OpenAI pilots group chats in ChatGPT for collaborative use

OpenAI has begun piloting a new “Group Chats” feature, allowing multiple users to collaborate with each other and with ChatGPT in a single, shared conversation. In its announcement, the company stated the feature is designed for planning, making decisions, or working through ideas together. The pilot is currently available for all logged-in ChatGPT users, including …

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Anthropic pursues faster profitability while OpenAI focuses on aggressive growth

Financial documents from artificial intelligence startups Anthropic and OpenAI reveal two vastly different business strategies. Berber Jin reports for The Wall Street Journal that Anthropic is on a path to become profitable much faster than its larger rival by taking a more cautious approach to growth. The documents, which were shared with investors, show that …

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OpenAI challenges court order to hand over millions of ChatGPT conversations

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to reverse an order requiring the company to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT conversations to the New York Times and other news outlets. The request stems from an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI company. The New York Times and other publishers are suing OpenAI, claiming the …

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AI browsers can bypass paywalls and content blockers

OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet pose new challenges for publishers trying to control AI access to their content. These AI browsers can retrieve paywalled articles that traditional AI interfaces cannot access, the Columbia Journalism Review reports. The browsers succeed because they appear identical to human users in website logs. While automated crawlers identify themselves with …

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German court rules OpenAI violated copyright law with song lyrics

A Munich court has ruled that OpenAI infringed German copyright law by reproducing protected song lyrics in its ChatGPT chatbot. Jörn Poltz reports for Reuters. The regional court found that OpenAI trained its AI models on copyrighted content from nine German songs, including hits by best-selling musician Herbert Groenemeyer. The case was brought by GEMA, …

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.1 to improve conversational AI and user customization

OpenAI has released GPT-5.1, an update to its language model series, aimed at making interactions with its ChatGPT service more intelligent and conversational. According to the company’s announcement the update introduces two refined models, GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking, which are rolling out to all users, starting with paid subscribers. This release follows what the …

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OpenAI launches Sora on Android and introduces paid video credits

OpenAI has released its AI video generation app, Sora, for Android devices. The app is now available on the Google Play Store in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. This expansion follows the app’s iOS launch in September, where it reportedly accumulated over one million downloads in its first five days. Alongside …

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OpenAI reportedly plans for IPO with potential $1 trillion valuation

OpenAI is preparing for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion, making it one of the largest IPOs in history. According to sources, the ChatGPT maker is considering a stock market debut as early as the second half of 2026. Echo Wang reports for Reuters, citing three people …

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PayPal to integrate its payment service into ChatGPT

PayPal has partnered with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet directly into ChatGPT. The agreement allows users to purchase items they discover through the artificial intelligence tool. Hugh Son reports for CNBC that the deal was finalized just now and is set to launch next year. The integration enables PayPal’s consumer and merchant networks to …

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OpenAI acquires AI startup founded by creators of Apple’s Shortcuts

OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Software Applications Incorporated, a startup founded by former Apple employees. The company is the creator of Sky, an AI assistant for Mac computers. The entire team from Software Applications Inc. will join OpenAI. The startup’s founders, Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, are known for developing the app Workflow. Apple …

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