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GPT-5.5 Is ‘Our Smartest Model Yet,’ Says Company With History of Saying That

April 23, 2026

OpenAI's most capable model yet matches GPT-5.4 latency — while outperforming it across coding, science, and knowledge work benchmarks.

Read moreGPT-5.5 Is ‘Our Smartest Model Yet,’ Says Company With History of Saying That

OpenAI acquires TBPN podcast in push to become the industry’s media voice

April 6, 2026

OpenAI is navigating IPO preparations and policy debates.

Read moreOpenAI acquires TBPN podcast in push to become the industry’s media voice

Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for training ChatGPT on its content

March 16, 2026

Britannica says OpenAI copied nearly 100,000 articles to train ChatGPT, then used the chatbot to steal its traffic.

Read moreEncyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for training ChatGPT on its content
AI inflection point

Is journalism about to hit its ‘AI inflection point?’

February 24, 2026

Mainstream AI attention is turning “more content” into a newsroom coping strategy. Here’s the move that actually matters.

Read moreIs journalism about to hit its ‘AI inflection point?’

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI to build ‘next generation of personal agents’

February 17, 2026

The viral open-source AI assistant will become a foundation project that OpenAI continues to support.

Read moreOpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI to build ‘next generation of personal agents’

ChatGPT rolls out ads after Super Bowl clash with Anthropic

February 10, 2026

OpenAI began showing ads to free and low-cost users Monday, hours after rival Anthropic mocked the move in Super Bowl commercials. CEO Sam Altman called the ads dishonest before launching his own ad product anyway.

Read moreChatGPT rolls out ads after Super Bowl clash with Anthropic
Conceptual illustration of ad revenue flowing to OpenAI while publishers are left out

OpenAI launches ChatGPT ads with no revenue share for publishers

January 27, 2026

Unlike Perplexity, the company has no plans to cut in the news organizations fueling its answers.

Read moreOpenAI launches ChatGPT ads with no revenue share for publishers

OpenAI targets second half of 2026 for its first AI device

January 20, 2026

The Jony Ive-designed gadget could reshape how audiences consume news and information.

Read moreOpenAI targets second half of 2026 for its first AI device
AI newsroom

The unstated message of OpenAI’s new journalist academy

January 6, 2026

Behind the launch of OpenAI's new training hub lies a tacit acknowledgment: AI is already reshaping journalism, whether newsrooms are ready or not.

Read moreThe unstated message of OpenAI’s new journalist academy
AI and media

Five ways AI will reshape the media in 2026

December 23, 2025

As AI adoption accelerates, publishers face a volatile mix of legal battles, product bets, and renewed pressure to prove what only humans can do.

Read moreFive ways AI will reshape the media in 2026
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