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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra with their own cloud computer, in ChatGPT for Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users — OpenAI has unveiled an always-on artificial intelligent agent that's designed to proactively tackle work on a user's behalf …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
OpenAI says users can message Dots through ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams and join a waitlist to text via iMessage or RCS messaging on Android — OpenAI's Dots are powered by the startup's GPT-6 Astra model. A core selling point is their “always-on” design—unlike a single-turn chatbot experience … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol, saying it nearly matches Astra on agentic coding and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard prices, in Work and Codex — Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price We're introducing GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that nearly matches GPT …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/codex, and r/OpenAI
| Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder: |
More: The GitHub Blog, The New Stack, Superpower Daily, and iPhone in Canada
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces new features for Codex, including reusable cloud development environments, a refreshed Codex CLI, a new code review experience, and more — OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful beyond a developer's laptop …
More: Amazon Web Services, OpenAI, ChatGPT Learn, ChatGPT Learn, ChatGPT Learn, Superpower Daily, and MakeUseOf
X: @openaidevs, @openaidevs, @openaidevs, @mweinbach, @openai, and @borismpower
| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
OpenAI unveils Decisions API, which returns predefined answers with confidence scores, available in limited preview with no pricing details — With the sudden rise of TypeSafe's Jev, decision models have become incredibly popular, so it's not surprising that OpenAI is also announcing …
More: VentureBeat, The Decoder, RuntimeWire, and Help Net Security
| Dannie Herzberg / Baseten: |
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| Engadget: |
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| OpenAI on YouTube: |
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
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| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
OpenAI reopens sign-ups for its $200/month Pro tier, halves API credits per dollar to encourage pay-per-use, and commits to not reinstating the five-hour cap — The 5-hour usage cap is gone for good: subscribers can spread their weekly allotment however they want.
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| Paul Sawers / The New Stack: |
OpenAI says Plus and Pro subscribers can use their existing plan allowance with 16 launch partners, including Vercel and Devin, via Sign in with ChatGPT — OpenAI has announced that it's making it easier for ChatGPT subscribers to use their allowance inside third-party AI and coding platforms such as Amp …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI unveils a $500/month Pro plan, offering its highest usage allowance and access to its new Ultrafast tier, with up to 8x faster token generation in Codex — The company also announced a new version of its Sol model. — Announced during the company's DevDay event today …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
IPO prospectus: Anthropic reports a net loss of $42B in 2025, with operating losses of $8B+; revenue grew 12x to ~$4.6B, ~25% of which came from two customers — Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic dedicated nearly a third of its IPO prospectus to detailing “risk factors”, including that its AI may pose “existential risks to humanity” — Long-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue
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Forums: r/nottheonion and r/ArtificialInteligence
| New York Times: |
Sources: OpenAI repeatedly dismissed internal warnings about inadequate monitoring of testing, prioritizing fast releases without additional security protocols — Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening …
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI is adopting a structured “safety case” documentation framework modeled after industries like aviation and nuclear power to govern frontier RL training — Loading... We believe we are entering a new era in which structured safety documentation should be required …
More: Ars Technica. X: @gdb, @ctrlaltdwayne, @choblin29, @micahcarroll, @openai, @gdb, @tejalpatwardhan, @kliu128, @basedjensen, @w01fe, and @mark_k
| Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Bloomberg: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: John Ternus is overhauling Apple to release products more often and create a leaner organization with a greater focus on engineering — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, just weeks into the role, is moving to overhaul the iPhone maker in an effort to accelerate product development …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Madison Mills / Axios: |
Sources: OpenAI's ARR is nearing $70B, growing 70%+ since the beginning of Q3, with B2B revenue up 100%+; it added more consumer revenue in Q3 than all of 2025 — OpenAI's annual recurring revenue is nearing $70 billion, as enterprise sales more than doubled since July, sources familiar with the financials tell Axios.
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| CNBC: |
Oura says it is delaying its Nasdaq IPO due to uncertainty in the market, despite “strong demand” and a strengthening of its business since the process started — Oura has said that it is delaying plans for its public listing on the Nasdaq due to uncertainty in the IPO market.| Mallory Wilson / The Hill: |
Trump officially launches America.gov, an AI-powered single access point for federal government services and information led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia — President Trump launched a website Tuesday that uses artificial intelligence to help Americans navigate the federal government and find information and services.
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| Isabel O'Brien / CNBC: |
Meta launches Muse for Small Business, integrating the AI agent with Asana, Zoom, Intuit, Box, Canva, Slack, and other apps, alongside its own ad accounts — Coming off the successful launch of its Muse AI agent, Meta is now pushing its new artificial intelligence service into the business world.
More: Meta Newsroom, Breitbart, Engadget, Axios, Fox Business, The Information, Newsmax, Investopedia, TechCrunch, Superpower Daily, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, and Help Net Security
X: @rapidresponse47, @stripe, @brandolightshed, @jackk, @shopify, @metanewsroom, @jackk, @dinapowellmcc, @tobi, and @muse
LinkedIn: Eric S. Yuan, Muskan Rana, Kyle Cummings, and Matthew Lenz
| Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: |
General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $220M at a $6.2B valuation, for $650M+ in total funding — General Intuition has raised another $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation as the company starts making models available for training AI.Sponsor Posts
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