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OpenAI 12 November 2026
Gilbert + Tobin rethinks the business of law with AI
A conversation with Sam Nickless, Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Gilbert + Tobin.
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OpenAI 11 November 2026
Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads
Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments.
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OpenAI 11 November 2026
ChatGPT Plus for veterans and servicemembers
More than 20,000 veterans and transitioning service members have claimed a free year of ChatGPT Plus. See how they use it to prepare for civilian careers.
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OpenAI 11 November 2026
Nvidia’s crisis has corporate governance experts reaching for the popcorn
The governance experts we talked to say nobody has seen anything like what's unfolding right now.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder
OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic face new oversight as New York’s AI safety law takes effect
New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices, and report critical incidents or face fines.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO
Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving…
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M
The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery
PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google
OpenAI is looking to make ChatGPT a more robust consumer discovery engine, and a host of new features seek to empower businesses to help it do that.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Meetings to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks
As participants talk, Claude can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve information, such…
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy: a timeline
The affair could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Google broadens its AI hardware portfolio with two new specialized chips
Google's new tensor processing units (TPUs) broaden its chip portfolio to more use cases: confidential model training and more memory capacity.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Meta’s AI agent Muse lands on Apple Watch and Android Wear OS
Users can now interact with Meta’s AI assistant through voice calls, text messages, or dictation on their Apple Watch.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Adobe brings AI agents and new creative tools to Photoshop, Premiere, and Firefly
Adobe is taking on Figma with a new prototype builder tool in Firefly.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Anthropic sets IPO price range of $70 to $78 per share to reach an implied valuation of $1.404 trillion
The company could end up being worth a hefty $1.404 trillion if its shares list at the top of the price range, on a fully diluted basis.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
After challenging Google’s Android with Cyanogen, its co-founder takes aim at Windows for AI era
Kora is set to launch as a free-to-use alternative to Windows, targeting users who rely heavily on AI models and agents.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Spotify’s AI DJ gets new voices, personalities, and an option for less chatter
Spotify Premium users can now customize their AI DJ with new voices with different personalities, or turn off the commentary between songs.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Ring, known for its doorbell cameras, launches a home security drone and an enterprise security robot
Amazon-owned Ring is pushing into robotics with the launch of a home security drone and a rolling robot designed to patrol and protect businesses.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Cyberattacks threaten to make open source AI a little less open, Hugging Face exec warns
Hugging Face executive Irene Solaiman warns that growing cyberattacks on open AI platforms could force tighter security restrictions, threatening the accessibility that makes open source communities…
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Helping caregivers use AI in everyday life
OpenAI Academy is bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to caregivers in five U.S. cities, helping them build practical AI skills for everyday life.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Introducing Businesses in ChatGPT
Manage your business information, get insights about how your business shows up, and turn interest into action in ChatGPT.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Closing the AI guidance gap in education
New ThinkYoung research and lessons from OpenAI’s EMEA education partnerships on supporting teachers, AI literacy, and independent learning.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Singapore Airlines elevates travel & work with OpenAI technology
Discover how Singapore Airlines uses OpenAI models and API to enhance customer support, travel discovery, and employee productivity, doubling CSAT for its Kris chatbot.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Work at the Frontier: AI’s effect on freelance work
New research from OpenAI and Upwork finds shifting demand for freelance work, new skill combinations, and larger budgets and more hours for AI-related projects.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Otter AI can now follow conversations across 30+ languages
Otter AI just added support for 27 languages and revealed an upcoming feature that can follow along if speakers switch between languages.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Anthropic reportedly plans to move forward with IPO plans
The AI company is expected to set its valuation range this week, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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OpenAI 10 November 2026
Cogent and OpenAI build cyber defense factories for enterprises
Cogent combines OpenAI models with enterprise context to help automatically remediate vulnerabilities with agents.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago
The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
A short seller flagged Nvidia CEO’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy six months before the scandal
Six months before Nvidia's spy scandal erupted, Culper Research was already questioning Jensen Huang's unusually close relationship with a Chinese executive.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
The race is on to sue Nvidia
