I tried a viral ‘backwards calendar’ ChatGPT prompt — and it completely changed how I plan my week

Instead of starting with endless to-do lists, this AI prompt begins with outcomes — and it made my schedule feel strangely achievable.

Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough
Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough

After two weeks of hearing from assorted witnesses that he was a lying snake, the jury finally heard from the lying snake himself: Sam Altman. At the end of the testimony, his lawyer William Savitt asked him how it felt to be accused of stealing a charity. “We created, through a ton of hard work, […]

OpenAI just acquired the consulting firm it was born alongside. The model company is now the services company.
OpenAI just acquired the consulting firm it was born alongside. The model company is now the services company.

  Tomoro was created in 2023 in alliance with OpenAI. The Edinburgh and London-based firm built AI concierges for Virgin Atlantic, in-game support agents for Supercell, and deployment systems for Fidelity International, Tesco, Red Bull, Mattel, and the…

Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did “huge damage” to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman said Musk required OpenAI president Greg Brockman and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever to rank researchers by their accomplishments and “take a chainsaw through a bunch.” Altman conceded […]

Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs
Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs

The family of a 19-year-old college student is suing OpenAI over claims that his conversations with ChatGPT led to an accidental overdose. In the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Sam Nelson’s parents allege ChatGPT “encouraged” the teen to “consume a combination of substances that any licensed medical professional would have recognized as deadly,” resulting in his […]

OpenAI launches Daybreak to take on Anthropic’s Mythos in cyber defence
OpenAI launches Daybreak to take on Anthropic’s Mythos in cyber defence

The new platform pairs GPT-5.5 variants with Codex Security and a roster of enterprise security partners, all aimed at defenders. OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative aimed at finding software vulnerabilities, generating patches, an…

Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk
Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has begun his testimony against Elon Musk in a high-profile jury trial in a California federal courtroom. Altman, alongside OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is a primary defendant in the trial brought by Musk. Altman, Brockman, and Musk were all part of the initial founding team at OpenAI, with Musk investing up […]

OpenAI snaps up consulting company to help spread the word about AI

OpenAI sets out plans to embed DeployCo workers inside customer enterprises to help them identify AI uses cases and transformation opportunities.

OpenAI reveals Daybreak, its attempt to topple Anthropic Mythos

Daybreak looks to rival Anthropic’s Mythos as a high-severity vulnerability detection tool, while also securing software from the start.

Ilya Sutskever discloses $7bn OpenAI stake during Musk-OpenAI litigation
Ilya Sutskever discloses $7bn OpenAI stake during Musk-OpenAI litigation

The former OpenAI chief scientist, who now runs Safe Superintelligence, gave the figure under oath. It places him among the largest individual shareholders in the company. Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist of OpenAI who now runs Safe Superinte…