Hundreds over OpenAI employees sold about $6.6 billion worth of shares, turning years of stock into cash for the first time. The sale came as OpenAI’s valuation moved between $400 billion and $500 billion, with the company preparing for a possible IPO and expanding its business.

Sam Altman said younger people are using ChatGPT far more deeply than older users, with many students treating it like a daily operating system for studying, organising tasks and making decisions. The growing reliance on AI for personal advice and life choices is also raising concerns among experts about trust, accuracy and overdependence.

OpenAI launched three new realtime voice AI models for live reasoning, translation, and transcription. The tools are designed to power smarter voice assistants for customer service, travel, meetings, and multilingual conversations.

A preliminary study from the Federal Reserve suggests the rise of generative AI has triggered a structural shift in the US labor market, with the emergence of ChatGPT in late 2022 coinciding with a sharp slowdown in developer hiring.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued a public apology following revelations that the company failed to alert authorities about a ChatGPT account linked to the suspect in the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a tragedy that left eight people dead.

Florida authorities have opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI after claims that ChatGPT gave advice to a gunman involved in a deadly Florida State University shooting. OpenAI denies responsibility, saying the chatbot only gave general information and did not encourage or support the attack.

OpenAI has detonated a new phase in the global AI race, securing a staggering $122 billion funding round that values the company at $852 billion—transforming artificial intelligence from a fast-growing sector into a full-blown industrial battleground.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said stablecoins are gaining attention from big businesses as a way to reduce costs and improve efficiency. He also highlighted that new regulations and Ripple’s growing infrastructure could help companies adopt stablecoins more confidently.

OpenAI is focusing on its enterprise business and turning ChatGPT into a productivity tool as it prepares for a possible IPO by the end of 2026. The company is hiring finance leaders, setting clearer spending targets, and prioritising business users to compete with rivals like Google and Anthropic.

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT copied nearly 100,000 of their articles and definitions to train its AI. They are seeking damages and a court order to stop the AI from using their content.