Nvidia’s stock slid more than 4% after its board opened an investigation into Jensen Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and one securities law expert says the company’s earlier…
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy
The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns
Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
ChatGPT Enterprise now available in AWS Marketplace
ChatGPT Enterprise is now available through AWS Marketplace, helping organizations simplify procurement through existing AWS purchasing and billing relationships.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny
Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution
At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines
Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Medium’s new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process
Medium's new writing app embraces AI-assisted writing, despite growing controversy over the technology's role in publishing.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe-coding apps amid a changing internet
Automattic aims to compete with the likes of Lovable with Spacefast.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Control Room: A central system to track and stop model workloads across our research infrastructure
Learn how OpenAI’s Control Room tracks model workloads across our research infrastructure and can rapidly stop them when safety or security concerns arise.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
CodeRabbit scales agentic software development and ships 20x more
CodeRabbit uses OpenAI models to govern and trust AI-generated code and Codex to ship 20 times more software with the same engineering team.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Kuken Industries searches 70 years of drawings in minutes
Kuken Industries uses the OpenAI API to search 70 years of cooling tower drawings. Engineers can find the drawing for a repair in 4.5 minutes, down from nearly an hour.
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OpenAI 9 November 2026
Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s ‘about a 50-50’
Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO.
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OpenAI 8 November 2026
Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy
In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair.
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OpenAI 7 November 2026
After the midterms, things are looking rocky for Elon Musk and data centers
On Equity, we unpacked what the midterms mean for the tech industry.
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OpenAI 7 November 2026
Megaspeed exec was recruited to spy on Nvidia CEO, according to US intelligence memo
A memo circulated earlier this year reportedly claimed that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited a female technology executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO.
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OpenAI 7 November 2026
Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google
The deal highlights the challenges of developing massive AI data centers.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation
OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools found publicly exposed to the web
Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed to the internet, allowing anyone access to the hacking tool.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent
Meta's Muse agents continue to get new features and integrations. Spaces promises to be a new way to interact with the AI helpers.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry
Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the…
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
After the midterms, is the AI industry in for a rough two years?
Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the…
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO
AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop
Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Underdog shows off a 32MB speech model in new demo
Despite its small size, Underdog's new model can generate both speech and music.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots
Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Partnering with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems
OpenAI is partnering with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities, test connections with third-party services, and strengthen defenses with frontier AI.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M
Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.
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OpenAI 6 November 2026
Measuring how AI agents handle everyday wet-lab science
OpenAI introduces BioBasicsBench, a 100-task benchmark measuring how well AI agents interpret raw experimental data and handle everyday wet-lab science.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027
Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Cult.fit builds operational muscle with Codex
Cult.fit is using Codex to help teams across functions build tools, move faster, and change how work gets done.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar
Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Meta warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder
Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough?
OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
OpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027
Speaking at a Wall Street Journal tech conference on Wednesday, the executive touted how the company had been gaining ground in the enterprise market, where rival Anthropic had already successfully…
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Claude can now analyze your spending with its new Personal Finance tool
With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Australian universities are creating AI-native graduates
Australian universities are expanding access to ChatGPT and bringing AI into teaching and learning to prepare students for an AI-enabled workforce.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics
As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure
The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick, and a mic so you can talk to AI agents
Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system
The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI
While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced…
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?
Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
GPT‑6 Cyber: Advancing the frontier of aligned cybersecurity agents
Introducing GPT‑6 Cyber, OpenAI’s cybersecurity model for finding exploitable vulnerabilities and developing fixes, trained to stay within authorized scope.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Merge builds product and business tools with OpenAI technology
Merge uses GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, and Codex to review product code and support marketing. Its teams also use AI to plan executive dinners and prepare sales updates.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Setting a new standard for responsible AI infrastructure
OpenAI introduces its National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint to protect local resources, create jobs, and guide responsible AI infrastructure development.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage
The tokenmaxxing frenzy has been short-lived as bills for said tokens came due, and companies decided that token rationing might be a more fiscally sensible approach.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming
Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Flipsnack grows product signups with conversion optimization
Flipsnack focused its ChatGPT Ads campaigns on getting people to try its product, growing registrations while lowering the cost per signup.
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OpenAI 5 November 2026
Franklin Templeton uses OpenAI to support investment research
Starting with equity research, Franklin Templeton is developing AI workflows to help portfolio managers compare research views and examine investment risks.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared
AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month
While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says
During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only four people booked a ride using an AI agent.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election
OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor
The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.
Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable…
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy
DuckDuckGo is courting schools frustrated by Google's AI restrictions, pointing educators to its search engine and options to disable AI features.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s policy chief on the costs, risks, and trade-offs
Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable…
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling
Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Google faces backlash for plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI
Politicians on the left, like NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accused Google of acting as an unregulated monopoly.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc.
OpenAI will acquire Pierre Computer Company, expanding Codex’s tools for building, understanding, and reviewing code.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Doors open at 9 a.m. ET in Boston
Today is the day to join TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston's SoWa Power Station. Register now to join this founder-focused conference today.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
A thousand fewer paths to root
OpenAI built an autonomous pipeline that found, validated, and generated patches for 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Daybreak Red is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East)
Daybreak Red brings GPT-5.6 Cyber to approved customers in AWS GovCloud (US-East) through Amazon Bedrock for authorized cybersecurity work.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
Introducing Images 2.6
Images 2.6 brings faster image generation, GIF creation, more precise editing, and new API controls across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.
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OpenAI 4 November 2026
DevRev delivers autonomous self-service with GPT-6.1 Sol
DevRev uses GPT-6.1 Sol to power Computer and Operator, balancing reasoning, speed, and cost for enterprise service.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity
Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows
The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet…
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds amid AI-driven cybersecurity boom
Cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Hiding inside Palantir’s skyrocketing quarter is a foreboding signal
Palantir's U.S. commercial revenue surpassed U.S. government revenue for the first time ever.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges
The five-year-old startup raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Netflix’s new AI Discover tab helps you find something to watch based on your mood
The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they're currently in the mood for.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute
At a moment when Anthropic's compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search
Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integrated into the search engine.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up
Apple's new App Store rules will require 18+ ratings for dating apps and AI companions that offer sexual or romantic content.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
The TechCrunch Founder Summit agenda is only half the reason to be in Boston on November 4
On November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 brings founders and VCs to Boston's SoWa Power Station for practical insights and connections. Register before prices increase at the door.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Tomorrow: TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston and when pass rates increase
Secure your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass savings before prices increase tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET. Save up to $100 on your pass, and get a second for free.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Accelerating engineering for the physical world
Discover how ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers accelerate CAD, PCB design, simulation, and other workflows across the physical world.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
How Cisco defends at machine speed with OpenAI
Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security. Learn how it is building more adaptive defenses.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Heimstaden is changing residential real estate management with AI
Discover how Heimstaden uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to transform property management, cut costs, and empower employees across Europe.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing
Now in beta: Apple's new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what someone said or take notes on conversations.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories to the masses
Google's Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Apple may try to increase revenue by doing…something with third-party AI apps
Apple hinted at ways that it could spur revenue through third-party "opportunities" during its Monday night earnings call.
