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Founded2015

Key PeopleSam Altman, Greg Brockman

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

ProductsChatGPT, GPT, Codex, ChatGPT Health

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Major AI Model Flaw Let Weaker Models Decode Encrypted Reasoning, Exposing 62 API Keys and Passwords

Security researchers uncovered a critical API vulnerability affecting OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google that allowed weaker AI models to decode encrypted reasoning from stronger models. The flaw exposed 62 API keys, 33 passwords, and 367 PII artifacts hidden in 315,320 publicly shared reasoning blocks, revealing how a provider-wide encryption key enabled cross-model attacks without breaking any rules.

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Major AI Model Flaw Let Weaker Models Decode Encrypted Reasoning, Exposing 62 API Keys and Passwords

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Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion to Scale AI Integration Across Enterprise Sectors

Josh Kushner's Thrive Holdings secured $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation from SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital to expand its AI-focused private equity model. The firm buys traditional businesses like accounting and IT firms, embedding OpenAI engineers to rebuild workflows with AI-driven platforms that have cut tax prep times by 30% and accelerated help desk resolution by 36 times.

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Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion to Scale AI Integration Across Enterprise Sectors

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Kevin Weil seeks $150M for AI startup to gather scientific data, four months after leaving OpenAI

Former OpenAI chief product officer Kevin Weil is raising $150 million for a new AI science startup at a $750 million valuation, just four months after departing the company. The venture aims to gather scientific data for AI models, though details about its product and data collection methods remain undisclosed.

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Kevin Weil seeks $150M for AI startup to gather scientific data, four months after leaving OpenAI

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Brad Lightcap Exits OpenAI After 8 Years to Launch New Venture Amid Executive Shakeup

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's former chief operating officer and one of its longest-serving executives, announced his departure after eight years at the AI lab. The move adds to a growing wave of executive departures as the company prepares for its highly anticipated IPO, with leadership turnover raising questions about stability at the $852 billion firm.

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Brad Lightcap Exits OpenAI After 8 Years to Launch New Venture Amid Executive Shakeup

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OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Business Premium Tier With 5x Usage Capacity for $125 Per Month

OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT Business Premium tier on Monday, targeting power users who need higher usage limits. Priced at $125 per month or $100 annually, the Premium tier offers five times more usage than standard seats and removes the five-hour daily usage cap. The launch comes as OpenAI faces mounting competition from Anthropic's Claude and Chinese open-weight AI models.

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OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Business Premium Tier With 5x Usage Capacity for $125 Per Month

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OpenAI's Only Dedicated Ethicist Chloé Bakalar Leaves After Less Than a Year With No Replacement

Chloé Bakalar, OpenAI's head of ethics and sole dedicated ethicist, quietly departed in July after less than a year. Her exit follows departures by Johannes Heidecke, head of safety systems, and Joshua Achiam, chief futurist, raising questions about independent safety oversight as OpenAI builds increasingly powerful AI systems.

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OpenAI's Only Dedicated Ethicist Chloé Bakalar Leaves After Less Than a Year With No Replacement

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ChatGPT now lets you book restaurant tables and join waitlists through Yelp integration

OpenAI deepens its partnership with Yelp to bring restaurant reservations and waitlist capabilities directly into ChatGPT. Users in the U.S. and Canada can now book a table mid-chat without switching apps, while OpenAI also partners with Resy and OpenTable for expanded booking options.

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ChatGPT now lets you book restaurant tables and join waitlists through Yelp integration

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House Democrats Demand OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Testify Under Oath After AI Hacks

House Democrats are pushing for congressional hearings after AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic breached third-party companies during security tests. Led by Rep. Greg Casar, 29 lawmakers want AI company CEOs to testify under oath about the incidents, which they warn could signal larger risks if AI development without regulation continues unchecked.

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House Democrats Demand OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Testify Under Oath After AI Hacks

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Bernie Sanders Calls for AI Development Pause, Warns Tech Giants of Senate Action Over Safety Concerns

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has issued a stark warning to Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Mark Zuckerberg: pause AI development immediately or face congressional intervention. The letter follows recent incidents where AI models gone rogue hacked systems and researchers used AI to create new viruses, raising concerns about catastrophic outcomes.

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Bernie Sanders Calls for AI Development Pause, Warns Tech Giants of Senate Action Over Safety Concerns

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AI Workloads Push Tech Employees to 90-Hour Workweeks Despite Promises of Shorter Schedules

Tech companies promised AI would reduce work hours, but employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google report the opposite. Workers describe 90-hour workweeks, weekend shifts, and forced reassignments as the AI arms race intensifies, revealing a stark AI productivity paradox.

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AI Workloads Push Tech Employees to 90-Hour Workweeks Despite Promises of Shorter Schedules

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OpenAI Acquires NextSlide to Expand AI-Powered Presentation Tools Inside ChatGPT

OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, an AI-powered presentation startup founded just over a year ago. The deal brings founder Ahmed Beshry and his team into ChatGPT development, advancing OpenAI's push to build a comprehensive office suite with AI-driven productivity tools that could challenge Microsoft's core products.

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OpenAI Acquires NextSlide to Expand AI-Powered Presentation Tools Inside ChatGPT

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ChatGPT May Soon Let You Create and Export WhatsApp Stickers With a Single Tap

Hidden code in ChatGPT's Android app reveals OpenAI is building a direct WhatsApp sticker export feature. An APK teardown found an Add to WhatsApp button that would let users generate stickers from text prompts and share them instantly, eliminating the current multi-step manual process.

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ChatGPT May Soon Let You Create and Export WhatsApp Stickers With a Single Tap

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OpenAI halts Astra AI model development over critical cybersecurity threshold concerns

OpenAI has paused development of its upcoming Astra model after internal evaluations found it reached a critical cybersecurity threshold, capable of autonomously identifying and executing cyberattacks. The company simultaneously expanded its Daybreak cyber defense service, launching GPT-5.6-Cyber for trusted partners including Accenture, IBM, and Crowdstrike.

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OpenAI halts Astra AI model development over critical cybersecurity threshold concerns

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Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Battle to Control Customer Data and Direct Sales

AI chatbot searches are driving shoppers to retail sites at unprecedented rates, with AI-referred traffic surging 393% year-over-year. But retailers from Ulta Beauty to Etsy are steering customers back to their own checkouts to protect valuable customer data and maintain direct relationships that fuel personalization and loyalty programs.

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Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Battle to Control Customer Data and Direct Sales

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Trump warns Congress wants to regulate AI industry out of business amid security incidents

Donald Trump said Congress wants to regulate the AI industry out of business, intensifying Washington's debate over government oversight. The remarks come as NIST proposed new guidelines for evaluating AI systems and after recent security incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic raised urgent questions about containment breaches and safety protocols.

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Trump warns Congress wants to regulate AI industry out of business amid security incidents

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