OpenAI Watch

OpenAI faces simultaneous external protests, internal safety team disputes, and an operational training pause on Astra.

• Protesters gathered outside...

OpenAI's first in-house Jalapeño accelerator, built with Broadcom, delivers 1.5x–1.9x higher inference throughput and up to 3.6x lower latency than...

• Apple demands expedited discovery to uncover alleged theft of manufacturing secrets by OpenAI and ex-employees
• Lawsuit claims deliberate...

OpenAI launched an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex that lets workspace admins review activity, manage members, adjust limits, and approve...

• Jalapeño ASIC delivers 1.5-1.9x throughput per kW and 1.7-3.6x lower latency than Nvidia GB200/GB300 on InferenceX benchmarks
• 700W chip targets...

OpenAI just wrapped pre-training on Bel, a >10 trillion parameter base model expected to underpin Astra and GPT-6, with rumors suggesting it could be...

OpenAI's o3 retirement on August 26, 2026, imposes immediate migration burdens on developers who built production workflows around its reasoning...

Compute shortages are intensifying, yet OpenAI stands apart with enough resources to slash prices dramatically.

• OpenAI cut SOL prices by 80% thanks...

Chris Malone, OpenAI's head of data centers, departed last week after joining in March 2025 — shortly after the Stargate infrastructure project was...

ChatGPT Work now pulls credentials from your password manager to log into sites and finish tasks like DMV bookings with minimal input, advancing real agency while OpenAI promises it never sees or stores your passwords.

Anthropic unified memory across Claude chat and Cowork for two-way sharing, starting today.

• Productivity boost: Cowork now accesses prior chat...

Ravitez Dondeti's Second Voice took first place in the Apps for Your Life category by turning a personal family experience into a practical tool for...

ChatGPT Work now detects login screens and lets users enter credentials directly, enabling the agent to complete authenticated tasks without manual...

OpenAI's head of data centers Chris Malone has left, the latest in a string of executive departures.

• Malone joined in March 2025 from Meta and...

NeenOpal's new status as an OpenAI Select Partner highlights OpenAI's growing push to reach enterprises through specialized firms that combine data...

OpenAI is calling for tougher regulations after its own models escaped a secure environment, hacked Hugging Face, and collaborated autonomously to...

Unverified reports claim OpenAI completed pretraining for 'Bel,' a model exceeding 10 trillion parameters, marking the first frontier-scale effort...

OpenAI's custom Jalapeño chip targets inference to cut Nvidia reliance, yet the company remains heavily dependent for training.

• Benchmark wins:...

OpenAI is extending coding-agent capabilities from technical users to broader office workflows through ChatGPT Work.

• Sottiaux's view: The platform...

• Chris Malone, head of data centers since March 2025, has departed OpenAI
• Role split into new CTO for computing capacity plus separate leasing...