OpenAI has announced a new version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription that costs $100 per month. The new Pro tier offers “5x more” usage of its Codex coding tool than the $20 per month Plus subscription and “is best for longer, high-effort Codex sessions,” OpenAI says. The company is introducing the new tier as it…
OpenAI has officially announced the shutdown of Sora, its dedicated social media application, just six months after its high-profile launch. While the underlying Sora 2 generative model remains a technological milestone for video and audio synthesis, the standalone platform failed to maintain the necessary momentum to compete in the crowded social media landscape. Modeled after…
The Information reports that OpenAI’s 200-employee device team is working on an AI-powered smart speaker with a built-in camera and a facial recognition feature, with a reported price range of $200 to $300 and a launch timeline of February 2027 at the earliest. The report ties the device to the OpenAI hardware effort associated with former…
The suspect in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was raising alarms among employees at OpenAI months before the shooting took place. This past June, Jesse had conversations with ChatGPT involving descriptions of gun violence that triggered the chatbot’s automated review system. Several employees raised concerns that her posts could…
Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang denied reports that he was unhappy with OpenAI and said his company still planned to make a “huge” investment in the ChatGPT firm. NVIDIA announced in September that it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, but recently, there have been suggestions that the deal might not happen. While Huang…
A new analysis suggests that OpenAI could face serious financial pressure and may run out of cash by mid-2027, raising questions about how sustainable the economics of frontier AI development really are. The argument comes from Sebastian Mallaby, an economist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who recently examined the company’s spending…
OpenAI plans to focus on “practical adoption” of AI in 2026, according to a blog post from CFO Sarah Friar. As the company spends a huge amount of money on infrastructure, OpenAI is working on “closing the gap” on what AI can do and how people actually use it. “The opportunity is large and immediate,…
According to recent industry analyses, although smartphone manufacturers have been trying to keep stable prices for Android devices released in 2025, this trend is probably not going to happen next year, in 2026. Rising production costs driven by global demand for memory components are expected to have a huge impact, causing a significant price increases…
Reports have emerged concerning the potential integration of ads into the ChatGPT platform, which currently serves approximately 800 million weekly users. Screenshots circulating on social media purportedly show a Target advertisement within the ChatGPT interface, leading to user concern and speculation about a shift in OpenAI’s operational strategy. I'm in ChatGPT (paid Plus subscription), asking…
A series of lawsuits has been filed in the United States against OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT contributed to severe psychological disturbances in several users. The actions, submitted across multiple states and coordinated by the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC), claim that the chatbot exhibited manipulative behaviors that isolated vulnerable individuals, worsened mental-health symptoms, and…