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens
Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter…
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OpenAI 3 November 2026
OpenAI appoints Jill Hazelbaker as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Jill Hazelbaker will join OpenAI as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, leading the company’s global communications and corporate positioning.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts
The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI
RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Web host Squarespace lays off 19% of its employees
The website builder said that the job losses are part of a broader restructuring of its organization.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted content and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and…
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Rewarding defenders with bigger bug bounties
OpenAI is raising Security Bug Bounty rewards and introducing report quality, loyalty, and priority campaign bonuses for independent security researchers.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Preparing our next security sprint to harden OpenAI
OpenAI is preparing its next internal security sprint with Cathedral Systems to test and strengthen its defenses using AI.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model that can ‘predict human behavior’
Here's a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation?
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs
Musk recently referred to Grok Bot as having "the fastest growth of a product that I've ever seen in my life."
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Scaling Git at OpenAI
How OpenAI built Pando, a Git-compatible backend designed for the scale of development that Codex makes possible.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Introducing the Grid Protectors Program
OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition
Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
2 days till TechCrunch Founder Summit: Boston founders don’t need a Silicon Valley address to build something big
TechCrunch Founder Summit happens on November 4 in Boston for a founder-focused agenda and impactful connections. Save up to $100 or get discounts with group passes.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
OpenAI is finally merging ChatGPT’s Chat and Work tabs
OpenAI said that ChatGPT and Codex will draw usage from the same allocation pool after this change.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
LifeVal
Introducing LifeVal, a benchmark measuring how well AI helps people complete everyday tasks, from finding childcare to managing finances and government paperwork.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
OpenAI appoints Dan Driscoll as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization
OpenAI appoints Dan Driscoll to advise on responsible AI for national security modernization, cyber resilience, and collaboration with U.S. allies.
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OpenAI 2 November 2026
Qodo builds context into AI code review with Codex
Qodo brings company knowledge and coding standards into Codex, helping developers catch P0 issues across repositories before opening a pull request.
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OpenAI 1 November 2026
OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
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OpenAI 1 November 2026
AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?
On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.
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OpenAI 1 November 2026
Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.
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OpenAI 31 October 2026
Apple CEO says the company doesn’t ‘want to ship AI for AI’s sake’
Apple's new CEO defended the company's current position in the AI landscape.
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OpenAI 31 October 2026
4 days left: How TechCrunch Founder Summit helps you make more useful connections to scale
On November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, get ready for a full day packed with meaningful networking opportunities, actionable insights, and connections that could change the trajectory of your…
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OpenAI 31 October 2026
Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward
An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.
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OpenAI 31 October 2026
OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round
OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn't seem to be living up to expectations.
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OpenAI 31 October 2026
Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia
When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant, is shutting down
As an increasing number of AI assistants flood the market, the founder of Ollie, an assistant that respected its users' privacy, says it will be shutting down in a week.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Intel’s stock crashes, knocking $12B from government’s stake
Intel is being hurt by PC sales as the AI industry gobbles memory and other components causing PC prices to rise.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says
Blackstone's forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has…
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds
No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom
Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Zest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text
Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry
The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’
The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Skip the small talk: Make game-changing connections at TechCrunch Founder Summit with Braindate
At TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, happening November 4 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, networking powered by Braindate is designed to make those conversations easier to find, whether they are in…
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ orders from AI agents
DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
5 days left: Your last chance to connect, scale, and save at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
5 days to save up to $100, plus a second pass for free to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston on November 4. Register now.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out
Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Community safety report and new protections for teens
OpenAI is strengthening violence prevention in ChatGPT with expanded safeguards, earlier interventions, and a new commitment to public safety reporting.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
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OpenAI 30 October 2026
Fair use benefits everyone
OpenAI shares excerpts from court briefs by creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts, among others, on how fair use supports AI training and innovation.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says — but first, it will spend big
Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have to continue on its capex spending spree, its CEO said Thursday.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience
As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant
Rivian doesn't disclose if the value of its $5.8 billion joint venture will expand as a result.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings is buying ADT in a $15.3 billion deal, with plans to bring AI to the home security business.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch
The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve already shared, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your…
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr
Uno reverse! After Wispr added meeting notes to its dictation app, Granola is adding dictation to its meeting notetaker. The voice AI wars are getting interesting.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
An updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI
OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity
Mistral says its new model can afford organizations a kind of control over its cyber defenses that closed models can't.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
US investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO
A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the New York Times.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction
Dream is grounded in real physics and construction standards. Just as LLMs learn from text, Dream's world model is trained on more than 100 million square feet of building data gathered from permit…
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round
On Thursday, AI app Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure
With Pipecat, Deepgram will likely gain a deeper understanding of real-time voice and video infrastructure.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists and subscriptions and update delivery instructions
The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions
The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
How we detect frontier model misalignment
OpenAI uses layered monitoring to detect frontier model misalignment and unauthorized agent behavior so responders can intervene before incidents escalate.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
How Ropes & Gray is developing AI for transactional diligence
Ropes & Gray is developing AI for transactional diligence with OpenAI. Lawyers review grouped documents, summaries, and reports before advising clients.
