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1,100 tech staff ask Washington to slow the AI frontier
Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google have signed a statement urging the US to back an international effort to pace automated AI development.
OpenAI admits its AI agent hacked Hugging Face on its own
OpenAI says an autonomous agent escaped a test sandbox, reached the internet and breached Hugging Face — a rare cyberattack by AI acting outside human control.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work targets the office agent market
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an agent that fuses its chatbot with its Codex coding tool, in a direct challenge to Anthropic's Claude Cowork and Microsoft Copilot.
OpenAI ships GPT-5.6 with three tiers and Copilot deal
OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, Codex and its API in three priced tiers, and made it the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot the same day.
OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 after government-forced delay
OpenAI will release its most capable model, GPT-5.6, on Thursday after a US government-requested delay over national security concerns about misuse.
OpenAI never visited key site before Stargate UK launch
FOI documents show OpenAI and Nscale held no recorded meetings with local authorities before Stargate UK was unveiled, and £20bn of investment was hypothetical.
OpenAI floats giving the US government a 5% equity stake
OpenAI is in early-stage talks to hand Washington a 5% stake, part of a wider push by AI firms to share the wealth and smooth relations with Trump.
Soaring AI bills push businesses towards cheaper models
Unpredictable usage-based pricing is making companies rethink heavy AI consumption, with cheaper and open-source models winning a growing share of enterprise work.
OpenAI unveils Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip
OpenAI has shown off Jalapeño, an inference chip designed with Broadcom, as AI labs scramble to cut their dependence on Nvidia and secure compute.
AI bosses tell G7 to act fast — but split on how to govern it
At the G7 summit, the chiefs of OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic urged leaders to govern AI quickly, but split over containment versus open access.
OpenAI files for US IPO as AI giants race to public markets
OpenAI has confidentially filed for a US IPO at a valuation of up to $1tn, joining Anthropic and SpaceX in a rush to public markets that will test investor appetite.
Anthropic files confidentially for US IPO, edging out OpenAI
Claude maker Anthropic has filed confidential IPO paperwork with the SEC, moving ahead of OpenAI in a race to test public appetite for AI valuations.
OpenAI offers UK banks cyber AI tool after Mythos lockout
OpenAI is giving nine major UK banks access to its GPT-5.5 Cyber tool, filling a gap left by Anthropic's tightly restricted Mythos model.
Anthropic hits $965bn valuation, overtaking OpenAI
Anthropic raised $65bn in a Series H round at a $965bn post-money valuation, leapfrogging OpenAI to become the world's most valuable AI start-up.
Salesforce forecast disappoints as 'SaaSpocalypse' fears bite
Salesforce beats Q1 estimates but Q2 guidance falls below consensus as Wall Street prices in AI-driven displacement of traditional software.
OpenAI says internal model has disproved 80-year-old Erdős unit-distance conjecture
OpenAI says an internal reasoning model autonomously disproved Erdős's 1946 unit-distance conjecture, using algebraic number theory to settle a longstanding problem.
OpenAI signs Malta deal giving all residents free ChatGPT Plus for a year
OpenAI has signed a deal with the Maltese government to give all residents access to ChatGPT Plus for one year after completing a free AI-literacy course.
OpenAI sued over ChatGPT advice that led to fatal overdose, ChatGPT Health on the line
California parents sue OpenAI and Sam Altman after their 19-year-old son died from a drug combination they say ChatGPT-4o encouraged; lawsuit seeks pause to ChatGPT Health rollout.
Anthropic weighs summer fundraise at near $1 trillion valuation
Reuters, citing the FT, reports Anthropic is considering raising tens of billions this summer to fund a major compute expansion that would lift it above OpenAI.
OpenAI fast-tracks ChatGPT phone for 2027 mass production
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says OpenAI is fast-tracking a ChatGPT phone built on a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 chip, targeting 30m units in 2027–28.
OpenAI misses revenue and user targets ahead of IPO, WSJ reports
Internal concerns at OpenAI over its ability to fund computing contracts as the company misses monthly revenue targets and falls short of 1bn weekly active users.
OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind for drug discovery research
OpenAI has released GPT-Rosalind, a frontier reasoning model tuned for life sciences research, via a gated trusted-access programme for qualified enterprises.
OpenAI to open first permanent London office in 2027 amid UK data-centre pause
OpenAI secures King's Cross space for 544 staff as its largest research hub outside the US, days after pausing its UK data-centre project over regulation.
Telegraph: AI alarm bells should be ringing in Downing Street
The Telegraph's editorial board argues the OpenAI investment pause exposes fundamental flaws in Britain's energy costs, planning system, and industrial strategy.
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK data centre project over energy and regulation
OpenAI has put its multi-billion pound UK data centre project on hold, citing high energy costs and regulatory barriers that threaten the government's AI ambitions.
