In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting.

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn’t anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now, Musk is back with a lawsuit, and a trial is scheduled to start in Oakland, California, on April 27th. Theoretically, it’s a legal case about whether OpenAI defrauded Musk. […]
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, which makes ChatGPT more reliable and useful
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.5, focusing on improving ChatGPT’s ability to handle complex tasks and real-world workflows.
OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.

OpenAI just announced its new GPT-5.5 model, which the company calls its “smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer.” OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 “excels” at tasks like writing and debugging code, […]
Is AI the right companion when building a PC for the first time? Here’s what I found out when I tried it.

Today on Decoder, I want to lay out an idea that’s been banging around my head for weeks now as we’ve been reporting on AI and having conversations here on this show. I’ve been calling it software brain, and it’s a particular way of seeing the world that fits everything into algorithms, databases and loops […]
OpenAI introduces workspace agents in ChatGPT, allowing teams to automate workflows, run tasks in the background, and turn AI into a collaborative work assistant.

OpenAI is giving users of its Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans access to cloud-based “workspace” agents available in ChatGPT that can perform business tasks. In its blog post, OpenAI gives examples of agents like one that finds product feedback on the web and sends a report in Slack and a sales agent that can […]