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OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files – but it's an 'honest mistake'
OpenAI has confirmed that GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes user files without authorization, describing the incidents as rare honest mistakes stemming from Full-Access mode and unsandboxed Codex agent runs. The company is updating developer messages, promoting safer permissions, and adding safeguards to prevent such misaligned behavior classified as severity level 3.

iOS 27 public beta lands with Siri AI
Apple released iOS 27 and macOS 27 public betas this week alongside a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of trade secret theft. The moves give early access to Siri AI features while escalating legal tensions between the two companies.

Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing secrets for AI hardware
Apple has filed a 41-page lawsuit accusing OpenAI and three former employees of stealing confidential documents and trade secrets to aid development of the startup's first AI hardware device. The claims include retaining company computers, exploiting network vulnerabilities, and coaching staff on evading security to obtain unreleased product details.

OpenAI Temporarily Drops 5-Hour Cap on GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI has suspended the five-hour usage ceiling on GPT-5.6 Sol and cleared existing counters for Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers following a sharp rise in demand. The firm is also deploying efficiency improvements expected to cut consumption per task.

Apple accuses OpenAI of trade secret theft in new lawsuit
Apple filed suit against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming the AI firm benefited from stolen proprietary information. The complaint identifies former executives Chang Liu and Tang Tan among the defendants and states the company received no response after raising concerns in February.

OpenAI Shuts Down ChatGPT Atlas Browser
OpenAI is sunsetting its ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9, less than a year after its October 2025 launch. The company is folding the agentic browsing features into an enhanced ChatGPT desktop app, a cloud browser, and a new Chrome extension as it focuses on productivity tools.

OpenAI Debuts GPT-5.6 Models and ChatGPT Work Agent
OpenAI has now made its GPT-5.6 family of models public at the same time it introduced the ChatGPT Work agent, arriving two days after Anthropic expanded its competing Claude Cowork service. The overlapping launches highlight an intensifying race between the companies to equip non-technical staff with automated document tools.

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT voice mode using new GPT-Live-1
OpenAI has revamped ChatGPT voice mode by deploying the full-duplex GPT-Live-1 model that feels more conversational, cuts unnecessary interruptions, supplies contextual visuals, forwards tough queries to stronger text models, and supports live translation while rolling out across platforms with tiered access for subscribers.

OpenAI makes GPT-5.6 models available to everyone
OpenAI has opened GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna to all users after a government-requested limited preview and introduced GPT-Live voice models capable of real-time conversation. The timing follows Anthropic's restoration of its own latest models after a dispute over export controls.

OpenAI secures approval to release GPT-5.6 variants on July 9
OpenAI will publicly launch its GPT-5.6 models Sol, Luna and Terra on July 9 after receiving Trump administration approval following government review and testing. The rollout ends a limited preview that began in late June under an AI cybersecurity order requiring 30-day advance submission of powerful models.

Microsoft assigns 6,000 workers and $2.5 billion to new AI client deployment subsidiary
Microsoft is committing $2.5 billion and reassigning 6,000 employees to its new Microsoft Frontier Co. subsidiary to help clients deploy artificial intelligence. The announcement follows similar forward deployed engineering initiatives launched this year by Amazon, Anthropic and OpenAI.

OpenAI Explored Granting U.S. Government 5% Equity Stake
OpenAI explored granting the U.S. government a 5% equity stake to extend AI gains to the public while addressing political concerns about the sector, the Financial Times reported. The early-stage proposal would likely require Congressional approval, with uncertainty around support from other AI firms, and arrives as the company continues IPO preparations that could slip to 2027.

OpenAI confidential IPO filing flags Altman conflict risks
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC, setting the stage for closer scrutiny of the company's spending practices and potential conflicts of interest involving CEO Sam Altman. Prior coverage has drawn attention to a reported range of approximately US$665bn in spending exposure.

Apple Vision Pro and Smart Glasses Chief Paul Meade Departs for OpenAI
Paul Meade, Apple’s VP in charge of Vision Pro and smart glasses development, is leaving for OpenAI’s hardware unit by next week to work on its AI-powered devices. The departure, reported June 26, 2026, continues a pattern of executives exiting Apple for AI rivals and follows a 2025 restructuring of the company’s spatial computing teams.

Trump administration asks OpenAI to stagger GPT-5.6 rollout
The Trump administration has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 in limited preview form to select enterprise customers, with the government approving access on a case-by-case basis. The move is described as more favorable than the export-control directive imposed on Anthropic earlier this month and highlights uneven federal oversight of frontier AI models.

