10 Jul 2026
OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft was replacing some of OpenAI’s software with its own in-house models in an effort to cut costs. Those in-house models, known as MAI, were increasingly being used to power apps like Word and Excel, the outlet noted. The story raised an increasingly common question about the two companies, which were once seemingly inseparable, and have recently…
09 Jul 2026
OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
OpenAI unveiled its newest family of models on Thursday, introducing a new set of heavyweight programs into an increasingly crowded field of AI offerings.
09 Jul 2026
OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
OpenAI is sunsetting Atlas, the AI-powered browser it launched in October with ChatGPT at its core. But it’s not giving up on the idea that AI should help people browse the web. Instead, it’s taking some of the agentic browsing features it tested in Atlas and redistributing them across ChatGPT’s desktop app and a Google Chrome extension.
09 Jul 2026
New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
The New York Times and The Daily News claim that OpenAI has been lying about its ability to search customer chat log data and training datasets for their copyrighted works. It’s the latest escalation in a two-year lawsuit against the AI firm for allegedly violating copyright law by training its generative AI models on the Times’ content and reproducing that journalism in user outputs.
09 Jul 2026
Nvidia is a victim of the compute marketplace it created
Long the leading light of the industry, Nvidia has had a bad couple of months. Bloomberg has the ugly details , but the upshot is that the company’s stock price has fallen 15% since its peak in May, even as projected revenue continues to grow.
09 Jul 2026
Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI
At a time when AI backlash and data center protests are making headlines, Anthropic’s Claude is rolling out a new feature that subtly makes the case for why you should keep using it.
06 Jul 2026
This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon
The humanoid robotics market is awash in money right now. Last week, AI2 Robotics, a Shenzhen-based startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots, raised nearly $735 million at a nearly $3 billion valuation. Earlier this year, Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics, closed a $935 million funding round valuing the company at more than $5.5 billion, backed…
02 Jul 2026
OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported on Thursday , citing two people familiar with the matter.
01 Jul 2026
Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac
Gemini Spark, Google’s AI agent that can help with aspects of your digital life, is now available on Mac. The company on Wednesday said Spark is being added to the existing Gemini desktop app, as well as several updates and new features, including the ability to stay up to date on topics in real time, and connect to more apps like Google Tasks and Google Keep.
