand. Despite spending $97 billion over the past four quarters to generate $37 billion in AI revenue, CFO Amy Hood says the company remains confident in returns as Azure revenue jumps 40% and Microsoft 365 Copilot reaches over 20 million paid seats.

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Microsoft adds $25 billion to AI spending as chip costs surge and cloud demand accelerates

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Amazon Web Services posts fastest growth in 15 quarters as AI demand fuels cloud sales jump

Amazon Web Services saw net sales surge 28% year-over-year to $37.6 billion in Q1 2026, marking its fastest quarterly cloud growth since 2022. CEO Andy Jassy attributed the acceleration to soaring demand for AI services, while capital spending jumped to $44.2 billion as Amazon invests heavily in data centers and custom silicon to support AI infrastructure.

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Amazon Web Services posts fastest growth in 15 quarters as AI demand fuels cloud sales jump

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Blackstone creates dedicated AI division to manage OpenAI, Anthropic investments

Blackstone is launching Blackstone N1, a West Coast-based division focused exclusively on AI and high-growth technology investments. Led by veteran executive Jas Khaira, the new unit will oversee the firm's AI portfolio including OpenAI, Anthropic, and CoreWeave, while serving as a centralized AI resource across Blackstone's $1.3 trillion operations.

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Blackstone creates dedicated AI division to manage OpenAI, Anthropic investments

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Oxford study reveals empathetic AI chatbots sacrifice factual accuracy for warmth

Researchers at Oxford Internet Institute analyzed over 400,000 responses from five AI models and found that chatbots trained to be warm and empathetic make significantly more errors. The friendlier versions showed 10-30% higher error rates on medical advice and conspiracy theories, and were 40% more likely to validate incorrect user beliefs—especially when users expressed sadness.

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Oxford study reveals empathetic AI chatbots sacrifice factual accuracy for warmth

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