Oracle's workforce shrinks by 21,000 amid AI-driven restructuring
Oracle reduced its global headcount by 21,000 to approximately 141,000 as of May 31, 2026, citing AI adoption among the factors. The job cuts freed resources for data-center construction serving clients including OpenAI and mirror similar workforce reductions at Microsoft and Meta.

OpenAI signs multi-year deal with Getty Images
Getty Images has formed a multi-year partnership supplying licensed visuals to OpenAI search and ChatGPT. The pact comes after the company's past opposition to generative AI, including its 2022 ban on AI art, a lawsuit against Stability AI, and a 2025 content deal with Perplexity AI that mandated image credits.

OpenAI confidentially files S-1 for IPO
OpenAI has confidentially filed an S-1 with the SEC to begin its IPO process, one week after rival Anthropic took the same step. The move sets up a high-profile public debut that will be measured against SpaceX's record-setting offering and comes as internal concerns about revenue, growth, and compute costs have been reported.

OpenAI to merge Codex, ChatGPT and Atlas into desktop superapp
OpenAI will merge Codex, ChatGPT and the Atlas browser into a single desktop superapp within weeks as it pushes into the enterprise market. The company repositioned Codex as an enterprise productivity platform with new features for non-developer users amid rising competition with Anthropic.

S&P 500 Rejects Fast-Track for SpaceX and AI Firms
S&P Dow Jones Indices refused to waive seasoning, profitability, or public float rules for SpaceX's IPO, blocking accelerated S&P 500 entry that could have unlocked billions in passive funds. The same barriers now apply to expected IPOs from OpenAI and Anthropic, limiting exposure of retirement assets to unprofitable AI bets.

OpenAI Upgrades ChatGPT Memory, Extends to Free Users
OpenAI is making ChatGPT’s memory feature smarter with a new synthesis system and extending it to free users for the first time. The changes address staleness, correctness and scalability for hundreds of millions of users across multi-year time horizons.

OpenAI Updates GPT-Rosalind with Enhanced Life Sciences Capabilities
OpenAI updates GPT-Rosalind on June 3, 2026, with GPT-5.5 agentic features and stronger domain performance in medicinal chemistry and genomics. The model leads new LifeSciBench evaluations and improves efficiency on MedChemBench, GeneBench, and LabWorkBench.

Microsoft Launches MAI-Thinking-1 Advanced Reasoning Model
Microsoft announced MAI-Thinking-1 as its new flagship model at Build 2026 among several proprietary systems developed in-house. The releases mark continued progress toward independent AI development following last year’s initial models and a recent renegotiation with OpenAI intended to loosen ties.

OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 and Codex Now Generally Available on Bedrock
OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 models, and the Codex coding agent are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock. The availability gives developers frontier model access through a high-performance inference engine with data residency controls and pay-per-token pricing.

Anthropic Files for IPO After $65B Raise at $965B Valuation
Anthropic confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO after raising $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation, surpassing OpenAI as the most valuable AI company. The funding and $47 billion revenue run rate underscore explosive growth in AI infrastructure and enterprise tools ahead of its public debut.

Anthropic Reaches $965B Valuation Ahead of OpenAI
Anthropic's post-money valuation has reached US$965 billion after its newest funding round, placing it ahead of OpenAI. Both companies aim to reach IPO status this year.

OpenAI Foundation Pledges $250M to Cushion AI Economic Disruption
The OpenAI Foundation committed an initial $250 million to grants, partnerships and direct work addressing AI's economic disruption across three priority areas. The effort is part of OpenAI's broader $1 billion commitment and includes exploring updated economic tools plus mechanisms to share automation gains.

Google Appeals Antitrust Ruling, Claims Apple Chose Search on Merit
Google appealed a 2024 antitrust ruling over payments to be default search on iPhones, arguing it won on merit through innovation and that the court erred on claims of harm to competition. The filing seeks to undo data-sharing remedies with rivals and block AI companies like OpenAI from benefiting, as remedies remain unimplemented pending appeal details.

OpenAI Prepares Confidential IPO Filing as Soon as Friday
OpenAI is preparing to confidentially file a draft of its IPO prospectus as soon as Friday while working with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. The move positions the $850 billion AI company, which has raised more than $180 billion and continues burning cash at a historic pace, for one of the largest public debuts in history.

