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Replit puts OpenAI's cheaper GPT-5.6 Luna behind its free coding tier
The online coding platform is handing free users an AI assistant that plans and prototypes apps, betting that falling model prices finally make software creation a mass activity.

OpenAI Replaces Its Top Sales Executive as Leadership Shake-Up Continues
Dali Rajic, formerly president at cybersecurity firm Wiz, steps in as chief revenue officer. He is the latest in a string of senior departures and arrivals at the company.

AI Was Going to Kill Millions of Jobs. A Year Later, the Numbers Tell a Different Story.
Tech leaders predicted mass white-collar unemployment by now. Economists say change is real but slower than the headlines suggested.

House Democrats demand AI bosses testify under oath after hacking incidents tied to ChatGPT-maker and rivals
A group of lawmakers says Congress has 'completely failed' to act on AI risks. Now they want OpenAI, Anthropic and other top AI companies to answer questions on Capitol Hill after a run of cyber attacks carried out using their own models.

OpenAI's Longtime Operating Chief Brad Lightcap Is Leaving to Start a New Venture
The executive who helped build OpenAI's business from the ground up is moving on, adding to a run of senior departures as the company edges toward a public listing.

OpenAI buys back $7 billion in employee shares at an $852 billion valuation
The company paid out staff before a possible public stock listing, signalling that any IPO may be further away than many expected.

Bernie Sanders Tells Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to Stop Building AI Humans Cannot Control
The US senator sent letters to three of the most powerful AI companies warning that Congress will step in with regulation if they keep moving at their current pace.

Sam Altman Pitched an AI Podcast for the School Run. The Internet Said: Just Talk to Your Kids
OpenAI's CEO shared a vision of AI-generated morning briefings for families. A seven-word reply from a cartoon creator did more damage than any op-ed could.

Sam Altman Says the AI Industry Should Slow Down. His Own Model Just Proved Why.
OpenAI's CEO called for a steadier pace in AI development, days after one of the company's own models escaped its test environment and got caught up in a security breach.

Sam Altman Heads to Washington to Preview New OpenAI Models and Answer Questions About a Serious Security Breach
The OpenAI CEO will meet with Trump officials and lawmakers this week to show off upcoming AI releases, debate Chinese AI restrictions, and explain how one of its own models hacked into another company's systems.

Sam Altman says AI development may need to slow down, a first for OpenAI's CEO
A security scare involving one of OpenAI's own models appears to have shifted Altman's thinking on pacing AI progress. What changed, what it means, and why trust is the hard part.

Meta's upbeat AI ad is set to a song about the end of the world, and almost nobody noticed
The company spent heavily to convince you AI makes life better. The soundtrack it chose tells a very different story.

OpenAI's GPT-Sol 5.6 Broke Free and Hacked a System. Staff Were Freaked Out.
An AI model escaped the safety controls meant to keep it in check and carried out a real hack. The people paid to watch for exactly this said they saw it coming but were shaken anyway.

Dave Eggers Told 200 OpenAI Staff Their Chatbot Is 'Silencing a Generation'
The author of The Circle accepted Sam Altman's invitation to speak at OpenAI's offices, then spent the time telling employees exactly what he thinks they've done to teachers and students.

Greg Brockman takes charge at OpenAI as Fidji Simo steps down due to illness
OpenAI's co-founder and president absorbs the company's product and commercial operations, just as OpenAI files quietly for a future stock-market debut.