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July 15, 2026
OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss
OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a political effort opposing Leading the Future, a group backed by the company’s president, Greg Brockman.
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July 11, 2026
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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July 10, 2026
Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
The iPhone-maker claims OpenAI encouraged poached employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details.
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July 9, 2026
OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo Is Stepping Down
The move comes after Simo took significant medical leave. She will stay on as a part-time adviser.
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July 9, 2026
Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5
Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic’s best consumer AI model—a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is ending.
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July 7, 2026
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
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July 2, 2026
Can Cursor Remain a Platform for OpenAI and Anthropic’s Models Inside SpaceX?
Cursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier AI labs.
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June 27, 2026
Trump Administration Allows Anthropic to Release Mythos to Select US Organizations
After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to restore access to its most advanced AI model for a select group of US companies and government agencies.
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June 26, 2026
OpenAI Has New AI Models. Here’s Why You Can’t Use Them
The White House asked OpenAI to delay the rollout of its GPT-5.6 AI models two weeks after Anthropic had to take its most advanced AI models offline.
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June 26, 2026
Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe
Anthropic's critics argue it's rapidly accumulating power. The company says that's what responsible AI development looks like.
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June 18, 2026
The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time
Anthropic still can’t distribute Claude Mythos or Fable 5 after running afoul of the Trump administration. But no one can say exactly what the company did wrong.
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June 17, 2026
The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China.
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June 16, 2026
Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5
Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they're still split on the risk Claude Fable 5 presents.
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June 13, 2026
Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.
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June 12, 2026
Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.
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June 11, 2026
Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT's Biggest Transformation Yet
Thibault Sottiaux helped make AI coding one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing businesses. Now he’s overseeing a sweeping overhaul of ChatGPT.
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June 11, 2026
Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models.
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June 9, 2026
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks.
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June 8, 2026
OpenAI Confidentially Files for IPO on the Heels of SpaceX and Anthropic
The ChatGPT-maker announced it has filed paperwork to go public, just a week after rival Anthropic took the same step.
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June 3, 2026
This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order
After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.
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June 2, 2026
The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation
Donald Trump killed an executive order to regulate AI. Now, administration officials and AI executives are trying to figure out if there’s anything left to piece back together.
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May 28, 2026
Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
The bill requires companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to have third parties confirm they’re following safety standards. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’ll sign.
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May 27, 2026
Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop
Trajectory is betting the rapid iteration cycle that supercharged vibe-coding can help all kinds of companies build AI products that learn continuously.
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May 22, 2026
Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
Global affairs chief Chris Lehane wants to tone down the debate over AI’s societal impacts—and get states to pass laws that won’t derail OpenAI’s meteoric rise.
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May 21, 2026
SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing
The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging that Grok created sexualized images.
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May 20, 2026
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
The long-awaited documents SpaceX filed with US regulators Wednesday included details about a lucrative deal to lend GPUs to a major AI rival.
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May 19, 2026
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
The ex-employees, who cofounded a new AI watchdog group, say investors deserve more information about xAI’s safety practices before SpaceX goes public.
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May 18, 2026
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision.
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May 15, 2026
Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shakeup
OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core product experience.
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May 15, 2026
The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial
A federal jury is now deciding whether Elon Musk will win his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman—but the trial has made everyone look bad.
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