Artificial Intelligence

The US government now has an AI chatbot, and Google is helping power it

Bringing over 29,000 official government sources under one roof.

Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents

OpenAI isn’t a public supporter of Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned.

OpenAI Launches dots: Always-On GPT-6 Astra Agents That Work From Their Own Cloud Computers

OpenAI just introduced dots at their DevDay today. Dots are persistent AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. Each dot gets its own cloud computer and browser. It works across 4,000+ apps through ChatGPT plugins and keeps going after you log off. Is it deployable today? Yes, as a managed product.

Is ChatGPT your new Google Workspace alternative? Meet Space, Pages, and slides

OpenAI now lets teams create documents, build presentations, and work with AI agents inside ChatGPT

OpenAI launches Dots, new ‘always-on agents’ you can assign tasks to

Right as Meta’s Muse avatar agent has taken the AI world by storm, OpenAI is today announcing Dots as “always-on…

Nebius Opens 2026 Physical AI Awards: Five $150K Compute Credit Prizes

Nebius and NVIDIA are running the 2026 Physical AI Awards for startups with products in the field. Five category winners each get $150,000 in compute credits, joint promotion, executive mentorship, and seats at an executive dinner. Applications close October 25.

OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite

OpenAI’s newly announced suite of office features puts it into more direct competition with more traditional software companies.

AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience

Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps, and ongoing tasks.

OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar

Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the background with minimal oversight.

OpenAI makes 20+ announcements at DevDay event including always-on agents called dots, watch live

OpenAI has teased 20+ announcements as part of its DevDay 2026 event. The event will be streamed live. You can…

OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s plug-ins with app-like interfaces and automations

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plug-ins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for automations.

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multistep business workflows.

OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools, and a security-focused product for scanning repositories and preparing fixes.

Is Claude down for you? Anthropic shares what’s going wrong (Updated)

It’s not just you that Claude’s misbehaving for.

Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out

America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but large language models are imperfect and remain prone to hallucinations, which could cause new issues.

It’s not just you, Claude is down in confirmed partial outage [U]

Anthropic has confirmed an outage affecting multiple Claude services this morning.

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses

The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.

Getting the Source Right, Not Just the Fact: Source-Aware Verification for MCP Agents

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.

ChatGPT’s $200 Pro plan is finally coming back, but OpenAI is changing the deal

The returning tier gets new usage math as an even pricier option surfaces.

Making AI an asset, not an expense

When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest, most capable model in the cloud. Do they always need that level of capability? Not necessarily. But that is often where the conversation goes.

Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol

Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output token prices.

DevDay 2026 Recap

Explore more than 20 announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2026, including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, security, and new tools for builders.

Google is pushing back against opening up Android AI and Search

Google would really rather keep the keys to its kingdom.