OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work Autonomous AI Agent
July 10, 2026: OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work Autonomous AI Agent - OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent embedded in ChatGPT that transforms the chatbot into an autonomous workplace platform. Powered by GPT-5.6, it connects to email, calendars, Slack, and code repositories to execute complex, multi-step tasks independently for hours. The agent can produce ...
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secret Theft
July 10, 2026: Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secret Theft - Apple filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI in a California federal court, alleging trade secret theft and breach of contract. The complaint targets OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan, a 24-year Apple veteran, accusing him of using confidential project code names, coaching departing Apple employ...
Meta Pulls Instagram AI Photo Feature After Backlash
July 10, 2026: Meta Pulls Instagram AI Photo Feature After Backlash - Meta has removed a controversial AI feature that let users modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI, after it sparked immediate backlash. The feature, part of a new AI image generator called Muse Image, allowed users to reference public accounts without notifying the account owners. Me...
VAST Data hits $30B valuation targeting AI cache storage
July 10, 2026: VAST Data hits $30B valuation targeting AI cache storage - VAST Data has closed its Series F at a $30 billion valuation, more than tripling its 2023 value, with Nvidia among its investors. The company is positioning itself as a core AI infrastructure provider, recently building a single 1-exabyte storage cluster supporting 300,000 GPUs. VAST is now targeti...
Hugging Face CEO: Open Source AI More Vital Than Ever
July 10, 2026: Hugging Face CEO: Open Source AI More Vital Than Ever - Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says open source AI is booming, with his platform now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. He argues companies increasingly shift from costly frontier APIs to open models as they scale, and warns that closed AI risks handing control to a handful of big corporations. ...
OpenAI Names GPT 5.6 Microsoft Copilot's Preferred Model
July 10, 2026: OpenAI Names GPT 5.6 Microsoft Copilot's Preferred Model - OpenAI announced GPT 5.6 as the preferred model powering Microsoft 365 Copilot, covering apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The move appears aimed at countering reports of a growing rift between the two companies after Bloomberg revealed Microsoft was expanding use of its own in-house MAI models...
Meta Kills Instagram AI Deepfake Feature After Backlash
July 10, 2026: Meta Kills Instagram AI Deepfake Feature After Backlash - Meta is disabling a newly launched Instagram feature that allowed users to generate AI images based on public accounts simply by tagging them. The rollout sparked immediate backlash. The feature had enabled anyone to use content from public Instagram accounts in AI-generated creations without the a...
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Hardware Secret Theft
July 10, 2026: Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Hardware Secret Theft - Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing former Apple engineers of stealing trade secrets to advance the AI company's hardware ambitions. The complaint alleges a pattern of theft by OpenAI employees who previously worked at Apple. The lawsuit also names IO Products, Jony Ive's hardware st...
ChatGPT Work automates tasks while you're away
July 10, 2026: ChatGPT Work automates tasks while you're away - OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent designed to automate workplace tasks by integrating with Gmail, Slack, Teams, Google Drive and calendars. It can generate reports, build presentations, create apps and schedule recurring tasks, while a Computer Use feature operates your computer in the b...
ChatGPT Work automates tasks while you're away
July 10, 2026: ChatGPT Work automates tasks while you're away - OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent designed to automate workplace tasks by integrating with Gmail, Slack, Teams, Google Drive and calendars. It can generate reports, build presentations, create apps and schedule recurring tasks, while a Computer Use feature operates your computer in the b...
ChatGPT Work automates tasks while you're away
July 10, 2026: ChatGPT Work automates tasks while you're away - OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent designed to automate workplace tasks by integrating with Gmail, Slack, Teams, Google Drive and calendars. It can generate reports, build presentations, create apps and schedule recurring tasks, while a Computer Use feature operates your computer independ...
Paris AI Voice Startup Gradium Raises $100M Seed
July 09, 2026: Paris AI Voice Startup Gradium Raises $100M Seed - Gradium, a Paris-based voice AI startup, has raised $100 million in seed funding after reopening its round to new investors including Nvidia. The company plans to use the funds to open a Bay Area office and compete for top AI talent near major players like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. Originally ...
Mindbeam Uses Generative AI to Find Safer Painkillers
July 09, 2026: Mindbeam Uses Generative AI to Find Safer Painkillers - Mindbeam AI has published research demonstrating how generative AI can discover safer pain-relief drugs, using acetaminophen as a baseline. The startup evaluated 24 AI-generated drug candidates targeting TRPV1, a pain-signaling receptor, ultimately identifying three promising compounds through effic...
NYT Accuses OpenAI of Hiding Copyright Evidence
July 09, 2026: NYT Accuses OpenAI of Hiding Copyright Evidence - The New York Times and The Daily News allege OpenAI concealed its ability to search ChatGPT logs and training data for copyrighted content, contradicting the company's claims of technical limitations. A court-ordered deposition reportedly revealed OpenAI had already conducted internal searches and m...
SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic Dwarf 25 Years of Tech Exits
July 09, 2026: SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic Dwarf 25 Years of Tech Exits - A new NVCA-Pitchbook Venture Monitor report reveals a staggering milestone: the pending IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI will collectively generate more value than all U.S. venture-backed exits since 2000. SpaceX debuted at a $1.77 trillion valuation, with the trio expected to surpass $4 trilli...
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 After Trump Administration Approval
July 09, 2026: OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 After Trump Administration Approval - OpenAI has received the Trump administration's approval to publicly release GPT-5.6, its most advanced AI model, after a two-week regulatory hold that restricted access to government-approved organizations. CEO Sam Altman described it as the best model the company has ever produced. Alongside the p...
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work to Automate Business Tasks
July 09, 2026: OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work to Automate Business Tasks - OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool powered by GPT-5.6 that autonomously executes complex business tasks across connected apps, files, and workflows. It integrates with platforms like Slack, Gmail, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365, and can create documents, dashboards, and web apps from a...
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 to Rival Anthropic
July 09, 2026: OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 to Rival Anthropic - OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5.6, a new family of AI models in three tiers: Sol (flagship), Terra (mid-range), and Luna (budget). The models target enterprise work, coding, and scientific research, with Sol boasting 54% greater token efficiency for coding tasks. OpenAI also launched ChatGPT Work, a workp...
ChatGPT Can Now Talk And Listen Simultaneously
July 09, 2026: ChatGPT Can Now Talk And Listen Simultaneously - OpenAI has launched GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice model that lets ChatGPT listen and speak at the same time, eliminating the turn-based cadence of previous voice systems. The model continuously processes audio, drops in natural acknowledgments, handles interruptions, and offloads complex queries to ...
DDN: Data Infrastructure Decides GPU Investment Success
July 09, 2026: DDN: Data Infrastructure Decides GPU Investment Success - DDN CEO Alex Bouzari argues that AI data infrastructure is the defining factor separating organizations that maximize GPU efficiency from those wasting capital on idle hardware. DDN powers some of the world's largest AI deployments, including hundreds of thousands of GPUs for xAI, and delivered a 70...
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