OpenAI News & Updates
Last updated September 11, 2026
Elon Musk posted more than two dozen times on X attacking OpenAI and Sam Altman the day before his trial against the company opened
EU tells Google it must give rival AI services like ChatGPT and Claude the same Android access it reserves for Gemini
OpenAI missed internal targets for weekly active users and revenue, raising concerns among company leaders about its ability to fund massive data center commitments
The EU is pressing Google to open Android’s core features to rival AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude on equal terms with Gemini
Anthropic’s implied valuation on private secondary markets has reached $1 trillion, surpassing OpenAI’s $880B on the same platform
Sam Altman formally apologized to Tumbler Ridge for failing to alert police to the ChatGPT account of the mass shooting suspect
Robinhood Ventures Fund I invested $75M in OpenAI, adding it to a portfolio that includes Stripe, Revolut, Databricks, and ElevenLabs
OpenAI released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model that detects and redacts personally identifiable information in text on-device
Sam Altman accused Anthropic of fear-based marketing with Claude Mythos, comparing it to dropping a bomb while selling a bomb shelter
Greg Brockman’s former San Francisco apartment where OpenAI was founded in 2015 is listed for sale at $1.545M
Anthropic spent $1.6M on lobbying in Q1 2026, outpacing OpenAI’s $1M and marking record quarters for both companies
Florida launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT allegedly advising the suspect in a 2025 FSU mass shooting
OpenAI is partnering with Accenture, Capgemini, and PwC to sell its Codex AI coding tool to enterprises as weekly active users hit 4M
OpenAI moves towards a cost-per-click advertising model and creates a tracking pixel for advertisers
Sam Altman’s World expanded its human verification platform with new integrations across Zoom, DocuSign, Tinder, Okta, and Shopify
Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old AI startup from ex-DeepMind and OpenAI researchers, raised $500M at a $4B valuation
A WSJ report finds Sam Altman sought OpenAI investment in companies where he has personal financial stakes, raising conflict concerns
OpenAI’s Sora lead Bill Peebles and VP of AI for Science Kevin Weil are both leaving as the company refocuses on coding and enterprise
OpenAI is building a conversion tracking pixel for ChatGPT ads, moving toward the performance advertising infrastructure of Meta and Google
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