StackAdapt is quietly courting advertisers to test ads inside ChatGPT. The independent demand-side platform is dangling CPMs as low as $15 alongside discounted platform and management fees. The company is framing the push as early access to a new “discovery … Read more
Before this Sora, and before that large government contracts. I don’t think they care so much for the random consumer anymore. They use anything and everyone for PR but they get closer to IPO they are focusing what actually might … Read more
OpenAI is throwing its support behind an Illinois state bill that would shield AI labs from liability in cases where AI models are used to cause serious societal harms, such as death or serious injury of 100 or more people … Read more
Last week, the nonprofit research group OpenAI revealed that it had developed a new text-generation model that can write coherent, versatile prose given a certain subject matter prompt. However, the organization said, it would not be releasing the full algorithm … Read more
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that leadership wants OpenAI, the company, to focus. Seems like a plain old business strategy story. Nope! First, in more prosaic terms, the all-hands and what was said was indicative of need for focus … Read more
OpenAI has fired an employee following an investigation into their activity on prediction market platforms including Polymarket, WIRED has learned. OpenAI CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, disclosed the termination in an internal message to employees earlier this year. The employee, … Read more
OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each … Read more
As we all know, OpenAI has been running around trying to join the club, claiming a few months ago to have $1.4tr and 30 gigawatts of compute commitment for the future (with no timeline), while it reported 1.9 gigawatts in … Read more
ADDENDUM — february 18, 2026 we are in direct written correspondence with persona’s CEO, rick song. he has been responsive and engaged in good faith. rick has committed to answering the 18 questions in 0x14 in writing. all correspondence will … Read more
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