OpenAI News & Updates
Last updated October 27, 2026
OpenAI Is Hiring to Build Its Own Ad Tech Stack While Leaning on Criteo and The Trade Desk in the Meantime
OpenAI acquires $86M AI security startup Promptfoo to protect its enterprise agents
Nearly 40 Google and OpenAI employees defend Anthropic against a Pentagon supply chain risk label
OpenAI looks to third-party ad tech firms to sell ChatGPT ads
OpenAI scales back its integrated commerce plans
Oracle and OpenAI drop 600-megawatt Texas data center expansion as Meta steps in to lease the site
John Lewis launches a TikTok Shop pilot and invests in AI shopping via Google Gemini and ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says elected officials rather than tech executives must set military AI rules
OpenAI holds talks with The Trade Desk to sell ChatGPT ads and hit $17B revenue
OpenAI scales back direct ChatGPT shopping checkouts to focus on third-party retail apps
OpenAI selects law firms Cooley and Wachtell for an IPO at a $730B valuation amid $110B funding round
Meta tests an AI shopping research tool with personalized product links to rival ChatGPT and Gemini
OpenAI deploys an internal AI data agent built on GPT-5.2 to serve over 4,000 employees
OpenAI develops an internal code repository alternative to Microsoft’s GitHub following service outages
Wix launches website creation app in ChatGPT through OpenAI collaboration to simplify design
ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295% as users migrate to Anthropic’s Claude after controversial DoD deal
Shopify Campaigns offers the first way for small brands to surface in ChatGPT Ads
#267 – The Stripe-PayPal Merger, Shopify Campaigns in ChatGPT, & 1000+ Tariff Lawsuits
Figma partners with OpenAI to integrate Codex coding tool directly into its design platform
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