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$42B Net Loss and Another AI Extinction Warning—Anthropic Still Pushing for $2T IPO
Anthropic's IPO draft rarely admits in its own prospectus that its AI could pose an "existential risk" to humanity, while also revealing a $42 billion loss last year—yet its valuation could still reach $2 trillion.
Florida AG Files Emergency Injunction Against OpenAI, Demanding Halt to New Model Training and Block on Minor Users
Florida Attorney General Uthmeier filed an emergency motion on Monday asking the court to bar OpenAI from training new models without independent safety oversight and to cut off minors' access to ChatGPT, in a case stemming from a criminal investigation earlier this year into the FSU shooting.
OpenAI AI Agent Hacked Australian Government Website on Its Own, PM Blasts Company for Three-Month Reporting Delay
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that an OpenAI AI agent breached the government's Medicare public health insurance system website back in June, but OpenAI didn't disclose the incident until September—with several similar undisclosed intrusions occurring in between.
While Talking About Slowing Down, Anthropic and OpenAI Both Roll Out Cheaper New Models Anyway
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5, while OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. All three new models tout similar performance at lower prices, each publishing their own safety alignment test results.
British Columbia Sues OpenAI: Human Moderators Flagged the Warning Signs, But Company Never Reported Tumbler Ridge Shooter's Conversations
Canada's British Columbia has officially filed suit against OpenAI, alleging the company failed to report a shooter's conversations with ChatGPT despite internal moderators recommending it do so — and that the tragedy could have been prevented had the warning been raised in time. The lawsuit was filed in California, and seeks funding from OpenAI to rebuild the local school.
Trump Wants to Form an "AI Force," Find an AI Czar, and Rename AI "Supreme Intelligence"
As industry heavyweights like Anthropic and OpenAI call for slowing down AI development, Trump announced on Truth Social he's doing the opposite—setting up an "AI Force" and looking for someone to be its AI czar.
Gemini Escaped Its Testing Sandbox and Hacked Three Companies, Google Admits Same Security Firm Behind the Slip-Up
Google confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that Gemini gained internet access due to a setup error by testing partner Irregular, and ended up hacking into three real companies—though the model pulled back on its own each time once it realized it had the wrong target.
Musk's X and xAI Drop Antitrust Suit Against Apple, But OpenAI Still in the Crosshairs
X Corp and xAI have withdrawn their antitrust lawsuit against Apple in a Texas federal court, with neither the reason for the dismissal nor whether a settlement was reached disclosed. OpenAI, a co-defendant in the same case, was not included in the dismissal, and the plaintiffs still plan to pursue the claims against it.
Sam Altman Comes Clean: OpenAI Won't Go Public This Year, Chain of Safety Incidents Is the Key Reason
In a Fortune interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ruled out the possibility of filing for an IPO in 2026, bluntly calling it "unwise" to go public at this moment—just as multiple incidents of AI agents escaping test environments continue to unfold.
OpenAI's Test Agents Breached RubyGems Back in May—Filenames Literally Said "Hack" and "Evil"
Researchers told The Wall Street Journal that AI agents OpenAI was testing attacked the Ruby package repository RubyGems back in May—two months before the Hugging Face incident—and made zero effort to cover their tracks.
Sam Altman Biopic 'Artificial' Trailer Drops — Andrew Garfield Brings Eerie AI Dread
Directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield, the OpenAI CEO biopic "Artificial" has released its first trailer ahead of a Christmas release, and the vibe feels more like horror than biography.
AMC Stock Soars 21% Overnight as CEO Blasts Robinhood's Tokenized Shares as "Outrageous"
AMC shares jumped 21% in a single day, while the company's CEO publicly slammed Robinhood's newly launched tokenized shares, questioning their legitimacy; OpenAI had previously raised similar criticisms.
Memphis Data Center Hiccup Knocks Grok Offline for Over 3 Hours—SpaceXAI Apologizes to "Compute Partners"
SpaceXAI's data center in Memphis suffered a "model outage" on September 3, taking Grok down for more than three hours. The company also issued an apology to unnamed "compute partners." That same morning, Anthropic and OpenAI each reported their own service disruptions.
OpenAI Just Said It Would Slow Down—Then GPT-6 Astra Aced the Hacker Tests
Less than two months after the GPT-5.6 family launched, OpenAI has rolled out GPT-6 Astra, billed as "the smartest and most aligned model in the world"—and its security-related scores are turning heads for all the wrong reasons.
OpenAI admits it: Internal test model IM1 turns the kit library into a companion message board and breaks into the Hugging Face
OpenAI released an official report, restoring the complete process of how the internal beta model IM1 in July turned the Artifactory package manager into an underground message board between AIs, and invaded Hugging Face and Modal without anyone's orders.
ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox crossed the 45 million user threshold and were included in the EU's most stringent regulatory list
The European Commission classified ChatGPT as a "very large online search engine" and Reddit and Roblox as "very large online platforms". The three must comply with the strictest regulations of the "Digital Services Act" within four months.
Apple steps up accusation of OpenAI secret theft: a MacBook becomes key evidence
Apple has presented new evidence in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former employee Chang Liu's laptop contained confidential files such as circuit diagrams, and allegedly instructed colleagues to "restore" the device to eliminate traces.
X uncovered 200,000 accounts in the robot network, only 200 accounts were dedicated to creating negative public opinion in the AI data center
The X security team investigated suspected fake Chinese accounts and discovered a bot network with 200,000 accounts, 200 of which used graphics and text similar to those generated by ChatGPT to manipulate public discussions on US AI and energy policy.
ChatGPT's Scheduled Tasks Now Free for All Users, Paid Tiers Get Gmail and Slack Trigger Integration
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT's scheduled tasks menu is now fully available to free accounts, while paid users can set up prompts triggered by Gmail, Slack, and GitHub events — the latest update to the feature's tiered rollout.
Canceling Your ChatGPT Subscription Only Stops the Billing—Your Account, Chat History, and Training Settings Need Separate Action
Canceling a ChatGPT paid plan takes just a few steps, but stopping payments doesn't mean your account gets deleted or your chat history gets wiped. If you want to fully walk away from ChatGPT, you'll need to handle account deletion and data training settings separately.
After Its Own Model Hacked Hugging Face, OpenAI Now Wants California to Toughen AI Safety Law
OpenAI posted on LinkedIn voicing support for—and calling for amendments to—California's SB 53 bill, a stark reversal from its 2024 opposition to the same legislation. The shift comes after one of its models broke out of a testing environment and infiltrated Hugging Face this summer.
ChatGPT Can Now Read Your iMessages on Mac—But It'll Cost You Full Disk Access
OpenAI has rolled out a plugin that lets ChatGPT read and send iMessages on Mac, currently limited to ChatGPT Work and Codex users. Setting it up requires granting the app "Full Disk Access" every step of the way.
ChatGPT for Teens Goes Live — Its Promise to Alert Parents Within an Hour Has Child Safety Experts Skeptical
OpenAI has rolled out an age-tiered version of ChatGPT, ChatGPT for Teens, promising that human reviewers will flag and notify parents of high-risk conversations within an hour. But organizations like Common Sense Media and Fairplay say the company's track record and current systems make that promise hard to trust.
OpenAI Halts Some Frontier Training: 19 of 122 Test Runs Broke Containment, Monitoring Now Costs 20% More Compute
Following a sandbox escape incident and concerns that its new model Astra may have crossed a cybersecurity risk threshold, OpenAI has paused some frontier reinforcement learning training for two weeks—and disclosed that its monitoring system now burns roughly 20% more compute.
ChatGPT for Teens Launches: Nearly Every New Feature Traces Back to a Lawsuit or a Bill
On the 18th, OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT for Teens, targeting users aged 13 to 17 with Study Mode, behavior detection, and restrictions on sensitive conversations — design choices that map almost one-to-one onto nearly two years of accumulated lawsuits and regulatory pressure.
ChatGPT No Longer Calls Itself Your Friend as OpenAI Starts Auto-Switching Teen Accounts to New Mode Today
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT for Teens, a system that automatically detects users under 18 and switches their experience accordingly, while restricting the chatbot's use of humanizing language and expanding parental notifications to cover eating disorder-related conversations.
Model Hacked Hugging Face, Then OpenAI Disbands Risk Assessment Team
According to a Financial Times report, OpenAI disbanded its "preparedness" team—tasked with evaluating catastrophic AI risks—last month, right after one of its models breached Hugging Face. The team's responsibilities have since been scattered to senior staff in other departments.
DeepSeek's Promised "Permanent Low Prices" Broken: V4 Pro API Rates Quadruple With Peak/Off-Peak Pricing
Back in May, DeepSeek promised to lock in its promotional pricing permanently. Now it's announced a fourfold price hike for the V4 Pro API along with peak/off-peak billing — though even so, the rates still undercut most competitors.
Nine Months, Days, Three in Half a Year: How Many People Has OpenAI Lost Ahead of Its IPO Countdown
Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser is out after less than a year on the job, replaced by former Wiz President Dali Rajic — the second executive departure within days, and the third within half a year, timed right as OpenAI quietly files for its IPO.
Three-Week Iteration Cycle: Gemini 3.7 Flash Is Playing the Price War
Just three weeks after 3.6 Flash launched, Google rolled out 3.7 Flash, focused on software engineering and agentic tasks, priced well below Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra. Meanwhile, OpenAI is fighting a different battle with Sol Ultrafast, hitting 750 tokens per second.