Picture this: Sam Altman walks onto a stage, holds up a mysterious little gadget, and everyone squints and goes, “Wait… that’s it?” According to Altman, that mild confusion is actually the whole point. In a recent appearance alongside legendary Apple designer…
OpenAI gives teachers their own ChatGPT
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT for Teachers, a new suite of tools meant to help educators wrangle lesson planning, grading, and whatever else is currently eating up their evenings. In other words, teachers finally get their own AI sidekick to help deal…
OpenAI reportedly shares 20% of its revenue with Microsoft
After a year of breathless dealmaking, IPO whisper campaigns, and enough AI hype to power a small data center, OpenAI is once again under the microscope, this time for its money habits. And thanks to a new leak from tech blogger…
OpenAI promises more warmth and personality with its new GPT-5.1
OpenAI is back with another sequel, GPT-5.1, because in the year 2025, even AI models apparently need mid-season refreshes. Dropping today, the update aims to make ChatGPT “smarter and more enjoyable to talk to,” which is Silicon Valley–speak for “please stop…
OpenAI and Microsoft AI boom is running out of juice
Sam Altman and Satya Nadella have a problem most people can only dream of: too many chips, not enough power outlets. On a recent episode of the BG2 podcast, the OpenAI and Microsoft CEOs confessed that their companies are bumping up…
Studio Ghibli demands OpenAI halt training on their work
It’s not every day that Studio Ghibli ends up in a showdown with Silicon Valley, but here we are. Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), a trade group representing heavy hitters like Studio Ghibli, just sent a strongly worded letter to…
OpenAI no longer has to save every ChatGPT conversation
OpenAI just scored a small but meaningful courtroom win, and your old ChatGPT conversations can finally breathe a sigh of relief. A federal judge has ended the controversial order that forced OpenAI to preserve all of its ChatGPT data indefinitely. The…
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5 codex for improved coding
OpenAI rolled out something new for the coding crowd: GPT-5-Codex, a souped-up version of its AI coding agent that’s designed to think harder, longer, and, if necessary, seven hours straight. Yes, seven. Imagine your rubber duck debugger, but one that sometimes…
OpenAI aims to become a public benefit corp with Microsoft’s backing
OpenAI and Microsoft just soft-launched the next chapter in their complicated relationship, announcing that they’ve reached a “nonbinding agreement” on how to keep working together. Translation: they’re basically engaged but still figuring out the prenup. The headline change? OpenAI wants to…
OpenAI wants to be your new LinkedIn
OpenAI already wants to write your emails, generate your code, and summarize your boss’s Slack rants. Now it wants to land you a new job. The company announced that it’s building an AI-powered hiring service called the OpenAI Jobs Platform, which…