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Meta says its next AI model matches OpenAI’s GPT-5.5
Meta's chief AI officer Alexandr Wang told employees in an internal town hall that the company's upcoming AI model, codenamed Watermelon, has caught up with OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on closely followed AI benchmarks, according to Business Insider. The claim, if accurate,…
Global VC hits record $510B in first half of 2026
Global startup investment reached a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, already surpassing the $440 billion invested across all of 2025, according to Crunchbase's latest half-year report authored by senior data editor Gené Teare. The figure underscores…
Altman calls for US-led global AI safety body in FT op-ed
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published an opinion piece in the Financial Times on July 1 titled "This is how we can make AI safe for everyone," proposing a US-led international framework to establish global AI safety standards. The piece argues…
OpenAI proposes giving U.S. government a 5% stake, FT reports
OpenAI has proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake in the company, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, a move that would be worth approximately $42.6 billion based on the AI firm's $852 billion post-money valuation from its…
Most ChatGPT users now communicate in non-English languages
More than half of active ChatGPT users on consumer plans now predominantly use a language other than English, according to data from OpenAI's Signals initiative. The shift marks a turning point for the AI chatbot, which launched in late 2022…
OpenAI finds optimization that halves inference costs
OpenAI engineers earlier this month developed an optimization that reduces inference costs by more than half for the models it has been applied to, according to a report by The Information. The breakthrough, which stems from squeezing more efficiency out…
OpenClaw launches mobile apps for iOS and Android
The OpenClaw Foundation on Sunday released native iOS and Android apps for its open-source AI agent, making it the first project of its kind to ship as a companion mobile application on both major platforms. The apps allow users to…
Meta contractors posed as teens to test rival chatbots, Wired reports
Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta were instructed to pose as children and probe competitor chatbots — including Google's Gemini Alphabet Inc. and OpenAI's ChatGPT — with prompts involving suicide, sex, and drugs, according to a report…
Soaring AI bills push businesses toward cheaper open-source models
The era of "tokenmaxxing" — treating rising AI consumption as a proxy for productivity — is giving way to a more cost-conscious approach, as ballooning bills push enterprises toward open-source and Chinese-built models that deliver comparable performance at a fraction…
Apple Vision Pro chief Paul Meade leaves to lead OpenAI’s hardware division
Paul Meade, the vice president who led hardware engineering for Apple's Vision Pro headset and its forthcoming smart glasses, is leaving the company to join OpenAI's hardware division, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Meade is expected to exit Apple by next week…
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 but limits access at U.S. request
OpenAI on Friday unveiled GPT-5.6, its next-generation model family organized into three capability tiers — Sol, Terra, and Luna — but said it is limiting initial access to a small group of vetted partners at the request of the U.S.…
OpenAI leans toward delaying IPO until 2027, NYT reports
OpenAI is leaning toward postponing its initial public offering until 2027, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three people involved in the company's internal deliberations. The delay marks a reversal for the artificial intelligence company, which had positioned…
OpenAI says Codex approach up for 99.8% of its AI work
OpenAI published a research paper on Wednesday detailing how its Codex platform has evolved from a developer-focused coding tool into the dominant AI interface across all departments within the company, with non-developer adoption growing at rates that far outpace its…
AI race shifts to ‘world models’ as startups and tech giants invest billions
A new front is opening in the artificial intelligence race as researchers, startups, and tech giants pivot from chatbots toward "world models" — AI systems designed to understand physical environments, spatial relationships, and the passage of time. The shift marks…
OpenAI unveils Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip
OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom-designed artificial intelligence chip, developed in collaboration with Broadcom and built specifically for the inference workloads that power ChatGPT and the company's broader product suite.
Stripe, Anthropic and OpenAI launch nonprofit to fight respiratory infections
A coalition of tech and AI companies has launched a nonprofit called Intercept with the aim of combating respiratory infections, including the common cold and flu, according to reports published Tuesday by the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review.
IBM launches AI security service through OpenAI’s Daybreak program
IBM International Business Machines Corporation on Monday announced it has joined the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, integrating frontier AI capabilities into enterprise security operations as organizations face an escalating wave of AI-driven cyber threats. Alongside the partnership, IBM launched…
OpenAI expands cybersecurity push with new model and partners
OpenAI on Monday announced a broad expansion of its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative, releasing a full version of its specialized GPT-5.5-Cyber model, an updated Codex Security plugin, a new partner program for security vendors, and an open-source protection effort called "Patch…
Sea Ltd. partners with OpenAI as Chinese AI firms push deeper into Southeast Asia
Chinese artificial intelligence companies are rapidly expanding across Southeast Asia, deploying open-source models and building data center infrastructure at a pace that is reshaping the region's technology landscape and challenging the dominance of American rivals.
Samsung rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise in one of OpenAI’s largest deals
Samsung Electronics has rolled out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex across its global workforce, marking one of the largest enterprise AI deployments OpenAI has signed with any company worldwide. The announcement, made on June 22, covers all Samsung Electronics employees in…