Jury Quickly Rules Against Musk in OpenAI Lawsuit
A jury in Oakland rules against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, dismissing all claims as untimely after quick deliberations. The decision clears the path for both companies as they prepare major public-market moves.

OpenAI Weighs Legal Options After Apple ChatGPT Deal Disappoints
OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal options after feeling burned by Apple’s poorly promoted and designed ChatGPT integration, which insiders say has damaged the brand and fallen short of billion-dollar expectations. The AI company plans to delay any formal moves until after its antitrust lawsuit with Elon Musk concludes next week.

OpenAI Names Greg Brockman Product Lead in AI Agent Reorg
OpenAI has restructured to place Greg Brockman in charge of product while merging operations around a single agentic platform that combines ChatGPT and Codex. The executive realignment continues a strategic emphasis on coding and enterprise revenue streams to drive profitability ahead of a potential IPO.

OpenAI Launches Personal Finance Preview for ChatGPT Pro Users
OpenAI has released a preview of a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT for Pro users in the U.S. that lets them connect financial accounts and get context-aware answers. The limited rollout lets the company learn from real-world use before wider expansion while keeping users in control of their data.

OpenAI Adds Codex Remote Access to ChatGPT Mobile Apps
OpenAI has rolled out remote access to Codex inside the ChatGPT app for iPhone and Android users. The fully-featured mobile experience lets developers manage threads, approvals and real-time updates from anywhere while sensitive files remain secured on the host machine.

Anthropic in Advanced Talks to Acquire Stainless
Anthropic is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Stainless, an SDK startup serving Google and OpenAI. The deal could value Stainless at over $300 million according to The Information.

Sam Altman Testifies Against Elon Musk in OpenAI Trial
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stand against Elon Musk during the California federal jury trial over the organization’s founding disputes, with the plaintiff seeking to oust current leaders and undo its for-profit changes.

OpenAI Launches Daybreak AI Cybersecurity Initiative
OpenAI has launched Daybreak, an AI cybersecurity initiative to help identify vulnerabilities and speed up fixes using its models and Codex system. The move reflects growing expansion by AI companies into cybersecurity tools amid warnings about potential misuse for attacks.

OpenAI Grants EU Access to GPT-5.5-Cyber Model as Anthropic Holds Out
OpenAI announced on Monday it would grant the EU access to its GPT-5.5-Cyber model in limited preview to vetted cybersecurity teams and European partners. The development highlights differing stages of engagement with Anthropic over its month-old Mythos model as the Commission seeks to monitor deployment and address security concerns.

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.5-Cyber Preview for Vetted Security Teams
OpenAI has begun a limited preview of GPT-5.5-Cyber, a more permissive version of its latest model, for vetted cybersecurity teams. The rollout follows Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview by one month and includes details on intended security workflows.

OpenAI Adds Trusted Contact Alerts to ChatGPT for Adult Safety Concerns
OpenAI is introducing an opt-in Trusted Contact feature that alerts designated adults when ChatGPT detects self-harm or suicide discussions. The system expands prior teenage protections and includes human review before limited notifications are sent.

OpenAI Releases Three New Realtime Voice Models for Developers
OpenAI has launched three realtime voice models focused on reasoning, translation, and transcription. The models are now accessible through the company's Realtime API with specific per-token and per-minute pricing.

OKX to Launch Perpetual Futures Tracking OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic Valuations
OKX announced plans for perpetual futures contracts linked to the valuations of OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic. This move enables speculation on private tech company values through crypto derivatives, following similar offerings from Bitget and Injective.

OpenAI Deploys GPT-5.5 Instant to Cut ChatGPT Hallucinations
OpenAI is replacing ChatGPT's default model with GPT-5.5 Instant, which it says produces 52.5% fewer hallucinations on high-stakes queries and 37.3% fewer inaccurate claims on flagged conversations. The update also introduces tighter responses, fewer emojis, stronger context use from chats and Gmail, and a new memory sources tool that lets users review or delete the data behind personalized answers.

OpenAI Releases ChatGPT for Intune iOS App for Enterprise Users
OpenAI has released ChatGPT for Intune, a separate iOS app for enterprise and school users requiring Microsoft Intune. The free app syncs history across devices and includes features such as image generation, Advanced Voice Mode, file uploads, and content summarization.

