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Sam Altman discussed splitting off OpenAI’s robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 5, 2026

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A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI’s Microsoft deal on track and privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Ronan Farrow on his profile of Sam Altman in The New Yorker, how Altman changed in 18 months of reporting, OpenAI’s boardroom drama and corporate change, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 17, 2026

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OpenAI’s chief revenue officer says Anthropic is ‘growing its revenue share with Amazon and Google’ and overestimating its ‘run rate by about $8 billion’ (Hayden Field/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Sam Altman’s trust problem Media and technology don’t…

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Inside the rise and fall of Sora, whose team worked separately from OpenAI’s core research team, as OpenAI shuts down Sora and redirects computing to other tasks (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

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Sources: Some members of the Sora team were surprised by OpenAI’s sudden decision to end support for Sora, just a day after OpenAI published a blog about Sora’s security standards (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 25, 2026

Reuters: Sources: Some members of the Sora team were surprised by OpenAI’s sudden decision to end support for Sora, just…

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Sam Altman says the DOD claimed OpenAI’s tools would not be used by agencies like the NSA and that services to them would require a new contract amendment (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 3, 2026

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DOD appears to have accepted OpenAI’s security red lines, which were similar to Anthropic’s, to deploy OpenAI technology in classified environments (Maria Curi/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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OpenAI says it will make London its largest research center outside the US, without giving specific details; OpenAI’s European headquarters is in Dublin (Sam Tabahriti/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 26, 2026

Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: OpenAI says it will make London its largest research center outside the US, without giving specific…

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Q&A with Fidji Simo on ChatGPT ads, OpenAI’s efforts to soon deliver a new model to end Sam Altman’s Code Red, Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads, Sora, Jony Ive, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

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Sources: Anthropic in preliminary talks to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of more than $900 billion; the cycle should close at the end of this month (Bloomberg)

Musk vs. Altman: Altman said that in 2017, Musk demanded complete control of a for-profit branch of OpenAI, thinking he would pass it on to his children (Bloomberg)

Browsing: OpenAIs

Sam Altman discussed splitting off OpenAI’s robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI’s Microsoft deal on track and privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (Wall Street Journal)

Ronan Farrow on his profile of Sam Altman in The New Yorker, how Altman changed in 18 months of reporting, OpenAI’s boardroom drama and corporate change, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

OpenAI’s chief revenue officer says Anthropic is ‘growing its revenue share with Amazon and Google’ and overestimating its ‘run rate by about $8 billion’ (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Inside the rise and fall of Sora, whose team worked separately from OpenAI’s core research team, as OpenAI shuts down Sora and redirects computing to other tasks (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Some members of the Sora team were surprised by OpenAI’s sudden decision to end support for Sora, just a day after OpenAI published a blog about Sora’s security standards (Reuters)

Sam Altman says the DOD claimed OpenAI’s tools would not be used by agencies like the NSA and that services to them would require a new contract amendment (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

DOD appears to have accepted OpenAI’s security red lines, which were similar to Anthropic’s, to deploy OpenAI technology in classified environments (Maria Curi/Axios)

OpenAI says it will make London its largest research center outside the US, without giving specific details; OpenAI’s European headquarters is in Dublin (Sam Tabahriti/Reuters)

Q&A with Fidji Simo on ChatGPT ads, OpenAI’s efforts to soon deliver a new model to end Sam Altman’s Code Red, Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads, Sora, Jony Ive, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)