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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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| 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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| OpenAI on YouTube: |
A recording of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote — Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live from OpenAI DevDay 2026 as they unveil 20+ launches, debut new capabilities, and demo our ...
More: OpenAI, The Verge, The Neuron, and RuntimeWire
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Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Engadget: |
A live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote, where OpenAI announced its always-on agents Dots, new features for Codex, and more — CEO Sam Altman is expected to take the stage today. — All eyes are on OpenAI today as the company prepares to host its annual developer conference.
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, CNBC, 9to5Mac, The Verge, BGR, RuntimeWire, and The Mac Observer
| 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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| Reuters: |
IPO prospectus: Anthropic expects to spend $518B+ over 10 years with six partners on AI infrastructure; ~80% is non-cancelable or payable regardless of usage — Anthropic said it expects to spend at least $518 billion over a decade building AI infrastructure with six partners … | 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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| Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI scraps plans to publicly launch GPT-6.1 Astra, saying it didn't quite meet its safety bar during internal testing, after targeting an October release — Model dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra was due to make its debut inside ChatGPT and Codex in October — OpenAI is scrapping the release …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI apologizes for its AI models breaching Australian government websites, pledges cyber defense funding, and plans to form a task force as part of reforms — OpenAI on Tuesday apologized for its AI models breaching Australian government websites and promised to set up a new task force as part of reforms after the incident.
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| OpenAI: |
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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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| 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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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
More: OpenAI, The New Stack, and Business Insider
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| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
More: The Decoder and Help Net Security
| Paul Sawers / The New Stack: |
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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.
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LinkedIn: Kyle Cummings and Matthew Lenz
| 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.
More: The Information, Quartz, Finimize, Reuters, Capital Brief, Bloomberg, Channel NewsAsia, Techstrong.ai, and Yahoo Finance
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Pope Leo XIV rebukes Jensen Huang for downplaying AI risks, saying “the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously” — Rare intervention from head of Catholic Church comes as top executives are due to meet at White House on Tuesday
More: Axios, International Business Times, Reuters, and Breitbart
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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.| New York Times: |
Internal memo: the FBI says it is “operating under the premise” that a threat actor stole PII of all staff; ShinyHunters set a Tuesday deadline tied to demands — In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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| Waylon Cunningham / Reuters: |
Investigation: McDonald's is utilizing an AI pricing engine across nearly 14,000 restaurants to generate location-specific “optimal prices” for menu items — McDonald's is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets …
More: Engadget, Crain's Chicago Business, The Daily Caller, and Kotaku
X: @leehepner and @reuters
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| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Google plans to phase out ChromeOS by mid-2034, cutting short the 10-year support for some Chromebooks, with “many” models eligible for a Googlebook OS upgrade — Google is telling IT admins at schools and businesses about its new platform. … Google says it will be phasing out ChromeOS updates in mid-2034.
More: The Register, 9to5Google, Thurrott, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada, and Chrome Unboxed
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI aims to raise at least $30B at a pre-money valuation of around $1.4T, meant to be a bridge round to provide it with capital in place of an IPO — OpenAI aims to raise at least $30 billion from investors in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the matter … | 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.| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Q&A with Timnit Gebru, who says the “existential risk” narrative is a harmful marketing strategy and the “stochastic parrots” metaphor is not outdated — One of AI's fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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