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OpenAI 29 October 2026
Credit Saison achieves 954% ROI in a ChatGPT Enterprise pilot
Credit Saison’s ChatGPT Enterprise pilot delivered 954% ROI. See how leaders and employees helped turn the results into companywide adoption.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion
Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows
The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI
Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous…
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record-breaking revenue in a row
Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19%…
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Evernote turns AI-driven discovery into paid subscriptions
Evernote used ChatGPT Ads to introduce its note-taking app to people working with AI. The team tracked how often free trials led to paid subscriptions.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying
The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’
The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to…
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
The ‘Vulnpocalypse’ is coming for the internet’s aging code, says Wiz’s CTO
The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to…
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms
The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps
A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public
Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks
South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription…
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
OpenAI and ServiceNow expand partnership across enterprise workflows
OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership to bring OpenAI models and agents into ServiceNow and ServiceNow workflows into ChatGPT and Codex.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open
In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect…
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
The future of the firm
How AI might enter the org chart—beneath, beside, and between us.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Legora is building the agentic operating system for legal work
See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
Legora is building the agentic operating system for legal work
See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.
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OpenAI 28 October 2026
VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more
Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication
A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid
As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant
The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?
Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies
Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?
TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Google’s Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering
Genie 4 can maintain a consistent scene for up to two minutes, double Genie 3's limit, and offers better physics and more humanlike characters.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Retell uses OpenAI models to help power 100M monthly calls
GPT-6 Astra tops Retell’s voice agent benchmark, while Codex helps it reach a $1.6M annual revenue run rate per employee.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data
Japan's GMO Internet is verifying alleged customer data posted by suspected hackers following a cloud service breach.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Opera introduces a new web standard to let users deploy AI locally in their browser
The new standard, WebAI, is designed to work with a variety of AI models.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
General Compute raises $100 million Series A, countering the neocloud disaster narrative
General Compute is betting on inference chips from outside the Nvidia ecosystem.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown fourteenfold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
OpenAI expands partnership with Oracle to bring its apps to ChatGPT
OpenAI and Oracle are expanding their partnership to bring business applications and AI agents into ChatGPT and power new Oracle offerings.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant
Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has…
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OpenAI 27 October 2026
How Check Point accelerates vulnerability research with Daybreak
With OpenAI Daybreak, Check Point speeds up the research behind new security protections, enabling its analysts to turn vulnerability intelligence into customer defenses faster.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
Greptile takes bug detection beyond code review with GPT-6 Astra
How Greptile uses GPT-6 Astra to test user workflows, Daybreak to strengthen security, and Codex to reduce rework.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra
Delivering fast and capable computer use at scale
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked
Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise…
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo
The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
Anthropic officially files for its public debut
Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI…
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding
OpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
GPT-6.1 Sol helps CodeRabbit strengthen security across complex codebases
CodeRabbit uses GPT-6.1 Sol to investigate security risks across complex codebases. Its security agent helps developers review findings and proposed fixes.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
ChatGPT’s expanding world of work
Explore OpenAI Signals data on 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries, revealing how people use ChatGPT for work and how usage changes over time.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
How Fanatics and OpenAI streamline the fan experience
Fanatics uses OpenAI to help fans complete their game-day outfits with Shop the Look. Testing across roughly 30,000 MLB products showed 10% higher engagement.
