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Founded2015

Key PeopleSam Altman, Greg Brockman

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

ProductsChatGPT, GPT, Codex, ChatGPT Health

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT app store, opening doors for third-party developers to build AI-powered apps

OpenAI has officially launched its ChatGPT app store, now accepting app submissions from third-party developers. The App Directory features popular services like Spotify, Canva, Adobe Photoshop, and Expedia, transforming the AI chatbot into a comprehensive platform where users can integrate applications directly into conversations. With over 800 million active users, this marks a shift from ChatGPT being just a product to becoming a full-fledged platform ecosystem.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT app store, opening doors for third-party developers to build AI-powered apps

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Sam Altman's AI-Generated Firefighter Image Goes Viral, Exposes OpenAI's Struggle in AI Race

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared an AI-generated image of himself as a shirtless firefighter to showcase the new GPT-Image-1.5 model. The post garnered over 4 million views but quickly became a target of mockery after users spotted a glaring calendar error. The incident highlights OpenAI's rushed response to Google's dominance in AI image generation and raises questions about the company's strategic direction.

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Sam Altman's AI-Generated Firefighter Image Goes Viral, Exposes OpenAI's Struggle in AI Race

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OpenAI pursues $100B funding round at $830B valuation as Amazon investment talks intensify

OpenAI is negotiating to raise up to $100 billion in a funding round that could value the ChatGPT maker at $830 billion by Q1 2026. Separately, Amazon is in early discussions to invest $10 billion in OpenAI while supplying its Trainium AI chips and cloud computing services, marking another circular deal in the AI industry as compute costs continue to escalate.

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OpenAI pursues $100B funding round at $830B valuation as Amazon investment talks intensify

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Apple Music integration with ChatGPT announced by OpenAI, then mysteriously removed from post

OpenAI initially announced Apple Music as a partner for direct integration into ChatGPT, allowing users to create playlists through simple conversational commands. However, the reference was later removed from the official blog post without explanation. The integration would join existing partnerships with Spotify, Canva, and other major apps, though it remains unclear whether the feature has been delayed or cancelled entirely.

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Apple Music integration with ChatGPT announced by OpenAI, then mysteriously removed from post

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OpenAI and Google battle for Indian users with free AI plans as training data becomes the prize

OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity are offering free premium AI subscriptions in India, turning the world's most populous nation into a battleground for AI dominance. ChatGPT's daily active users surged 607% to 73 million, while Gemini reached 17 million users. Analysts suggest the freebies strategy aims to harvest diverse multilingual training data from India's 730 million smartphone users.

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OpenAI and Google battle for Indian users with free AI plans as training data becomes the prize

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Google launches CC, an AI assistant that emails you a personalized daily briefing each morning

Google unveiled CC, an experimental email-based productivity assistant that delivers personalized morning briefings directly to your inbox. Powered by Gemini, the tool connects with Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive to summarize schedules and tasks. Available to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US and Canada, CC competes with similar tools like ChatGPT Pulse in the growing AI productivity space.

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Google launches CC, an AI assistant that emails you a personalized daily briefing each morning

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OpenAI Hires George Osborne to Lead Global Stargate Expansion and Government Partnerships

OpenAI has appointed former UK Chancellor George Osborne to head OpenAI for Countries, an initiative to expand its ambitious $500 billion Stargate project beyond US borders. Osborne joins a growing trend of British politicians moving to major tech giants, following Nick Clegg at Meta and Rishi Sunak at Anthropic and Microsoft. The move raises questions about tech companies acting as quasi-governmental actors while OpenAI faces financial concerns over its expansion plans.

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OpenAI Hires George Osborne to Lead Global Stargate Expansion and Government Partnerships

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OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT's model router, defaults free users to cheapest AI model

OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change affecting hundreds of millions of ChatGPT users. The company rolled back its model router system for free and Go tier subscribers, now defaulting them to GPT-5.2 Instant instead of automatically routing complex queries to advanced reasoning models. The shift appears to balance cost management with user control, though it raises questions about response quality for sensitive queries.

Technology4 sources

OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT's model router, defaults free users to cheapest AI model

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OpenAI reveals plan to transform ChatGPT into an operating system with new executive hire

OpenAI is moving beyond traditional apps by transforming ChatGPT into an operating system. The company hired Glen Coates as Head of App Platform to lead this evolution, which would make ChatGPT a central software layer for apps and services rather than just another chatbot interface.

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OpenAI reveals plan to transform ChatGPT into an operating system with new executive hire

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OpenAI launches GPT Image 1.5 as AI image generator war with Google intensifies

OpenAI released GPT Image 1.5, a new image generation model that generates images up to four times faster than its predecessor and costs about 20 percent less through the API. The release comes as OpenAI responds to Google's viral Nano Banana Pro model, with CEO Sam Altman having declared a 'code red' after Gemini 3's success. The new model promises better instruction-following and photorealistic image manipulation through a dedicated creative studio interface in ChatGPT.

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OpenAI launches GPT Image 1.5 as AI image generator war with Google intensifies

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Mattel and OpenAI delay AI toy launch as safety concerns mount over children's products

Mattel confirmed it won't release its OpenAI-powered toy in 2025 as originally planned, citing no products for the holiday season. The delay follows mounting scrutiny over AI interactions with teenagers and reports of generative AI toys exposing children to inappropriate content, including instructions on finding knives and sexual fetishes.

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Mattel and OpenAI delay AI toy launch as safety concerns mount over children's products

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OpenAI-backed Chai Discovery raises $130M at $1.3B valuation as AI transforms drug development

Chai Discovery, an OpenAI-backed biotech startup, secured $130 million in Series B funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. Led by General Catalyst and Oak HC/FT, the round brings total funding to over $225 million. The company's Chai 2 AI model designs custom antibodies from scratch, solving complex drug development challenges that previously took years in just weeks.

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OpenAI-backed Chai Discovery raises $130M at $1.3B valuation as AI transforms drug development

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Former Palantir CIO Jim Siders takes helm at Shield Technology Partners to reshape IT services

Jim Siders, who spent over a dozen years at Palantir rising from IT support technician to CIO, has joined Shield Technology Partners as CEO. The AI-enabled managed service provider platform, backed by Thrive Holdings and OpenAI, aims to transform the $700 billion global IT services market through data-driven automation and frontier AI integration.

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Former Palantir CIO Jim Siders takes helm at Shield Technology Partners to reshape IT services

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OpenAI Hires Google Executive Albert Lee to Lead Corporate Development and Acquisitions Push

OpenAI has appointed Albert Lee, a veteran Google executive with over $50 billion in deal experience, to lead corporate development. The move signals an aggressive acquisition era as the AI company, valued at $500 billion, expands its leadership team and pursues strategic investments to compete with rivals like Google and Anthropic.

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OpenAI Hires Google Executive Albert Lee to Lead Corporate Development and Acquisitions Push

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Zoom AI Companion 3.0 launches with browser access and free tier for meeting summaries

Zoom unveiled AI Companion 3.0, bringing its AI assistant to the web and opening access to free users for the first time. Basic plan users can now use the assistant for three meetings monthly, including meeting summaries, AI note-taking, and 20 questions. The update introduces agentic automation, document creation tools, and integration with third-party services like Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.

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Zoom AI Companion 3.0 launches with browser access and free tier for meeting summaries

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