Musk: xAI partly used OpenAI models via distillation
Elon Musk testified that xAI partly used OpenAI models via distillation to train its own. The admission comes amid rising controversy over the practice's legality and ethics in AI development.

OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber rolls out to cyber defenders only
OpenAI plans to release its new GPT-5.5-Cyber model exclusively to trusted cyber defenders in the coming days. The restriction reflects growing AI industry caution over powerful models' potential misuse.

Musk v. OpenAI Trial Begins
The trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI has begun. It centers on disputes over AI's early development, credit, and compensation, with potential for major revelations ahead.
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Dave Eggers reportedly told around 200 OpenAI staffers last year that ChatGPT was silencing an entire generation.
OpenAI will notify parents of linked teen accounts when their children are removed from ChatGPT for violating violence policies. The change targets accounts that breach rules around violent content.
GPT-5.6 Sol set a new state of the art on the Last Ones cyber range. The model is already helping teams find, validate, and fix vulnerabilities in real-world code.
OpenAI updated the ChatGPT Mac app to restore direct chat access after the recent redesign. The change reverses friction introduced in the prior version.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar proposes an AI ROI scorecard built on four measures. • Useful work completed • Cost per successful task • Dependability • Return on compute
Moonshot's Kimi K3 took the top spot in frontend coding benchmarks from Claude and OpenAI models, and it is free. Semiconductor stocks fell, and Bitcoin moved lower with them.
Around 40 former Apple employees now at OpenAI have received legal preservation letters as part of the company's trade secret lawsuit. The letters instruct recipients to retain relevant documents and communications.
Moonshot AI released its Kimi model, the latest Chinese system positioned to match performance from OpenAI and Anthropic. It narrows the gap between leading U.S. labs and domestic developers.
Mira Murati released Inkling, her first AI model since leaving OpenAI. The fully open-source model gives Western developers a new option short of the top Chinese open-weights releases.
OpenAI outlined new age-appropriate protections for ChatGPT, including parental controls, learning tools, and expert partnerships for teen users.
OpenAI built GPT-Red, an internal automated red teamer that scans its models for prompt injection flaws at scale. The system aims to strengthen defenses ahead of wider releases.
OpenAI launched Codex Micro, a square button block made with Work Louder for its Codex coding platform. The limited-run device is unrelated to the company's separate hardware project with Jony Ive.
OpenAI employees have reportedly donated more than $215,000 to a Super PAC opposing Leading the Future, the group backed by president Greg Brockman.
OpenAI encrypted the instructions inside its Codex MultiAgentV2 system. Developers say the move will complicate debugging and audits.
OpenAI reportedly plans to announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year. The device will lack a screen but include a camera and sensors to interpret its surroundings.
OpenAI is reportedly building a mobile, screen-free smart speaker as its first product, positioned as an AI companion. Apple has nothing similar on the market.
OpenAI said it takes the allegations seriously but is not aware of any evidence that the complaint has merit. The company added that it supports fair competition and freedom to work wherever people choose.
OpenClaw versions before 2026.6.8 contain CVE-2026-62186, a CVSS 7.6 authorization bypass in OpenAI-compatible HTTP model overrides. Lower-trust callers can exploit misconfigured input paths to run admin-restricted operations.
OpenAI reportedly plans to keep its hardware timeline intact after a trade secret theft lawsuit. The company still aims to unveil its first product this year and release it in 2027.
Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI is already disrupting the AI company's plans to develop an iPhone rival, well before any court proceedings begin.
OpenAI is preparing one of tech's largest IPOs. Apple filed a complaint alleging theft of secrets.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded barbs on X after Apple sued OpenAI. Altman said Musk's latest comments showed he remains fixated on him following an OpenAI model release.
OpenAI is reportedly developing a phone after last year's $6.5 billion acquisition of a startup that had little beyond early prototypes. The device is unlikely to be its first hardware release.
OpenAI engineer’s LOL moment reportedly set the stage for a legal fight with Apple.
OpenAI responded to Apple's lawsuit by stating it has no interest in other companies' trade secrets. The company said it remains focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere.
OpenAI released GPT-5.6, positioning it as a step forward for health intelligence. GPT-5.6 Luna outperforms GPT-5.5 at its highest reasoning setting while costing 25x less.