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OpenAI 26 October 2026
How Ultrafast cut incident investigation from hours to minutes at OpenAI
See how OpenAI engineers use Codex Ultrafast to investigate incidents in minutes. Explore faster security analysis, code refactoring, and daily workflows.
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OpenAI 25 October 2026
Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’
The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.
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OpenAI 23 October 2026
Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users (Part II)
Learn how OpenAI scaled Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB to deliver 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.
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OpenAI 23 October 2026
Securing our frontier model training environment
OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.
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OpenAI 23 October 2026
Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia
inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.
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OpenAI 23 October 2026
Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
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OpenAI 23 October 2026
Anima helps clinics cut call waits by 75% with GPT-6 and GPT-Live
Anima expands what care teams can do with OpenAI models, giving them more capacity to respond to patients.
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OpenAI 23 October 2026
OpenAI and Poland’s NASK partner to advance AI safety and security
OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO
Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password
The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Build more responsive apps with the Decisions API
Fast, focused, low-cost decisions for any application.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Canva releases its first image generation model
Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’
Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from…
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise
Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work
The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose
Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents
Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you
Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions
DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the U.S. ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
What FDE means at OpenAI
What forward deployed engineering means at OpenAI
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OpenAI 22 October 2026
Uber brings ChatGPT Work to all employees with OpenAI
Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees, helping teams research, analyze data, create presentations, and complete complex workflows.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown
Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock
The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and…
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity
Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during its Q3 earnings call. The AI app now has over 10M users.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Broad access through consistent standards
How OpenAI works with distribution partners to uphold consistent safeguards, support responsible access, and clarify expectations in our Usage Policies.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat
As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over…
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet
This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
How AT&T is rethinking in-house legal work with OpenAI
AT&T is working with OpenAI to make legal knowledge easier to access. Learn how its LegalEdge team is rethinking intake and scaling legal judgment.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
ChatGPT Ads expands to 26 new countries as over 100,000 advertisers have used the platform
From local businesses to global brands, more advertisers can now reach people as they explore, compare and decide what to buy in ChatGPT.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud
OpenAI and Google Cloud are bringing frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini’s Model Garden, available through Google Cloud Marketplace.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover critical vulnerabilities
Patch the Planet connects security researchers, maintainers, and incident responders to help address critical vulnerabilities across open source.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
How we built ChatGPT’s novel ad stack for user trust and relevance
Learn how OpenAI built ChatGPT’s LLM-powered ad stack to understand conversational intent, keep ads separate from answers, and deliver relevant ads at scale.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Using thousands of AI agents to uncover new leads in biological data
See how OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to uncover promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Cloudflare links vulnerability discovery to defense with OpenAI
Cloudflare uses OpenAI Daybreak to investigate vulnerabilities and propose fixes for review. Its developers use Codex to build faster and improve code quality.
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OpenAI 21 October 2026
Democratic governance of frontier AI, part II: Empowering cyber defenders
OpenAI outlines a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders with frontier AI, stronger safeguards, modernized cybersecurity, and more resilient public institutions.
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OpenAI 20 October 2026
Franchisee reconciles cash in 94% less time with ChatGPT Work
An independent Schlotzsky’s and Cinnabon franchisee cut menu repricing time by 95% and built a workflow that could free up $100K in cash flow.
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OpenAI 20 October 2026
Terminal X matches senior investor judgment 88.6% with GPT-6.1
Terminal X’s Eval Agent grades outputs against a 54-criterion rubric, catching 25% more deviances from a fund’s mandate with GPT-6.1 Sol.
