Karen Hao, author of "Empire of AI," discusses OpenAI's evolution from a nonprofit "laughingstock" to a $90 billion company pursuing AGI at rapid speeds. She argues that OpenAI abandoned its original humanitarian mission...
OpenAI acquired product testing startup Statsig for $1.1 billion in an all-stock deal, bringing on CEO Vijaye Raji as CTO of Applications. The acquisition is part of OpenAI's expansion of its Applications business under...
OpenAI announced plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and introduce parental controls following recent incidents where ChatGPT failed to detect mental distress, including cases linked to...
OpenAI is requesting court intervention to compel Meta to provide evidence related to potential coordination with Elon Musk and xAI regarding a $97 billion unsolicited takeover bid of OpenAI made in February. The legal f...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hosted tech reporters for dinner following GPT-5's launch, which performed on par with competitors rather than exceeding expectations like GPT-4 did. Altman outlined OpenAI's broader ambitions beyon...
OpenAI launched GPT-5 with the goal of creating a unified AI model that would eliminate the need for users to choose between different models, but the approach has not satisfied users as expected. The company has reintro...
Sam Altman is reportedly co-founding Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup valued at $850 million, with potential funding from OpenAI's ventures team. The company will compete directly with Elon Musk's Neuralink...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman held a Reddit AMA to address widespread complaints about GPT-5's poor performance following its rollout, attributing issues to a malfunctioning automatic model router. The company promised fixes inc...
OpenAI released GPT-5, which CEO Sam Altman calls "the best model in the world," though it only marginally outperforms competitors like Anthropic and Google on benchmarks. The model is priced significantly lower than com...
OpenAI has launched GPT-5, a unified AI model that combines reasoning abilities with fast responses and enables ChatGPT to complete complex tasks like generating software applications and managing calendars. CEO Sam Altm...
