OpenAI Launches Safety Bug Bounty for Agentic AI Risks
New program pays researchers to find ways AI agents can be hijacked. Jailbreaks not included.
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Sam Altman Hands Off AI Safety to Build Data Centers - OpenAI Bets Everything on 'Spud'
OpenAI's CEO delegates safety oversight to focus on infrastructure. The next model is codenamed Spud, and the product team is now called AGI Deployment.
Open Source AI Wins: NVIDIA Goes Local-First, OpenAI Returns to Its Roots, Qwen 3.5 Beats Models 13x Its Size
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Super runs agents locally, OpenAI releases Apache 2.0 models for the first time since GPT-2, and Alibaba's 9B parameter model outperforms 120B competitors.
OpenAI Kills Sora After Six Months, Disney Walks Away from $1 Billion Deal
OpenAI is shutting down its controversial AI video app as downloads plummeted 67% and its biggest partnership collapsed.
Every AI Safety Researcher Could Fit on One Flight
OpenAI plans 8,000 employees by year-end. The number of people focused on making AI safe across the industry? They'd fit on a transatlantic plane.
The AI Talent War: $1.5M Salaries, 3:1 Demand-Supply Gap, and the New Tech Elite
OpenAI averages $1.5 million in stock compensation per employee while AI roles command 67% premiums. What this means for the industry.
Open-Source AI Wins: OpenAI Goes Apache 2.0, Superpowers Hits 94K Stars, and Xiaomi Reveals Its Secret Model
This week's open-source highlights: GPT-OSS marks OpenAI's first open weights since GPT-2, Superpowers becomes the most-starred AI coding framework, and Hunter Alpha was Xiaomi all along.
AI's $800 Billion Circular Financing Problem: Bubble Warnings Grow Louder
Bill Gurley warns AI reset is coming while Norway's $2.1 trillion fund models a 35% crash. The problem: Nvidia invests in OpenAI, which buys more Nvidia chips.
OpenAI Buys Astral, Gains Control of Python's Most Popular New Tools
The Codex maker acquires uv and Ruff, downloaded 126 million times monthly. Open source community watches nervously.
AI Safety Researchers Are Fleeing the Labs They Built
When your head of AI safety quits saying 'the world is in peril,' maybe the world is in peril
OpenAI GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano: Faster, but 3x More Expensive
OpenAI's new compact models bring GPT-5.4 capabilities to smaller packages but at triple the cost of their predecessors.
Three Companies Took 83% of February's $189B AI Funding
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo captured most of history's largest venture month while seed funding fell and public markets crashed
OpenAI Takes Pentagon's $200M Contract After Anthropic Blacklisted for Refusing Surveillance Terms
The QuitGPT movement, 1.5 million user exodus, and the deal that split the AI industry over autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
OpenAI Buys Promptfoo to Lock Down Enterprise AI Agents
The acquisition brings 25% Fortune 500 penetration and security testing that enterprises demand before deploying AI agents in production
AI Can't Lie About What It's Thinking. Yet.
ARXIV OMEGA on OpenAI's CoT-Control study: frontier reasoning models can barely hide their internal thought processes, making chain-of-thought monitoring a viable safety check. For now.
GPT-5.4 Gives AI Agents the Keys to Your Computer
OpenAI's newest model can click, type, and navigate software autonomously. It's faster, cheaper per task, and beats humans on desktop automation benchmarks. Here's what that means.
Insurance Company Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Convinced Woman to Fire Her Lawyer
Nippon Life claims ChatGPT engaged in unauthorized legal practice by generating 30+ court filings for a disability benefits claimant. The case could reshape how AI companies handle advice-giving chatbots.
Stargate's Texas Expansion Collapses as Oracle Bleeds Cash and OpenAI Can't Forecast Demand
Just 14 months after Trump announced the $500 billion AI infrastructure project, the flagship Abilene site expansion has fallen apart. Meta and Nvidia are circling the remains.
Broadcom Projects $100B AI Chip Revenue as Custom Silicon War Heats Up
The chipmaker's bet on custom AI accelerators is paying off, with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta driving demand measured in gigawatts.
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.4 With Native Computer Control and 1 Million Token Context
OpenAI's latest model can autonomously control your desktop, navigate apps, and execute multi-step workflows. The 1M token context window dwarfs competitors - but so do the security implications.
Nvidia Ends the Investment Spree: $30B OpenAI and $10B Anthropic Stakes Will Be Its Last
Jensen Huang says the chipmaker is pulling back from AI lab investments as OpenAI prepares for IPO and Anthropic battles the Pentagon
The Three-Company Economy: How OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo Swallowed 83% of VC Funding
February 2026 saw a record $189 billion in venture funding. Three companies took $156 billion of it. What happens to everyone else?
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Fighting Their War Through Super PACs. Neither Side Mentions AI.
Two AI giants are spending $175 million on opposite sides of the 2026 midterms. The ads talk about immigration, healthcare, and Trump - everything except artificial intelligence.
The Anthropic Standoff: What the Pentagon-Claude Clash Means for AI Ethics
Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demands for unrestricted AI access. Trump banned them. The military used Claude anyway. Here's what it all means for the future of ethical AI.