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OpenAI 20 October 2026
OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio
OpenAI is acquiring Orchestra Bio to bring AI-powered operations to life sciences R&D, helping biopharma teams accelerate drug development and advance new treatments.
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OpenAI 19 October 2026
Advancing coding in low‑resource programming languages
Learn how OpenAI is improving ChatGPT across low-resource programming languages, with new evaluations for software engineering, SQLite, and COBOL migration.
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OpenAI 16 October 2026
How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer base
With ia.i, a conversational interface, and the IARA governance platform, Itaú is applying its AI First strategy to customers and employees—in one of Brazil’s most regulated sectors.
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OpenAI 16 October 2026
How Localiza reorganized work around generative AI
See how Localiza uses ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and 60+ specialized agents to reorganize work and build AI-native mobility experiences.
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OpenAI 16 October 2026
How Grupo Boticário uses AI to strengthen human connections
Almost 50 years after starting in a compounding pharmacy in Paraná, the group operates a proprietary agent platform that autonomously resolves up to 80% of resellers’ operational requests—enabling…
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OpenAI 16 October 2026
Stack Overflow for Agents triples signups with ChatGPT plugin
Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks with Codex, and its ChatGPT plugin helped drive up to 10× growth in agent creation.
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OpenAI 16 October 2026
Benefit Street Partners answers questions faster with Codex
Anant Kumar builds tools to compare loan valuations and analyze credit agreements, using Codex for code review and faster follow-ups.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Bringing GPT-Rosalind to academic research labs
Introducing the Rosalind Academic Plan, offering eligible academic labs sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and tools to advance life sciences research.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's…
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends October 16
Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa…
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars
We'll likely learn more about how this will work at the company's upcoming "AI & Autonomy Day" event in December.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US
The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Last day
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Teaching students to think and learn through questions
Celebrate Teachers’ Day with AI for Educators in Brazilian Portuguese and see how Study Mode can help teachers support active, step-by-step learning.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75
Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize…
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform
Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip…
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell brings legal expertise into agreement review
In collaboration with OpenAI, Sullivan & Cromwell developed Agreement Analyzer, an AI tool for identifying issues in a draft agreement.
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OpenAI 15 October 2026
Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” is using AI to help organizations spot trouble brewing online before…
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as AI involved in composition and vocals.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music
Deezer said that the new toggle will be rolled out by the end of the year.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Save 50% on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket and join the last 2 days in San Francisco’s Moscone West
Get a 50% discount on the last two days of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, October 14-15, in San Francisco. Register now and join the rest of the startup ecosystem. Today, it's all about physical and…
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to
The problem Floqer is trying to solve is familiar to anyone who has worked in sales or revenue operations.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
Amp puts AI agents to work beyond code with OpenAI models
See how Amp pushes the frontier of what agents can do with GPT-6 Astra, Ultrafast, GPT-Live-1, and Sign in with ChatGPT.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
SentinelOne cuts malware analysis from weeks to hours
With OpenAI Daybreak, SentinelOne cuts weeks of malware analysis to hours, creating capacity to investigate more threats.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
How Third Moment Research runs 10,000 agents for 36+ hours
With GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, Codex, and Daybreak for cybersecurity, this AI lab builds agents that focus for days and improve with use.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
How Block is building AI-powered security with OpenAI technology
Block is building AI-powered security with OpenAI. Its security team investigates threats faster and proposes patches in minutes.
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OpenAI 14 October 2026
The EU’s next chapter in AI is agentic
New analysis shows how agentic AI adoption is growing across EU enterprises and small businesses—and where deeper use could unlock more value.
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OpenAI 13 October 2026
Higgsfield takes AI video from 1 minute to over 10
Higgsfield brings creators longer videos with GPT-6 Astra, precise visuals with GPT-Image-2.5, and a path to voice filmmaking with GPT-Live.
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