Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, where he has led the company's transition from research lab to commercial AI leader. He was briefly fired by the OpenAI board in November 2023 before being reinstated.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT 5.6, featuring the flagship Sol model, which it calls its safest and most capable yet, following a voluntary safety review with the White House. The release includes two sm…
Sequoia partner David Cahn estimates the AI industry must earn $3 trillion to justify $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending by 2026, while Apollo economist Torsten Slok warns that a slower payoff c…
OpenAI's new GPT-Live-1 voice model failed a simple test from TikToker @huskistaken, who asked it to count the letter E in 'seventeen' and got only halfway correct. The model also struggled with the '…
OpenAI merged its Codex AI coding tool into the ChatGPT desktop app and introduced a Work setting, aiming to create a super app for professionals. The company also released its GPT-5.6 model family as…
OpenAI is releasing its frontier model Sol for public access amid ongoing confusion over how the U.S. government evaluates and approves such models. Experts and industry figures say the process remain…
OpenAI released its GPT-5.6 model family with three tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—priced at $5/$30, $2.50/$15, and $1/$6 per million input/output tokens respectively. The tiered structure and 90% discoun…
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 on July 9th with three tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—priced at $5, $2.50, and $1 per million input tokens respectively, positioning the model as an operating layer for long-runnin…
OpenAI released GPT-5.6 to the public after the Trump administration approved the model, ending weeks of restricted access. The model family includes three tiers, with the flagship Sol offering 54% gr…
Senior AI and tech leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg gathered at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference from July 7-11, 2026, in Sun Valley, Idaho,…
The true bottleneck for AI is not chips or talent but electricity, with global grid infrastructure unable to meet demand. Projects like Stargate consume 1.2 gigawatts, and leaders from Nvidia, Meta, a…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the launch of GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna, claiming the Sol model is 54% more token-efficient on agent-based coding tasks than other models. The launch is initially li…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company made 'many changes' during talks with the Trump administration before releasing its newest AI models to the public. The GPT-5.6 family was initially limited to s…
OpenAI staggered the release of GPT-5.6 after discussions with the Trump administration, limiting initial access to government-approved partners following a new executive order that established a 30-d…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPT-5.6 Sol, a new AI model that delivers a 54% improvement in token efficiency for agentic coding tasks, significantly reducing inference costs. The breakthrough threa…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back on 'inaccuracies' about a proposed deal to give the US government a 5% equity stake worth an estimated $42.6 billion, clarifying terms during a CNBC appearance. The p…
OpenAI released GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, after a limited launch. CEO Sam Altman told CNBC the model is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks and performs as well or better th…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company's newest AI model achieves 54% greater token efficiency on agentic coding tasks, marking a significant improvement in AI performance for software devel…
Anthropic released a new Reflect dashboard for its Claude chatbot that provides users with usage summaries, topic breakdowns, and AI fluency recommendations to help them use the tool more efficiently …
Yale psychology professor Paul Bloom warns that AI companions could ease loneliness but may corrode users' ability to interact with real people. Bloom says chatbots never challenge users, potentially …
President Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders both support creating a US sovereign wealth fund, but disagree on the blueprint: Trump proposes taking equity stakes in AI companies, while Sanders' b…