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Editorial illustration of a glowing data center with Gen Z graduates raising fists in protest

The AI industry has a Gen Z problem

June 9, 2026

Compute is getting pricey. Gen Z is booing AI. It's never been harder to be a change agent, but it's still possible.

Read moreThe AI industry has a Gen Z problem

Corporate America is starting to ration AI as costs skyrocket

June 1, 2026

Companies that rushed to adopt AI are now scrambling to rein in costs as bills multiply faster than returns.

Read moreCorporate America is starting to ration AI as costs skyrocket

AP Signs OpenAI as Elections Data Customer, Extending Reach to ChatGPT Users

May 27, 2026

The partnership means election data will be available to ChatGPT users for the 2028 election.

Read moreAP Signs OpenAI as Elections Data Customer, Extending Reach to ChatGPT Users

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
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