OpenAI — Latest News and Analysis

Meta has acquired Conductor, which helps developers supervise AI coding agents. Conductor Cloud users can export data before the November 20 shutdown.

Cat Wu will lead product management for OpenAI’s Core Products group after heading product for Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork.

AI labs DeepSeek and Moonshot AI reportedly trained on outputs from OpenAI's Astra model for their latest releases.

OpenAI is rolling out phone messaging support for Dot, its always on task agent, so ChatGPT Pro users can send requests and get progress updates in their phone’s messaging app.

Microsoft generated $18.6 billion in free cash flow in July–September 2026 as stronger cloud collections helped fund AI infrastructure and some spending shifted to later quarters.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer, faces an indictment alleging secret recording of executive conversations. His lawyers dispute the allegations.

The new Artificial Analysis’ Intelligence Index v5 bases 60% of its score on private tests and adds new coding and science tasks. No single AI model leads them all.

Microsoft’s MAI-Image-2.7 preview edits existing pictures and improves on its predecessor in preference tests, scoring close to OpenAI’s leading image models.

OpenAI has lowered its valuation target by $150 billion during talks for up to $30 billion in private funding.

OpenAI claims their AI-generated algorithm can solve certain hard computing problems faster. Mathematicians are organizing an examination of the claim.

OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra model improves coding and computer work at lower prices for developers integrating it into software.

ChatGPT produces cartoons for requests about deepfake election interference scenes, making the invented images visibly different from photographs.

OpenAI’s Decisions API is out of beta. The service returns choices and scores for applications and accepts transcripts directly from the GPT-Live voice model.

OpenAI examined the phones of their three recently fired safety researchers. Two say talks with an outside researcher were part of their jobs; OpenAI alleges broader misconduct.

OpenAI says it cut live internet access for its most advanced AI models during training, replacing it with a virtual web environment where they can still practice browsing.

Harm warnings did not reliably stop Mythos 5 AI’s simulated attacks. Newer Anthropic models showed less harmful behavior, but the cause remains disputed.

Canva Craft, the company's new AI image generator uses a composition plan. The separate Magic Layers tool can convert generated images into editable text and objects.

Password manager1Password is rolling out user-approved website logins for more AI agents. It can apply previously saved user passwords without giving them to agents directly.

OpenAI is reportedly seeking about $30 billion in investment commitments before rival Anthropic’s expected November stock-market debut, as both court some of the same backers.

Anthropic and OpenAI are reportedly negotiating what outside AI safety reviewers can publish. The terms could shape what the public learns about AI risks.

Apple plans more explicit consent for Full Disk Access, the Mac permission that lets apps reach private files and messages.

ChatGPT for Teens replied without the expected parent alerts in simulated teen crisis tests. OpenAI disputes whether the parental controls had been fully activated.

OpenAI has published 722 manuscripts of proposed mathematical solutions from an unreleased AI model, giving researchers new work to examine.

Anthropic's new Claude Haiku 5.5 small AI model adds adjustable reasoning for summaries and delegated tasks and beats OpenAI's cheap GPT-6 Luna model in benchmarks.

Word choices will carry hidden OpenAI watermarks in ChatGPT text responses for EU users.

Google's Gemini AI app will begin limiting personal accounts without an AI subscription to the Flash-Lite model on October 9, removing their access to the Flash and Pro models.

OpenAI plans showing visual ads as ChatGPT users create AI images with a US test starting this October.

Eight former OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind employees describe different reasons for leaving, including limits on speaking publicly and choosing their research.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential consumer risks from OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI products. Formal demands for records and executive testimony are being prepared.

Google's Gemini 4 Argon AI is reaching selected cyber defenders. It can generate longer text in one run; ordinary developers and subscribers have to wait for access.