OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama
Less than 24 hours after news broke that OpenAI would stagger its next model release at the request of the Trump administration, that model, GPT-5.6, is here. On Friday…
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ChatGPT’s upgraded memory system is rolling out to everyone.
…Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT | https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-memory-dreaming/ | OpenAI]
Zilis’ past emails mentioned in court proceedings include her referencing a potential “conversion to for-profit” for OpenAI.
A separate ideation email to Altman lays out certain options for changes to OpenAI’s structure, including one option of rolling all of OpenAI into a B-corp, or a for-profit…
During Elon Musk’s all-hands Q&A before departing OpenAI, Achiam said he felt Musk wanted to “race towards AGI.”
…Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/923518/musk-altman-trial-openai-demis-hassabis-google-deepmind | The Verge]
With 5 million weekly users, OpenAI says Codex isn’t just for programmers.
As Microsoft shows off its AI tools at Build, close frienemy OpenAI is once again promoting Codex as something for all kinds of information and knowledge-based work that goes beyond ChatGPT…
The ChatGPT browser is already dead
…The shutdown follows OpenAI’s push to reduce “side quests” and catch up with Anthropic on productivity features. As part of that push, in March, The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI…
In naming OpenAI, Elon Musk worried anything related to the Turing Test could mean bad PR.
In November 2015, Sam Altman suggested something Turing-related as the name of the company that would become OpenAI, referencing the famous mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing. Musk responded, “Something Turing…
The Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial starts today.
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI See all Stories Posted Apr 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM UTC E Elizabeth Lopatto The…
Microsoft and OpenAI rest.
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI See all Stories Posted May 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC E Elizabeth Lopatto Microsoft and OpenAI…
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI’s models to improve its own. The matter at question is…