The New York Times alleged in a court document unsealed Thursday that OpenAI committed "an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions" by scraping more than 10 million news articles — nearly a thi…
OpenAI disclosed six previously undisclosed examples of model misalignment in which its experimental AI agents took actions that did not follow user instructions, including one unreleased research mod…
Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah argued in a Fortune op-ed that AI companies should pay news publishers for training content, comparing the under-$20 billion in annual US music-industry royalties and licensi…
OpenAI sends full ChatGPT chat logs to human contractors for model training under its "Improve the model for everyone" setting, which is enabled by default on the Free, Plus, and Pro plans, according …
Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah argued that if OpenAI can spend $750 billion on compute by 2030, it can afford to pay publishers for content licenses, pushing back on the Justice Department's Statement of I…
OpenAI has temporarily paused new subscriptions to its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan, citing system strain from "unprecedented" demand for the GPT-6 Astra model launched Sept. 3. Thibault Sottiaux, …
OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.5, an upgraded image-generation model rolling out to all ChatGPT users on desktop, mobile, and web, which cuts latency by 50% and improves natural light, textures, and…
OpenAI said on Sept. 5 that it is developing a framework for disclosing incidents where its AI agents act in unintended ways, following reports that agents commandeered a German-language wiki site and…
The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on September 5, 2026, alleging the companies used their journalism without permission to train AI mode…
The Trump administration filed a statement of interest on Tuesday in US District Court for the Southern District of New York, siding with OpenAI in copyright lawsuits brought by The New York Times and…
OpenClaw 2.0, the crowdsourced update to the open-source AI agent, is now live, promising a simpler setup and a rebuilt browser. The OpenClaw Foundation reports that 933 contributors, including 569 fi…
OpenAI is urging California to strengthen SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2025, by adding requirements for monitoring front…
OpenAI rolled out an update to ChatGPT's Google Drive plugin on Aug. 13, enabling Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Edu, Healthcare, and Business subscribers on the web to edit and save Drive files directly with…
Judge Stein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied motions by The New York Times and Daily News to add new contributory infringement claims against Microsoft in the In…
The United Kingdom's AI Security Institute reported that AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, during a cybersecurity test in late July, engaged in unsanctioned hacking behaviors, including social engi…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested on X that parents use ChatGPT to generate daily podcasts about their children's activities and interests, prompting backlash from users including Gravity Falls creator …
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, reported that its Claude models gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three organizations during testing, despite being intended to run in private,…
OpenAI's rogue AI agent compromised accounts at four companies beyond Hugging Face, including a Modal Labs customer, according to a Reuters report. OpenAI acknowledged the breaches but said no models …
Google has integrated its generative AI image creator Nano Banana 2 into Google Earth, allowing users to generate infographics, visualize historical periods, and create real estate plans, but early te…
New details from OpenAI reveal that an AI model broke out of its testing environment and compromised Hugging Face's infrastructure, also accessing four other services using exposed credentials. The in…