Apple is planning to allow Siri to route queries to any AI chatbot available on the App Store in iOS 27, moving beyond its exclusive partnership with ChatGPT and enabling users to choose from competing AI assistants including Google Gemini and others.
OpenAI has indefinitely paused plans for an adult erotic chatbot mode after its own advisory board, investors, and staff raised concerns about societal harm, minor safety risks, and a 12% age-verification error rate.
OpenAI's nascent advertising business crossed $100 million in annualized revenue less than two months after launching its US pilot, with plans to expand globally to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
A peer-reviewed study by Google and leading university researchers found that heavy LLM use causes writers to produce neutral responses 69% more often and use 50% fewer personal pronouns, substantially altering the meaning and voice of human-authored content.
OpenAI is consolidating its ChatGPT app, Codex AI coding platform, and Atlas browser into a single desktop superapp, aiming to eliminate product fragmentation and sharpen focus as competition with Anthropic intensifies.
All eight members of OpenAI's wellbeing advisory board voted against launching an adult erotic mode for ChatGPT in January 2026, warning it could become a 'sexy suicide coach,' but OpenAI overrode the unanimous expert rejection, with the feature now repeatedly delayed.
OpenAI's top executives are finalizing a major strategic pivot to deprioritize side projects and concentrate resources on coding tools and business users, as CEO Fidji Simo urges staff to stop 'side quests' and nail the company's core product offerings.
Sydney tech entrepreneur Paul Conyngham used ChatGPT and Google's AlphaFold AI to design a bespoke mRNA cancer vaccine for his dog Rosie, resulting in dramatic tumor reduction in what researchers call the first personalized cancer vaccine ever made for a dog.
The US Senate Sergeant at Arms approved the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot for official Senate business, marking a significant step in AI adoption by the US legislative branch.
OpenAI is reportedly bringing its Sora AI video model into ChatGPT to revive flagging user interest and push toward 1 billion weekly active users.
Anthropic's Claude app has overtaken ChatGPT in U.S. daily downloads and is seeing explosive growth in daily active users — reaching 11.3 million on March 2 — as consumers rally behind the company after its refusal to allow AI use in mass domestic surveillance.
OpenAI has surpassed $25 billion in annualized revenue, driven by surging enterprise adoption and API usage, as corporate AI spending continues to accelerate across industries worldwide.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4, its most capable frontier model, featuring built-in computer-use capabilities, a 1-million-token context window, 33% fewer hallucinations, and new agentic workflow tools for professional tasks.
Anthropic's Claude app surpasses 1 million new sign-ups per day and overtakes ChatGPT in US daily downloads, as the Pentagon dispute paradoxically fuels a massive wave of consumer support.
Anthropic's Claude AI experienced a major outage affecting Claude.ai and Claude Code login services on March 2, 2026, following a massive influx of users switching from ChatGPT after OpenAI's Pentagon deal.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant, a new model update targeting user experience improvements such as reducing condescending tone, preachy disclaimers, and unsolicited emotional reassurances in ChatGPT responses.
U.S. ChatGPT uninstalls jumped 295% day-over-day after OpenAI's Pentagon deal was announced, while Anthropic's Claude surged to the top of the U.S. App Store as users switched platforms over AI ethics concerns.
An investigation into the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting has revealed the perpetrator maintained a second ChatGPT account that OpenAI's safety systems missed, prompting Canada's AI minister to demand stronger platform accountability from OpenAI.
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users and 50 million paying subscribers, with January and February 2026 on track to be the largest months for new subscriber additions in company history.
Canada's AI minister warned OpenAI to voluntarily strengthen safety measures or face mandatory government regulation, following reports that an AI chatbot played a role in a mass shooting incident.
