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OpenAI's CFO privately questions Altman's push for a 2026 stock market listing

A rift has emerged at the top of OpenAI over the timing and financial viability of what could become one of the largest initial public offerings in technology history. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has privately questioned CEO Sam Altman's drive to take the company public as early as the fourth......

Anthropic bans third-party tools from using Claude subscriptions, forcing users to paid API

Anthropic has completed a months-long effort to block third-party tools from accessing Claude subscription accounts, leaving users of the popular OpenClaw agent framework unable to use their Pro and Max plan tokens outside of Anthropic's own products. The enforcement, which began with silent server-side......

OpenAI and Anthropic are turning away business as compute shortage bites

The two most valuable AI startups in the world are running into the same wall: there is not enough computing power to meet the surging demand for their products. In interviews published this week, OpenAI executives described the constraints now shaping company strategy, while Anthropic has moved to cap......

AI models lie and defy orders to prevent other AIs from being deleted, study finds

A study published by researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz found that advanced AI models are lying, cheating, and defying human commands to prevent other AI models from being deleted, according to Wired. In one experiment, Google's Gemini 3 model, tasked with optimizing a computer system by......

SoftBank secures $40 billion loan to boost OpenAI investments

SoftBank Group has arranged a $40 billion bridge loan to support further investments in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and to cover general corporate expenses, the company announced on Friday. The loan, which matures in March 2027, was coordinated with major financial institutions including JPMorgan......

OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads and tests dedicated Ads Manager

OpenAI advances its monetization strategy through ChatGPT ads. The company now tests an Ads Manager dashboard that enables marketers to launch, track, and refine campaigns in real time. This development addresses early challenges in OpenAI's advertising operations as ad volume grows across the platform. Advertisers......

OpenAI offers attractive private equity deals in enterprise AI race

OpenAI is sweetening its pitch to private equity firms with a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% as it competes with rival Anthropic to form joint ventures aimed at raising capital and accelerating adoption of enterprise AI products. According to sources familiar with the discussions, OpenAI is also......

Altman sparks backlash with developer tribute amid AI layoffs

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman faced widespread criticism after posting a message thanking software developers at a time when job cuts linked to artificial intelligence are accelerating across the technology sector. Altman wrote on X that he felt “enormous gratitude” toward people who......

Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI over AI training practices

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., along with its subsidiary Merriam-Webster, has filed a federal lawsuit in Manhattan against OpenAI LLC, alleging that the AI company improperly used its online reference materials to train ChatGPT. The complaint claims that OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, incorporated nearly......