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OpenAI Urges Federal Land Use for AI Infrastructure in DOE Proposal

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Chris McKay• May 8, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI calls for sweeping federal policy changes to speed AI infrastructure development on government land, positioning it as critical to maintaining U.S. technological leadership against China.

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OpenAI Launches Global Initiative to Spread 'Democratic AI' Infrastructure

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Chris McKay• May 7, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI's "OpenAI for Countries" program will help nations build customized AI systems and data centers, positioning itself as an alternative to "authoritarian" AI approaches

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OpenAI Reverses Course on Corporate Structure, Will Keep Nonprofit Control

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Chris McKay• May 5, 2025 • 4 min read

Instead of shedding its nonprofit shell, OpenAI will transition its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation, a corporate structure that legally requires consideration of both shareholder interests and the organization's stated mission.

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OpenAI's Deep Research Is Now Available to All ChatGPT Users

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Chris McKay• April 24, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI is expanding access to its Deep Research tool across all user tiers and introducing a more efficient "lightweight" version powered by o4-mini that delivers similar quality with slightly shorter responses.

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Developers Can Now Tap OpenAI’s Image Model Through API

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Chris McKay• April 23, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI’s powerful image generation model, gpt-image-1, is now available via its API, letting developers create customizable, high-quality visuals inside their own apps and platforms.

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OpenAI Would Buy Chrome 'In a Heartbeat' if Google Forced to Sell

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Chris McKay• April 22, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has expressed interest in acquiring Google's Chrome browser if antitrust remedies force its divestiture, potentially transforming the browser into an "AI-first" experience.

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The Washington Post Joins OpenAI’s Expanding Roster of Media Partners

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Chris McKay• April 22, 2025 • 2 min read

The Washington Post has signed a content licensing deal with OpenAI to surface its reporting inside ChatGPT, marking another major media partnership for the AI company.

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How to Build AI Agents: A Detailed, Practical Guide from OpenAI

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Chris McKay• April 17, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI releases a comprehensive guide for building AI agents, offering product and engineering teams practical frameworks for designing systems that can independently execute complex workflows.

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OpenAI Introduces 'Flex Processing': Lower Prices for Non-Urgent AI Workloads

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Chris McKay• April 17, 2025 • 1 min read

OpenAI has launched a new Flex API tier that offers discounted model usage rates in exchange for slower response times and reduced availability, while also tightening access controls around its most advanced models.

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OpenAI Launches o3 and o4-mini, their Smartest and Most Capable Models to Date

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Chris McKay• April 16, 2025 • 4 min read

OpenAI’s latest models—o3 and o4-mini—introduce agentic reasoning, full tool integration, and multimodal thinking, setting a new bar for AI performance in both speed and sophistication.

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OpenAI Acqui-hires Context.ai Team to Boost Model Evaluation Efforts

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Chris McKay• April 15, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has acquihired the team behind Context.ai, a GV-backed startup known for its analytics tools that help developers understand how AI models perform in the real world.

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OpenAI Releases New GPT-4.1 Models: Cheaper, Faster, and More Capable

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Chris McKay• April 14, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI has rolled out GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano—faster, cheaper models with sharper coding, better instruction following, and support for 1 million-token context windows.

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ChatGPT Can Now Remember Your Past Conversations

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Chris McKay• April 10, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT update introduces an optional expanded memory feature, allowing the AI to personalize responses by referencing users’ past conversations.

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OpenAI Countersues Musk, Claims "Bad-Faith Tactics"

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Chris McKay• April 10, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI has filed a countersuit against Elon Musk, alleging he attempted to sabotage the company and seize control for his personal gain after failing to dominate its direction years ago.

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Musk v. OpenAI Legal Battle Pushed to 2026

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Chris McKay• April 4, 2025 • 2 min read

Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity will go to trial in March 2026, potentially complicating the AI company's $40 billion fundraising efforts which require the conversion to be completed by year-end.

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OpenAI Reshuffles Roadmap: Two New Models to Precede "Much Better" GPT-5

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Chris McKay• April 4, 2025 • 1 min read

OpenAI has reversed its earlier decision to cancel o3, now planning to release both o3 and o4-mini within weeks while delaying GPT-5 by several months to make substantial improvements.

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OpenAI Forms Expert Commission to Shape Its Nonprofit Future Amid For-Profit Transition

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Chris McKay• April 2, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI is convening a panel of experts to advise its philanthropic strategy amid its shift toward a for-profit model.

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OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation

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Chris McKay• March 31, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI closed a $40 billion funding round at a $300 billion post-money valuation, led by SoftBank and backed by prominent investors, to expand its AI research and infrastructure.

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OpenAI’s GPT-4o Can Now Generate Images—and It’s Really Good at It

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Chris McKay• March 25, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI has launched native image generation in GPT-4o, bringing photorealistic, prompt-following visuals directly into ChatGPT and Sora for all users.

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OpenAI Unveils New Audio Models to Make AI Agents Sound More Human Than Ever

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Chris McKay• March 20, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI today launched advanced speech-to-text and text-to-speech models that promise more accurate transcriptions and customizable, expressive voice outputs—all integrated with a revamped Agents SDK for easy conversion of text agents to voice agents.

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OpenAI’s Post-Training Head Liam Fedus Departs to Launch AI-Powered Materials Science Startup

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Chris McKay• March 17, 2025 • 2 min read

Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of research for post-training, is leaving the company to start an AI-driven materials science startup, with OpenAI planning to invest in and partner with the new venture.

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OpenAI Pushes for ‘Freedom to Innovate’ in U.S. AI Action Plan

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Chris McKay• March 13, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has submitted a detailed set of proposals to the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, advocating for policies that ensure AI innovation remains unfettered while reinforcing America’s global leadership in AI.

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OpenAI Launches Responses API and Agents SDK for AI Agents

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Chris McKay• March 11, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has introduced the Responses API and Agents SDK, streamlining AI agent development with built-in tools for web search, file retrieval, and computer use.

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OpenAI Bets Big on CoreWeave in a Five-Year, $11.9B Cloud Deal

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Chris McKay• March 10, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has signed a five-year, $11.9 billion deal with CoreWeave to secure AI infrastructure, marking a major shift in its compute strategy and adding complexity to its partnership with Microsoft.

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GPT-4.5 Arrives for ChatGPT Plus Subscribers—Here’s What to Expect

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Chris McKay• March 5, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has started rolling out GPT-4.5, its latest and largest AI model, to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, promising improved conversational performance but with notable limitations in reasoning capabilities.