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OpenAI says it has closed a $122 billion funding round and will use the capital to expand compute, research, products, and global access as demand grows across ChatGPT, APIs, Codex, and enterprise AI.

Oracle is reportedly cutting thousands of jobs as it pours money into AI data centers, underscoring how aggressively major tech companies are reallocating cash and labor toward infrastructure for large-model computing.

OpenAI will shut down Sora in two stages, ending the app on April 26, 2026 and the API on September 24, 2026, as it shifts resources toward coding tools and enterprise products.

A new workshop in Bangkok brings together 50 disaster-management leaders from 13 countries as OpenAI and its partners try to turn AI interest into operational use during crises.

A viral story promoted by Sam Altman and Kevin Weil framed AI as a personalized-medicine breakthrough, but critics said there is no evidence the custom vaccine actually helped the dog.

A new MIT Technology Review roundup captures a moment when artificial intelligence is no longer just a consumer technology story, but a flashpoint for war, protest, platform backlash, and agent culture.

OpenAI has killed its Sora video generation app just six months after launch, redirecting the team toward robotics research. Disney has simultaneously ended a planned $1 billion investment tied to the platform.

OpenAI has declared its new North Star: building a fully automated AI research system capable of tackling large scientific problems independently, with an autonomous research intern prototype due by September and a complete multi-agent system targeted for 2028.

OpenAI plans to expand its headcount from roughly 3,500 to as many as 6,500 employees by the end of 2026, fueling its aggressive push into enterprise AI products and services even as it continues burning through capital at a historic pace.

OpenAI's agreement to allow Pentagon use of its AI in classified environments raises pressing questions about how the company's technology could be applied in the ongoing Iran conflict — and whether its stated safeguards hold up under scrutiny.

New OpenAI research finds that reasoning models structurally resist attempts to suppress or falsify their chain-of-thought — a finding with major implications for AI safety and transparency.

OpenAI's latest reasoning model arrives with a comprehensive system card covering safety evaluations, chain-of-thought transparency, and deployment guidelines for enterprise users.

OpenAI is releasing new educational AI tools, certifications, and measurement frameworks to help schools close the growing divide between students who can use AI effectively and those who cannot.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Excel alongside new financial data integrations powered by GPT-5.4, aiming to transform how analysts build models and work in regulated industries.

A Defense Department official has revealed that generative AI chatbots are being used to help prioritize target lists in Operation Epic Fury — accelerating decisions that humans then review and approve.

OpenAI equips its Responses API with shell access, file management, and sandboxed containers to run secure autonomous AI agents.

OpenAI publishes its design principles for protecting AI agents against prompt injection and social engineering in agentic workflows.

Top AI executives including Palantir's Karp and OpenAI's Altman are openly discussing the possibility that the U.S. government could nationalize artificial intelligence companies.

Caitlin Kalinowski resigned from OpenAI over concerns about the company's agreement to let the Pentagon use its AI for domestic surveillance without judicial oversight.

Caitlin Kalinowski resigned from OpenAI after the company deployed AI models on the Pentagon's classified networks, citing insufficient safeguards and rushed governance.