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The British government has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI, the American firm behind ChatGPT, to enhance collaboration on artificial intelligence
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ChatGPT search surges in Europe, nears DSA regulation threshold

OpenAI’s web-enabled feature, ChatGPT Search, is rapidly expanding its user base across Europe, edging closer to new regulatory scrutiny under the EU’s Digital Services Act. According to a recent compliance filing by OpenAI Ireland Limited, the corporate arm responsible for EU operations, ChatGPT Search averaged 41.3 million monthly active recipients over the six-month period ending […]

A simple question posed on X (formerly Twitter) has sparked a curious debate about digital etiquette — and its potential cost. One user asked, “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models.” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chimed in with a characteristically dry reply: “Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never know.” While Altman’s response was clearly tongue-in-cheek, it opened up a broader conversation: does politeness to artificial intelligence come with a price tag? Technology site Futurism picked up the exchange, musing on whether pleasantries like “please” and “thank you” — often directed at ChatGPT and other AI tools — might be not only unnecessary but also wasteful in terms of time and computing power. But not everyone sees it as a pointless gesture. Kurt Beavers, a design director on the Microsoft Copilot team, suggested there’s more to digital politeness than meets the eye. According to Beavers, polite inputs from users can influence tone and outcomes. “Using polite language sets a tone for the response,” he said. “When an AI model clocks politeness, it’s more likely to be polite back.” In other words, AI might be mirroring more than just words — it could be taking cues from human manners, too. Still, while some users embrace courteous phrasing as part of interacting with AI in a more “human” way, others argue it’s just another habit formed in a world of voice assistants and automated replies — or perhaps even a subconscious hedge against a sci-fi-style future where machines remember how we treated them.
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Saying ‘Please,’ ‘Thank you,’ to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions, Altman laments

A simple question posed on X (formerly Twitter) has sparked a curious debate about digital etiquette — and its potential cost. One user asked, “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models.” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chimed in with a characteristically dry […]

OpenAI CEO teases restructuring amid lawyer, stakeholders negotiations
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OpenAI’s $500bn ‘Stargate’ project eyes global expansion

OpenAI’s massive AI infrastructure initiative, known as Stargate, may soon stretch beyond U.S. borders. The $500 billion project is backed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank is considering international investments, with potential sites in the U.K., Germany, and France, according to a new report from the Financial Times. Launched earlier this year, Stargate was initially framed […]

OpenAI unveils advanced AI agents to tackle complex ChatGPT tasks
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OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for $3b

OpenAI is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire Windsurf, an AI-powered coding assistant formerly known as Codeium, for approximately $3 billion. Bloomberg was the first to report the potential deal, citing a source familiar with the discussion. OpenAI is accelerating its efforts to maintain a lead in the competitive generative AI space, where rivals like […]

OpenAI mulls $500bn valuation in employee share sale talks
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OpenAI developing social media platform to rival X – Report

OpenAI is quietly building its own social media network with similarities to Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, according to a report by The Verge on Tuesday. The report claims the AI company has developed an internal prototype that includes a social feed centered around ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities. While the project remains in its early stages, […]

OpenAI mulls $500bn valuation in employee share sale talks
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OpenAI launches GPT-4.1 AI models with major upgrades, lower costs

OpenAI unveiled its latest suite of artificial intelligence models on Monday, introducing GPT-4.1 along with smaller variants GPT-4.1 Mini and Nano. The company says the new models mark a significant leap in capabilities, particularly in coding, instruction following, and long-context comprehension. Available exclusively via OpenAI’s application programming interface, the GPT-4.1 models outperform the company’s previously […]

The British government has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI, the American firm behind ChatGPT, to enhance collaboration on artificial intelligence
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OpenAI to introduce ID verification for advanced AI models access

OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an identity verification process in order to access its most advanced AI models, according to a support page quietly published on the company’s website last week. The process, dubbed “Verified Organization,” is described as a new way for developers to unlock access to cutting-edge capabilities on the OpenAI […]

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OpenAI countersues Elon Musk for harassment, sabotage

OpenAI filed a countersuit against Elon Musk on Wednesday, accusing the billionaire entrepreneur of a sustained campaign of harassment and interference aimed at derailing the company’s transition to a for-profit structure. The legal move comes as tensions escalate between the two former co-founders over the future direction of one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence […]

Elon Musk announces upcoming release of AI chatbot Grok 3
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Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI starts in 2026

A federal judge has scheduled billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI for a jury trial in spring 2026, marking a significant development in the ongoing legal battle between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The case, which centers on Musk’s allegations that OpenAI abandoned its original nonprofit mission in favor of profit, will be heard […]

OpenAI mulls $500bn valuation in employee share sale talks
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OpenAI disables video generation for new users amid capacity issues

OpenAI is facing ongoing capacity challenges following the launch of its viral image generation feature last week, as a result, the company has temporarily disabled video generation for new users of Sora, its suite of generative AI media tools. “We’re currently experiencing heavy traffic and have temporarily disabled Sora video generation for new accounts,” OpenAI […]

OpenAI mulls $500bn valuation in employee share sale talks
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OpenAI projects positive cash flow by 2029 amid rising AI costs

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has disclosed that its path to a cash-flow positive is until 2029, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The artificial intelligence leader is contending with steep expenses associated with chips, data centers, and skilled talent required for the advancement of its cutting-edge AI systems, according […]