Sam Altman

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role due to a prolonged medical leave, transitioning to a part-time advisory position. Her departure creates a leadership gap …

Fidji Simo is stepping down as OpenAI's AGI chief and transitioning to a part-time advisor role due to a chronic neuroimmune condition. Simo, who took medical leave in April, said her recovery is more…

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of applications, is stepping down from her full-time role to become a part-time advisor due to a worsening chronic illness. Simo announced her decision on X, citing the need t…

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role to become a part-time adviser after taking medical leave for a chronic neuroimmune condition. Simo joined OpenAI in…

OpenAI president Fidji Simo is taking a medical leave of absence due to a neuroimmune condition, and COO Brad Lightcap has transitioned to a special projects role, as the AI company prepares for a pot…

OpenAI launched its GPT-5.6 family of models on Thursday, featuring three variants—Sol, Terra, and Luna—with improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The models are positioned as OpenAI's strongest…

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,…

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…