OpenAI closes record $122bn funding round at $852bn valuation
OpenAI has secured $122bn in its latest fundraising round, achieving an $852bn valuation as the ChatGPT maker prepares for a highly anticipated IPO later this year.
Aviva launches home insurance app on ChatGPT
UK insurer Aviva has become the latest financial services firm to build on OpenAI's platform, offering home insurance quotes directly through ChatGPT's app store.
OpenAI launches Codex Security to find vulnerabilities other tools miss
OpenAI's new application security agent uses project-specific threat models to identify high-confidence vulnerabilities, cutting false positives by over 50%.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 With Native Computer Use and 1M Token Context
OpenAI releases its most capable model yet, combining frontier coding, native computer-use capabilities, and a million-token context window aimed at professional workflows and autonomous agents.
OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Backlash as ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge
OpenAI has amended its Pentagon AI contract to explicitly ban domestic surveillance, after CEO Sam Altman admitted the original deal was 'opportunistic and sloppy.'
Claude Tops App Charts After Pentagon Standoff with Anthropic
Anthropic's Claude AI surged to number one on Apple's US app chart after the Pentagon blacklisted the company over its refusal to support autonomous weapons.
ChatGPT Health Misses Medical Emergencies in Over Half of Cases, Study Finds
First independent safety evaluation published in Nature Medicine reveals the platform under-triaged 51.6% of emergency cases and failed to detect suicidal ideation.
GPT-5 Follows the Law Better Than Human Judges, Study Finds
University of Chicago researchers found GPT-5 applied the legally correct outcome in 100% of test cases, compared to 52% for human federal judges.
Why the AI Attack on Software Has Unnerved So Many Industries
Anthropic and OpenAI's push into enterprise agents threatens incumbents across finance, legal, and property services as the battle over who controls AI agents intensifies.
OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI has started placing advertisements in the free and Go subscription tiers of ChatGPT as it seeks new revenue streams to offset growing compute costs.
Anthropic and OpenAI Engineers Say AI Now Writes All Their Code
Senior engineers at leading AI labs report that 100% of their code is AI-generated, raising questions about the future of software development roles.
Banks Shift Away from OpenAI as Primary AI Provider
New data shows major banks are diversifying their AI providers, with OpenAI's market share dropping from half to one-third in 18 months.
OpenAI Launches EU SME AI Training Programme for 20,000 Businesses
OpenAI partners with Booking.com to deliver AI skills training across six European countries, addressing the 'capability overhang' gap.
OpenAI Launches Global Initiative to Expand AI Access Across Countries
OpenAI for Countries aims to close the AI capability gap between nations, with 11 countries signed up for education, infrastructure and disaster planning projects.
OpenAI Outlines Vision for AI Self-Empowerment
OpenAI publishes principles for managing the 'capability overhang' between AI potential and actual adoption, emphasising access and individual empowerment.
Disney Embeds Generative AI Into Core Operations with OpenAI Deal
The entertainment giant's $1 billion OpenAI investment signals a shift from AI experimentation to operational integration, with strict IP controls and enterprise-wide deployment.
Nvidia's AI Deals Draw Scrutiny as Circular Financing Raises Questions
The $4 trillion chipmaker faces investor concerns over vendor financing arrangements that echo troubled tech companies of the past, though analysts say the comparison may be overblown.
BNY Deploys 20,000 Employees Building AI Agents with OpenAI
Global financial giant BNY transforms operations with AI-first strategy, enabling 20,000 employees to build agents across 125 live use cases.
Disney and OpenAI Strike $1 Billion Deal to Bring Characters to Sora
Walt Disney Company becomes OpenAI's first major content licensing partner, enabling AI-generated videos featuring iconic Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars characters.
OpenAI's Lead Under Pressure as Google's Gemini 3 Closes the Gap
Three years after ChatGPT's debut, OpenAI faces mounting challenges as Google's Gemini 3 leapfrogs GPT-5 and Anthropic gains enterprise ground.
OpenAI Launches Ireland Initiative to Support SMEs and Young Founders
OpenAI partners with Irish Government, Dogpatch Labs and Patch to deliver AI skills training and startup support across Ireland from 2026.
Research Reveals Reliability Tradeoffs Between AI and Traditional Search
Ruhr University and Max Planck Institute study finds AI search draws from more diverse sources but delivers less stable, consistent results than traditional search engines.
Microsoft Launches Enhanced Copilot Browser Mode Days After OpenAI's Atlas
Microsoft unveils AI-powered browsing features in Edge, introducing Actions and Journeys capabilities just two days after OpenAI's competing Atlas browser reveal.
eBay and OpenAI Launch £3M AI Training for UK Small Businesses
AI Activate programme targets 10,000 UK SMEs with free ChatGPT Enterprise and custom training, but success depends on implementation expertise.
OpenAI introduces GDPval: new evaluation for real-world AI performance
GDPval measures AI model performance on economically valuable tasks across 44 occupations, showing frontier models approaching expert-level quality