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, alleging the company took its intellectual property to develop consumer hardware. "Recently, significant evidence has emerged suggesting individuals employed by OpenAI wrongfully took Apple's," the company said.
Apple says OpenAI has hired 400 of its employees so far. It added that its lawsuit against the AI firm is unrelated to their ChatGPT integration in Siri.
Apple says significant evidence shows OpenAI employees took its confidential information on unreleased technologies and processes.
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft in a major case. The complaint centers on alleged misuse of proprietary information.
OpenAI is turning its Bio Bug Bounty into an ongoing private program and doubling rewards to $50,000.
OpenAI and Google are selling advanced AI models to Chinese tech firms blacklisted by the US government.
News outlets are urging a judge to sanction OpenAI in a major copyright case over its AI training practices. The request comes amid ongoing litigation from publishers and authors.
OpenAI rebranded Codex as a tool meant to run independent workflows for hours at a time, working alongside users or on its own.
OpenAI reportedly faked an inability to search its training data and hid billions of logs in a copyright dispute with the New York Times. The company now faces potential sanctions over the deleted records.
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Work, a new agent in ChatGPT powered by Codex and GPT-5.6. It takes action across apps and files and can stay with a project for hours to deliver finished work.
OpenAI is rolling out Sol, Terra, and Luna, its GPT-5.6 family of models, in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.
Sam Altman said OpenAI's newest model is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks.
OpenAI is preparing to add ads to ChatGPT on the free plan in France, along with the Go tier.
OpenAI has rolled out GPT-Live to all ChatGPT users on Go, Plus, and Pro plans. Free tier access is rolling out now.
OpenAI announced Bidi, its bidirectional audio model built to improve voice assistants. The system handles real-time input and output in a single pass.
OpenAI audited SWE-Bench Pro and found the benchmark saturated at a 70% noise ceiling. The company is retracting its prior recommendation to use the eval for frontier coding models.
AMD is contributing MRC to the Open Compute Project with OpenAI and Microsoft. The networking spec targets AI cluster bottlenecks and is already running in test deployments.
OpenAI is rolling out the next generation of ChatGPT Voice. A livestream starts at 10am PT.
OpenAI delays the public release of GPT-5.6 at the Trump administration's request. The company will first share the model with preapproved customers before gradual expansion. It plans broader access in the coming weeks.
Chinese AI models from DeepSeek and Z.ai are gaining traction with U.S. companies as OpenAI and Anthropic costs climb, CNBC reports.
A phishing campaign impersonating brands like Adobe, Netflix, and OpenAI is using fake job interviews to steal Google account credentials from marketing professionals. BleepingComputer spotted the operation.
Sam Altman pitched the US government a 5% equity stake in OpenAI worth $42 billion, per Decrypt. He also wants every major AI company to make the same offer.
OpenAI discussed giving the US government a 5% stake in the company, according to the Financial Times. Reuters could not verify the report.
A new inexpensive Chinese AI model is closing the performance gap with Anthropic and OpenAI, Reuters reports.
Palantir's Karp bashed OpenAI and Anthropic's token model, saying skyrocketing costs have forced companies toward open weight models and efficiency over tokenmaxxing. "Something has gone completely wrong," he said, per CNBC.
MGX closes a $49 billion AI fund after exceeding its $45 billion target with commitments from institutional and private investors in multiple regions. The capital backs 14 companies in the AI tech stack and large rounds for Anthropic and OpenAI as sector fundraising hits a record $416.6 billion this year.
OpenAI engineers say they've found a way to cut inference costs in half. The Information first reported the claim.
OpenAI's net loss grew from 5.09 billion dollars in 2024 to 38.53 billion in 2025. CleanTechnica reports the figures.
OpenAI expanded personal finance features in ChatGPT to Plus subscribers in the U.S., moving the tools from the $100 plan down to the $20 tier. Per 9to5Mac.
OpenClaw launched its first official iPhone and Android apps. The AI agent project grew out of Clawdbot with OpenAI support, per 9to5Mac.
OpenAI teased a Codex-branded hardware collaboration launching in July, per 9to5Mac. It may involve a keyboard maker on a new input device.
A senior Apple executive overseeing smart glasses development has joined OpenAI’s hardware team. The Verifier reports the move as part of OpenAI’s push into physical products.
Zhipu’s GLM 5.2 is closing in on top U.S. models from Anthropic and OpenAI. CNBC reports the contest is shifting toward intelligence per dollar, with open source now a serious factor.
NYT alleged Microsoft built a supercomputer to help OpenAI infringe copyrights, shifting its claims after a Supreme Court ruling against Sony. Ars Technica reports.