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I thought Sam Altman’s tweet about coders was nice — then I read it again
By Graham Barlow Published
Sam Altman’s latest tweet thanks the coders who “got us to this point” — but a closer look at that phrasing raises a bigger question about what happens next.

OpenAI takes steps to reduce ‘teaser-style phrasing’ in ChatGPT responses
By Graham Barlow Published
Sam Altman admits ChatGPT’s real appeal isn’t its intelligence, it’s its personality, as OpenAI moves to fix tone issues after user backlash.

Sam Altman admits OpenAI still needs to fix these 3 ChatGPT-5.4 weaknesses
By Graham Barlow Published
Sam Altman says GPT-5.4 is OpenAI’s best conversational model yet, but admits it still has three important weaknesses to fix.

‘The biggest losers in all of this are everyday people and civilians in conflict zones’: OpenAI is filling the gap left by Anthropic — but almost left in the same loopholes for mass domestic surveillance
By Benedict Collins Published
OpenAI has signed a contract with the Pentagon, days after Anthropic's $200 million contract was severed.

'Straight up lies': Anthropic CEO attacks OpenAI's US military deal
By David Nield Published
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has been having his say about the complicated events of recent days.

Sam Altman says plans for data centers in space are 'ridiculous' — is this the start of a new war of words with Elon Musk?
By Efosa Udinmwen Published
Sam Altman dismisses current plans for orbital data centers, citing high launch costs, hardware fragility, and infrastructure limitations.

Sam Altman says ChatGPT water use claims are ‘completely untrue'
By Graham Barlow Published
Sam Altman dismisses viral claims about ChatGPT’s water use — but the bigger question of AI’s growing energy and environmental impact remains unresolved.

The true emotional cost of retiring ChatGPT-4o
By Becca Caddy Published
The retirement of ChatGPT-4o has triggered an emotional backlash, revealing how deeply people can bond with AI systems.

Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad trolled OpenAI and Sam Altman is fuming
By Eric Hal Schwartz Published
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lashed out at Anthropic for “dishonest” Super Bowl ads that satirize AI ads.

'Companies that are not set up to quickly adopt AI workers will be at a huge disadvantage': OpenAI Sam Altman warns firms not to fall behind on AI - but notes 'it’s going to take a lot of work and some risk'
By Mike Moore Published
OpenAI CEO unsurprisingly positive about AI adoption - except if these headwinds spring up.
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