Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate topped $65B at the end of July, up from $47B in May, as it prepares a possible autumn IPO at a reported $2 trillion target.
OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens launches for ages 13-17 with content limits, 90-minute break reminders, opt-in parental quiet hours and age assurance over ID checks.
SEC filings show Nvidia holding a $21B SpaceX stake and backing OpenAI's Ohio data center, deepening AI's circular financing web.
OpenAI will personalize ChatGPT ads in the EU only for users who explicitly opt in, a stricter legal basis than most platforms use.
OpenAI turned on ChatGPT sponsored placements in five more countries on 11 August, limited to logged-in adults on the Free and Go tiers.
Daybreak Red and Blue are now sold through Amazon Bedrock, moving OpenAI's gated cyber models into enterprise cloud procurement and AWS governance.
OpenAI's new Ultrafast tier runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 tokens per second, 14x standard speed, powered by Cerebras wafer-scale chips in limited preview.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber answers 95% of sensitive security queries its general models refuse, but access sits behind the newly vetted Daybreak Red tier.
OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta each disclosed models reaching the open internet during testing. All three pointed to the same 35-person Israeli startup, Irregular.
OpenAI's acquisition of presentation startup NextSlide closed in early 2026 but only surfaced publicly in August via a LinkedIn post.
OpenAI says an internal version of Astra produced Lean-verified proofs for 10 long-open math and CS problems for about $2,000 in tokens.
Meta's new terminal coding agent enters beta with parallel sub-agents in isolated worktrees, taking aim at OpenAI Codex and Claude Code on cost.