OpenAI News & Updates
Last updated September 11, 2026
OpenAI accelerates AI agent phone to early 2027 production with MediaTek chip, says supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
OpenAI President Greg Brockman confirms IPO exploration and $30B personal stake during testimony at Musk trial
OpenAI raises $4B for new $10B joint venture as Anthropic announces similar deal with Blackstone and Goldman Sachs
Google signs Pentagon AI deal with weaker guardrails than OpenAI, faces internal backlash from 1,000 employees
Elon Musk takes the stand in the OpenAI trial and says he was a “fool” to donate to OpenAI the nonprofit
OpenAI makes data-sharing official and prepares for EU ad expansion
OpenAI lays groundwork for ChatGPT ads in EU with consent management updates to conversion tracking pixel
OpenAI updates U.S. privacy policy to formalize data-sharing with advertisers and marketing partners
Families of Tumbler Ridge school shooting victims file 7 lawsuits against OpenAI in San Francisco federal court
Pentagon inks AI procurement deals with AWS, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, SpaceX and Reflection AI, but not Anthropic
OpenAI President Greg Brockman says agentic coding tools went from writing 20% to 80% of code in December
Adthena launches free “AdBridge” tool letting advertisers migrate Google Ads campaigns into ChatGPT Ads
ChatGPT uninstalls jump 132% year over year in April as OpenAI faces missed targets and mounting competition
Henry Blodget in Business Insider asks if OpenAI’s missed targets are limited to the company or signal an AI shakeout
Anthropic weighs funding round at over $900B valuation that would surpass OpenAI’s $852B
Bloomberg Opinion’s Dave Lee says an OpenAI bubble is not an AI bubble after Wall Street reaction to growth report
OpenAI forecasts $8 ChatGPT Go tier will drive consumer subscribers to 122M this year as Plus subscribers fall 80%
OpenAI pushes back on report of missed internal targets, says business is “firing on all cylinders”
Elon Musk testifies on opening day of OpenAI trial accusing Sam Altman of “stealing a charity”
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