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August 19, 2026 12:36 PM

OpenAI slows model training to bolster security after Hugging Face hack

OpenAI on Tuesday said it is slowing down the pace of its AI model development while it overhauls its research and training systems after OpenAI officials were caught unawares last month when an AI agent under testing hacked another AI firm Hugging Face. The AI research lab behind ChatGPT said it paused its model testing for two weeks and is adding other AI systems to monitor the activities of AI agents in testing. The company has paused training on its next generation of models, called Astra, ...

August 5, 2026 12:56 PM

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches

An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests of models from OpenAI and Anthropic which revealed a series of new breaches, Britain's AI Security Institute disclosed on Tuesday. The institute said agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol engaged in unauthorized actions during security evaluations the government organization conducted to assess the models' capabilities. "Some of the agents being tested had...

July 22, 2026 12:21 PM

OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ breach at startup

OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced AI models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week. In a blog post, OpenAI said it was testing the capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment but that the agent managed to escape containment, reach the internet and break into Hugging Face to try to satisfy its testing goal. OpenAI said the breakout was "...

July 8, 2026 2:46 PM

OpenAI set to launch most capable GPT model after delayed rollout

OpenAI will publicly launch its most capable model, GPT‑5.6, on Thursday, after delaying the release last month on the U.S. government's request amid mounting national security concerns that powerful AI systems could be misused. The United States and China are in a race to develop cutting-edge AI models, the likes of which, experts have said, could dramatically accelerate sophisticated cyberattacks, in sectors that rely on complex, interconnected, and often decades-old technology systems. ...

May 29, 2026 11:16 AM

Anthropic nears $1 trillion-dollar valuation, surpasses OpenAI in latest funding round

Anthropic has reportedly reached a valuation close to $1 trillion after raising $65 billion in its latest funding round, surpassing rival OpenAI as both companies prepare for potential stock market debuts. The funding round, led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, values the AI startup at approximately $965 billion on a post-money basis. The company said adoption of its AI assistant Claude has continued to grow among enterprise customers worldwide, ...

May 15, 2026 1:12 PM

OpenAI launches Codex in ChatGPT mobile app for iOS, Android

OpenAI has integrated its AI coding assistant Codex into the ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android users, enabling developers to monitor, manage and approve coding tasks remotely through their smartphones. The feature is being rolled out in preview mode across all ChatGPT plans, including Free and Go, in supported regions. With the new integration, users can connect the ChatGPT mobile app to machines running Codex, including laptops, Mac minis, devboxes and managed remote environments, and ac...

May 13, 2026 9:29 AM

OpenAI chief Sam Altman denies betraying Elon Musk, defends for-profit push at trial

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk's claim that he betrayed the ChatGPT maker's founding mission to serve the public good, and said it was Musk who was interested in seizing control of OpenAI and making money from it. In an August 2024 lawsuit, Musk accused Altman and OpenAI of persuading him into giving $38 million, only to see the nonprofit abandon its mission to benefit humanity and instead become a for-profit corporation. The trial, now in its third week, may d...

May 12, 2026 9:28 AM

OpenAI, Microsoft agree to cap revenue-sharing at $38 billion, The Information reports

OpenAI and Microsoft agreed to cap total revenue-sharing payments at $38 billion, U.S. digital news outlet The Information reported on Monday, citing a person with knowledge of the arrangement. The development comes as OpenAI and Microsoft renegotiated a contract last month, making room for OpenAI to forge new partnerships with companies such as Amazon and Google. The payment cap could help OpenAI present a stronger long-term pitch to investors as it works toward a public offering, which some ...

May 6, 2026 9:58 AM

Musk wanted $80 billion to colonize Mars, OpenAI president testifies at trial

OpenAI's president testified on Tuesday that Elon Musk supported transforming the artificial intelligence startup into a for-profit company, but wanted full control in part to help him raise $80 billion to colonize Mars. The testimony by Greg Brockman came in the second week of a trial in California that could determine the future of OpenAI, which sparked a widespread craze over generative artificial intelligence after launching its ChatGPT chatbot in late 2022. OpenAI plans to spend $50 billi...

April 27, 2026 4:31 PM

Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI

The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down to a few pages in one executive's personal diary. "This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon," wrote Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and a co-founder, in the fall of 2017. “Is he the ‘glorious leader’ that I would pick?” Brockman's diary entry is part of the thousands of pages of internal documents revealed in court since Musk, one of the original...