OpenAI is a leading artificial intelligence research and deployment company focused on creating safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence (AGI) for humanity. Known for its development of advanced AI models such as ChatGPT, OpenAI's innovations encompass a range of applications from text and code generation to video creation and enterprise solutions, emphasizing safety, scalability, and alignment.
Apple is reportedly working on an AI-powered wearable pin about the size of an AirTag, featuring cameras, microphones, and wireless charging, with a potential release planned for 2027.
OpenAI expects to unveil its first hardware product in the second half of 2026. The device, possibly a pair of AI-powered earbuds codenamed 'Sweet Pea,' is being developed in collaboration with designer Jony Ive.
Automation Anywhere has introduced a new generation of AI-native agentic solutions built in collaboration with OpenAI, combining its Process Reasoning Engine with OpenAI’s advanced reasoning models to enable autonomous enterprise operations.
OpenAI will start testing advertisements in ChatGPT for Free and Go plan users in the United States. The company says ads will appear under responses and will not affect chatbot answers or data privacy.
OpenAI has entered a multi-year agreement worth over $10 billion with AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems to secure 750 megawatts of computing capacity through 2028. The partnership aims to enhance the speed and efficiency of OpenAI’s inference workloads, including ChatGPT.
OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload examples of real work from past or current jobs to evaluate AI models’ performance. Contractors are instructed to remove confidential data before submission, according to Wired.
OpenAI and SoftBank Group are investing $1 billion in SB Energy to develop large-scale AI data centers and energy infrastructure in the U.S., including a 1.2 GW facility in Texas set to begin operations in 2026.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Health, a dedicated feature that allows users to discuss health and wellness topics in a secure environment. The new section separates health-related chats from other conversations and supports integrations with apps like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.
SoftBank Group Corp. has completed an additional $22.5 billion investment in OpenAI, fulfilling its $40 billion funding commitment made earlier in 2025. The investment was executed through SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing SoftBank’s ownership stake in OpenAI to about 11%.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company is hiring a Head of Preparedness, a new executive role dedicated to managing AI safety and risk mitigation as its models grow more capable. The position will pay $555,000 annually and focus on evaluating and mitigating cybersecurity and biological risks associated with advanced AI systems.
OpenAI has increased its compute margin to 70% as of October 2025, up from 52% at the end of 2024, reflecting improved cost efficiency in its paid products. The company, still unprofitable, continues to seek ways to manage high computing expenses while pursuing major funding discussions with Amazon.
OpenAI has introduced new personalization options in ChatGPT, allowing users to adjust the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use directly through the settings menu.
OpenAI is reportedly seeking to raise up to $100 billion in new funding, potentially valuing the company at as much as $830 billion. The round is expected to close as early as the end of the first quarter of next year, though terms may still change.
OpenAI has begun accepting app submissions for ChatGPT, allowing developers to publish their creations in a new in-app directory. The Apps SDK, currently in beta, enables the development of chat-native experiences that integrate directly into conversations.
OpenAI is in preliminary talks to raise tens of billions of dollars at a valuation of around $750 billion, potentially involving Amazon and other major investors.
OpenAI is in early discussions with Amazon about a potential investment exceeding $10 billion and an agreement to use Amazon’s AI chips, following the ChatGPT maker’s recent restructuring and expanded partnership flexibility.
OpenAI has released GPT Image 1.5, a new version of its ChatGPT Images model offering faster generation, improved instruction following, and more precise editing. The update is rolling out to all ChatGPT users and through the API.
OpenAI has released its Circuit-Sparsity toolkit and model, offering open-source tools for studying interpretable circuits in sparse Transformer models. The 0.4B parameter model is available on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license.
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, its latest AI model available to ChatGPT paid users and through its API. The model comes in three versions—Instant, Thinking, and Pro—offering improvements in reasoning, coding, and long-context understanding, as the company refocuses on core products amid competition from Google and Anthropic.
OpenAI has agreed to acquire Neptune, a Polish startup that builds tools for monitoring and debugging AI model training. The deal, to be completed in stock, will integrate Neptune’s experiment-tracking technology into OpenAI’s research infrastructure.
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