Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'
Andre Revilla / engadget - Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company's video generation tool Sora cannot use the term 'cameo' or any var…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19347 / 3 stories in 16 days
OpenAI hires 'genius' OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on 'smart agents' in new role
tomshardware - OpenAI has hired the creator of popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw, but has decided to keep the project open source. Despite its old Claude-inspired name, Anthropic threatened Steinberger with legal action ahead of multiple name changes.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19313 / 9 stories in 17 days
OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI for AI Agents
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has hired OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger to lead autonomous AI agent development as CEO Sam Altman advances the company's multi-agent vision.The post OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI for AI Agents appeared first on WinBuzzer.
- Industry sprint: rival agents, infrastructure and startups racing (20)
- On the ground: OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger (5)
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- Other: research findings and critiques lingering around agents (1)
Industry sprint: rival agents, infrastructure and startups racing
On the ground: OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger
On-site: malware and misbehaving agents threaten OpenClaw users
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Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19251 / 32 stories in 18 days
OpenClaw Creator Gets Big Offers to Acquire AI Sensation—Will It Stay Open Source?
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw hit 180,000 GitHub stars and spawned MoltBook chaos. Now Meta and OpenAI want to buy it, but he's determined to keep it free.
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Back to Top / Sunday, February 15, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 19211 / 26 stories in 19 days
The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
Simon Willison / simonwillison - As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to "Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities" - this has actual legal weight to it…
Back to Top / Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:20 am / permalink 19161 / 6 stories in 20 days
Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away
digitaltrends - OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and other older models in ChatGPT to focus development on newer, improved GPT versions. The post Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away appeared first on Digital Trends.
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 19148 / 13 stories in 21 days
Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot
ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19141 / 9 stories in 21 days
OpenAI has yet another new coding model and this time it's really fast
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a smaller coding model that runs on Cerebras chips and pushes over 1,000 tokens per second. It's the company's first model built specifically for real-time programming.The article OpenAI has yet another new coding model…
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19094 / 13 stories in 22 days
Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Counter OpenAI-Backed Super PACs in 2026 Midterms
Maria Garcia / implicator - Anthropic puts $20 million behind a pro-regulation super PAC, setting up a direct clash with OpenAI-backed political groups ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:37 am / permalink 19068 / 10 stories in 22 days
SoftBank’s OpenAI investment gains drive fourth consecutive profitable quarter
Claire Yubin Oh / sherwood - The Japanese conglomerate has nearly booked $20 billion in investment gains on its $34.6 billion OpenAI position.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 19058 / 3 stories in 22 days
OpenAI researcher quits over slippery slope of ChatGPT ads
James Farrell / siliconangle - OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig says she left her position on Monday, resigning over the recent introduction of advertisements inside ChatGPT and what she believes is a move in the wrong direction for the company. In a guest essay in The New York Times title…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:20 pm / permalink 19048 / 9 stories in 23 days
OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Georgia Wells / wsj - Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 11:20 pm / permalink 19004 / 5 stories in 24 days
Allonic nabs $7.2M pre-seed to automate the ‘robot body’ supply chain
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Even though robotic intelligence has improved, manufacturing remains slow, costly, and constrained by outdated methods. Manually assembling parts…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 18969 / 8 stories in 24 days
ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.
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Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 18951 / 32 stories in 25 days
OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax
Richard Lawler / theverge - As if OpenAI didn't have enough drama around the Super Bowl and advertising, as the game wound down, word spread of a "leaked" ad that actually wasn't leaked at all; it was just a fake. Screenshots of a now-deleted Reddit thread told the tale of a frustra…
Back to Top / Sunday, February 8, 2026, 11:20 pm / permalink 18914 / 7 stories in 26 days
OpenAI and Anthropic become AI consultants as enterprise customers struggle with agent reliability
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - AI agents sound great in demos, but getting them to work reliably in the real world is a different story. OpenAI and Anthropic are working directly with enterprise customers to customize their models, because out-of-the-box AI often falls flat.The article…
Back to Top / Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 18888 / 10 stories in 27 days
OpenAI's new coding model GPT-5.3-Codex helped build itself during training and deployment
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex sets new highs on agentic coding benchmarks, and according to the company, it helped build itself.The article OpenAI's new coding model GPT-5.3-Codex helped build itself during training and deployment appeared first on The Decod…
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18805 / 16 stories in 29 days
OpenAI Launches Frontier to Manage AI Agents From Rival Vendors in One System
Harkaram Grewal / implicator - OpenAI launched Frontier, a platform that manages AI agents from Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft alongside its own. No pricing disclosed. Uber, State Farm, and Intuit among first customers.
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 9:20 am / permalink 18789 / 16 stories in 29 days
ChatGPT Down for Many Users as OpenAI Faces Major Outage
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 10:21 pm / permalink 18731 / 5 stories in 4 wks
Apple Introduces 'Agentic Coding' in Xcode 26.3 With Support for OpenAI and Anthropic
iclarified - Apple announced a major update to its development tools today with the introduction of Xcode 26.3, enabling developers to integrate autonomous AI agents directly into their programming workflow. The update unlocks support for "agentic coding," allowing th…
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- Industry impact: Winners emerge amid AI tool disruption (1)
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 18714 / 19 stories in 4 wks