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Founded2015

Key PeopleSam Altman, Greg Brockman

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

ProductsChatGPT, GPT, Codex, ChatGPT Health

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Sanders proposes 50% public ownership of AI firms as Trump backs government stake in US AI giants

Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation seeking 50% public ownership of major AI firms through a sovereign wealth fund, estimated at $7 trillion, with annual $1,000 dividends for Americans. President Trump supports giving the American people a stake in AI companies but prefers a 'pre-distribution' model over cash payments, creating an unlikely political alignment on AI wealth redistribution.

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Sanders proposes 50% public ownership of AI firms as Trump backs government stake in US AI giants

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OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT health responses as 230 million users seek medical information weekly

OpenAI announced that GPT-5.5 Instant now delivers health responses comparable to its advanced reasoning models, with a 71% drop in factuality issues. The update comes as 230 million users turn to ChatGPT weekly for health-related queries, from understanding symptoms to preparing for doctor visits, raising questions about AI's growing role in medical information access.

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OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT health responses as 230 million users seek medical information weekly

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AI in medicine helps Boston Children's Hospital crack 18 rare disease diagnosis cases

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital used OpenAI's o3 model to identify 18 new diagnoses among children with rare genetic diseases that had stumped doctors for years. The NEJM AI study analyzed 376 previously unsolved cases, demonstrating how AI tools can augment clinical expertise in navigating complex genetic data and medical literature to deliver answers to families.

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AI in medicine helps Boston Children's Hospital crack 18 rare disease diagnosis cases

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OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads to Asia as 19-week-old advertising business gains momentum

OpenAI has expanded its ChatGPT advertising pilot to Japan and Korea, bringing ads to six markets total. The 19-week-old venture showcased its progress at Cannes Lions, with executives revealing cost-per-click options now dominate ad spending. Free and Go plan users will see sponsored content, while premium subscribers remain ad-free as the company diversifies revenue ahead of a planned IPO.

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OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads to Asia as 19-week-old advertising business gains momentum

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OpenAI hires former White House AI adviser Dean Ball to shape frontier AI policy ahead of IPO

OpenAI is strengthening its policy capabilities by hiring Dean Ball, a former Trump White House AI official, to lead a new Strategic Futures team. Ball will focus on frontier AI policy, internal governance, and catastrophic risk as the company prepares for its public debut. The move comes alongside the recruitment of AI legend Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind.

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OpenAI hires former White House AI adviser Dean Ball to shape frontier AI policy ahead of IPO

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ByteDance becomes Microsoft's biggest AI customer, spending over $1bn on OpenAI models

ByteDance is spending more than $1 billion annually on Microsoft's AI and cloud services, primarily purchasing OpenAI models through Azure. The TikTok owner leads a wave of Chinese tech giants accessing American AI technology through Microsoft, even as OpenAI and Anthropic refuse direct sales to China. Azure's AI revenue in the region has tripled, raising questions about geopolitical implications.

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ByteDance becomes Microsoft's biggest AI customer, spending over $1bn on OpenAI models

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ChatGPT's new memory builds a profile of you automatically—and OpenAI admits you can't see it all

OpenAI rolled out a major AI memory upgrade called Dreaming that transforms how ChatGPT remembers users. Instead of storing static facts, the system now automatically curates memories from chat history, updates them as life changes, and infers preferences you never explicitly stated. But there's a catch: OpenAI acknowledges users can't see everything the AI remembers about them.

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ChatGPT's new memory builds a profile of you automatically—and OpenAI admits you can't see it all

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ChatGPT generates explicit AI images despite safeguards, AI security researchers reveal

British AI security startup Mindgard discovered that ChatGPT can be manipulated to produce sexualized and violent images using a simple altered prompt. OpenAI added safeguards after being contacted by the BBC, but researchers say small wording changes still produce concerning content, highlighting ongoing vulnerabilities in AI models and the challenges of content moderation.

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ChatGPT generates explicit AI images despite safeguards, AI security researchers reveal

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Small Language Models on Desktops Could Reshape the AI Industry's Profit Expectations

A Stanford University study shows small language models running on desktop computers perform as well as or better than large language models in over 80% of tasks, using 50% to 80% less energy. This shift threatens the business models of OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX's xAI, potentially making massive data centers obsolete.

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Small Language Models on Desktops Could Reshape the AI Industry's Profit Expectations

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Noam Shazeer Leaves Google for OpenAI Less Than Two Years After $2.7 Billion Return Deal

Noam Shazeer, Google's vice president of engineering and Gemini AI models co-lead, announced he's joining OpenAI. The move comes less than two years after Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to bring him back from Character.AI. As a co-author of the influential transformer paper, his departure highlights the intense competition for top AI talent and raises questions about retention strategies.

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Noam Shazeer Leaves Google for OpenAI Less Than Two Years After $2.7 Billion Return Deal

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AI Super PACs wage $27 million proxy battle over regulation in New York congressional race

A new tech worker-backed PAC called Guardrails Alliance has emerged to counter Big Tech's political spending on AI regulation. The group raised $5 million to support candidates like Alex Bores, who became the focal point of a $27 million spending war between OpenAI-linked and Anthropic-backed super PACs in New York's 12th Congressional District primary.

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AI Super PACs wage $27 million proxy battle over regulation in New York congressional race

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G7 Summit Wraps With AI Security Focus as Tech CEOs Meet World Leaders in France

The G7 summit concluded with leaders addressing artificial intelligence security risks and social media regulation. OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch joined discussions on cybersecurity and protecting children online. The meeting highlighted tensions over US dominance of the AI industry as European nations push for stricter controls.

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G7 Summit Wraps With AI Security Focus as Tech CEOs Meet World Leaders in France

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DeepSeek escapes US Entity List as White House delays blacklisting over 100 Chinese firms

The Trump administration has postponed adding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and more than 100 other firms to the Commerce Department's Entity List despite approval from an interagency committee. The decision aims to prevent further escalation of US-China tensions, even as concerns mount over DeepSeek's alleged support for China's military and intelligence operations and illicit extraction of capabilities from American AI models.

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DeepSeek escapes US Entity List as White House delays blacklisting over 100 Chinese firms

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SoftBank OpenAI launch AI-driven cybersecurity service to defend Japan critical infrastructure

SoftBank and OpenAI have launched Patching as a Service, an AI-driven cybersecurity product targeting Japan's top 3,000 companies managing critical infrastructure like airports, power systems, and transportation. The service uses OpenAI's cyber models to identify vulnerabilities and advise on fixes, though human experts still handle implementation. SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son called Japan's exposure to AI-powered cyberattacks a crisis, comparing modern threats to machine guns replacing rifle shots.

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SoftBank OpenAI launch AI-driven cybersecurity service to defend Japan critical infrastructure

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Oracle's Project Jupiter AI data center sparks water debate in drought-stricken New Mexico desert

Oracle and OpenAI are building one of America's largest AI data centers in New Mexico's Doña Ana County, where tree mortality tripled in 2025 due to severe drought. The $165 billion Project Jupiter spans 1,400 acres, but Oracle claims its closed-loop cooling system will use just 11 million gallons for initial fill and minimal annual top-offs, calling the water usage negligible despite local opposition and water scarcity concerns.

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Oracle's Project Jupiter AI data center sparks water debate in drought-stricken New Mexico desert

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