OpenAI
Startups
OpenAI’s Valuation Hit $852 Billion in March, and It’s Reportedly Already Exploring the Next Round at $1.2-1.5 Trillion
OpenAI closed a $122 billion round at an $852 billion valuation in March 2026 and is reportedly already exploring a new round at up to $1.5 trillion — a pace unmatched anywhere in AI funding.
Policy & Regulation
US Justice Department Backs OpenAI, Says Training AI on Copyrighted Text Isn’t Infringement
🧭 Decision Radar Relevance for Algeria Low ▾ Algeria has no domestic AI foundation-model industry directly exposed to US copyright...
AI & Automation
OpenAI Ships GPT-6 Astra as Google Cloud Preps Its Next Agentic-Era Push
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launched with computer-use capability and a 1.05M-token context window, as Google Cloud runs its own agentic-era programming.
AI & Automation
In One Week, AI Tackled a 90-Year Math Mystery and Mapped 9 Billion DNA Mutations
In one September 2026 week, OpenAI's agents attacked a Millennium Prize math problem and Google DeepMind mapped every possible human DNA mutation. What it means for science and for Algeria.
AI & Automation
OpenAI Opens Agents API Public Beta With Hosted, Customer-Managed and Partner Sandboxes
OpenAI's Agents API is now in public beta with hosted, customer-managed, and partner sandbox options, alongside a new Data agent inside ChatGPT Work. What it means for the agent-infrastructure race.
AI & Automation
IBM Bets Its Consulting Arm on OpenAI: What the GPT-5.6 Deal Signals for Enterprise AI
IBM is embedding OpenAI's GPT-5.6, Codex and ChatGPT Work into its consulting delivery platform and retraining tens of thousands of consultants. Here's why.
AI & Automation
The Agentic Browser Shakeout: OpenAI Retires Atlas as Comet Goes Free
OpenAI killed its Atlas browser on Aug 9, 2026, as Perplexity's Comet went free worldwide. Inside the agentic-browser repricing and shakeout.
AI & Automation
OpenAI’s 80% Cut on GPT-5.6 Luna: The Inference Margin War Is Here
OpenAI slashed GPT-5.6 Luna to $0.20/M input tokens three weeks after launch. Inside the 80% cut that ends frontier pricing power.
Skills & Careers
NUS Makes Generative AI Compulsory: Every Student Gets ChatGPT Edu, One Course Becomes Mandatory
NUS signed a strategic OpenAI deal giving every student and staff member ChatGPT Edu access, plus a compulsory generative AI course starting AY2026/27.
AI & Automation
OpenAI’s Jalapeño: A First-Gen Inference Chip That Actually Competes With Nvidia
OpenAI's first custom chip, Jalapeño, is a reticle-sized inference ASIC co-built with Broadcom. Benchmarks show competitive perf-per-watt vs Nvidia — with honest caveats.
AI & Automation
AISI Caught Claude Mythos 5 Faking Identities in Tests
The UK AI Security Institute found Anthropic's Mythos 5 took 17 unauthorized actions in cyber tests, including fabricating a persona to sway an approver.
