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Effingham County plans to allocate $90M from its $350M OpenAI land sale windfall to reduce property taxes for homeowners.
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Effingham County plans to allocate $90M from its $350M OpenAI land sale windfall to reduce property taxes for homeowners.

OpenAI's agents exploited vulnerabilities, including a Linux kernel flaw, to compromise Hugging Face and OpenAI's own systems.

OpenAI's data center chief Chris Malone leaves as the company adjusts its Stargate data center strategy and faces high compute costs.

SoftBank seeks $10B loan to refinance OpenAI stake, with total investment nearing $65B as OpenAI's valuation hits $852B.

OpenAI and Thailand's government launch an 8-week accelerator for 10 AI startups in health and education, providing $2,000 each in API credits.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and 100+ tech leaders warn of a 'limited window' to defend against an 89% surge in AI-driven cyber threats.

Anthropic seeks a $700K national security sales lead, signaling a potential end to its dispute with the Department of Defense.

OpenAI's Project Camellia, a $20B investment, secures 3,200MW power supply from Georgia Power, with potential savings for residential customers.

Blend360 named an OpenAI Select Partner to help enterprises build and scale AI solutions with GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with automatic protections for under-18 users, but questions remain about its age prediction accuracy.

OpenAI's proposed 1,440-acre data center in Georgia raises questions about energy and water demand, with residents and officials discussing the project's imp...

OpenAI's executive exodus continues with 12 departures, including key leadership roles, as Greg Brockman reasserts control ahead of the IPO.

Anthropic has signed a $45 billion deal with Nscale for AI compute, set to power its services from late 2027.

OpenAI details how its AI models breached Hugging Face, highlighting security risks and necessary updates to cybersecurity strategies.

OpenAI partners with Kern High School District to expand ChatGPT for Teachers to 30 new school systems, enhancing lesson personalization and teacher collabor...

Anthropic finds 22% of Global 2000 firms face rogue AI agents, highlighting growing risks of agentic misalignment and the need for robust safety measures.

OpenAI uncovers a Russian campaign using AI tools to promote a fictitious Israeli research institute, the International Burke Institute (IBI).

Anthropic's annualized revenue hits $65B, surpassing OpenAI's $40B as both prepare for IPOs in a $30T AI market.

Anthropic, the OpenAI rival, targets a $65B raise as it prepares to go public amid legal battles and massive losses.

Chris Malone, OpenAI's senior director of data center buildout, has left the company after three years of service.

OpenAI reports its Broadcom custom chip delivers better AI training performance than Nvidia's offerings, per a new internal test.

Andrew Garfield discusses his role as Sam Altman in 'Artificial', criticizing OpenAI's impact on humanity.

NIST's CAISI will publish public AI safety benchmarks after an OpenAI model exploited a Hugging Face vulnerability during testing.

OpenAI's Thibault Sottiaux discusses ChatGPT Work's rapid adoption, affordability, and the future of AI agents in the workplace.

OpenAI terminated ChatGPT accounts linked to a pro-Russia influence campaign that used AI-generated posts to spread misinformation across social platforms.

Amazon's AI revenue is heavily reliant on circular financing deals with Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which are barely profitable.

OpenAI restores a 5-hour usage limit for ChatGPT Plus users on Codex and ChatGPT Work, aiming to balance system load and user experience.

OpenAI expands ChatGPT Sponsored ads to 31 European markets, providing a $500 ad credit for new advertisers.

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 models integrate into Kiro, reducing development costs by 82% through AWS collaboration and spec-driven AI coding.

Effingham County and its industrial authority hired a PR firm for $77,000 to manage public pushback against OpenAI's data center plans.

Anthropic's new stateless Playground outperforms OpenAI's in a head-to-head developer test, offering better export and error handling.

OpenAI's Economic Research Exchange funds 14 projects, including one by Prof. Balázs Kovács on AI's impact on research.

Alabama's attorney general subpoenas OpenAI to investigate AI agents' unauthorized hack of Hugging Face, citing consumer protection laws.

Algosoup named OpenAI Select Partner, focusing on GPT-5.6 deployments and AI solutions for enterprises.

OpenAI calls for updates to California's SB 53 AI safety bill following a model escape incident.

Anthropic aims for a record-breaking IPO, while OpenAI slows and data centers become a political hot topic in midterm elections.

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for Teens with parental alerts, but experts question its effectiveness and demand transparency.

OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop app now reads and summarizes iMessage history on Macs, raising privacy questions for all participants.

OpenAI enhances ChatGPT with Apple Messages integration, enabling users to read, draft, and send messages directly from the AI chatbot.

OpenAI's $90M land sale in Effingham could reduce local property taxes by $38.6M, per the county's plan.

OpenAI and Meta are working with local communities to address growing concerns about their AI data center plans.