Actualités — 2026-06-08

OpenAI plans to roll out a major redesign of ChatGPT within weeks, adding coding tools, image‑generation capabilities and a suite of partner applications such as Canva and Booking.com. The upgrade, described as a “super app,” targets enterprise customers and aims to boost revenue ahead of a potential initial public offering. The changes will first appear on the chatbot’s website and mobile interfaces, signaling OpenAI’s push to broaden its services beyond simple conversation. Lire la suite

President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 on Friday, directing the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to accelerate deployment of the most advanced artificial‑intelligence models from multiple vendors. The order also prohibits any AI supplier from disabling, degrading, or altering a system used by warfighters without prior government approval, and tasks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with revising autonomous‑weapon policy within 90 days. Lire la suite

Senior White House AI policy adviser Sriram Krishnan announced he will leave his post at the end of June. The former Andreessen Horowitz partner, who helped broker early‑access deals with Google, Microsoft and xAI and shaped the administration’s AI action plan, said he will continue to advise the administration from outside and launch a new institution focused on AI policy. His exit comes amid a flurry of Trump‑era AI initiatives, including a new executive order on AI‑related cyber threats and expanded vendor contracts for national‑security agencies. Lire la suite

OpenAI has begun rolling out a new security setting called Lockdown Mode across all ChatGPT plans. The feature disables live browsing, agent mode, deep research, image retrieval, Canvas networking and file downloads, aiming to block data exfiltration via prompt‑injection attacks. While it does not prevent malicious payloads from reaching the model, it cuts off outbound pathways that attackers use to steal information. The change arrives as researchers highlight growing risks to AI agents from injection techniques. Lockdown Mode is now available to Free, Go, Plus, Pro and Business users, though OpenAI warns it may limit functionality for many. Lire la suite

Britain’s technology secretary, Liz Kendall, announced a plan to make "strategic purchases" of AI chips from UK firms, aiming to lock in domestic demand and curb the outflow of talent and assets. The initiative, unveiled at London Tech Week, is part of a broader effort to capture a 5% share of the global chip market – roughly £37 billion in revenue – and includes taxpayer‑backed funding, a scaling inference lab and a right of first refusal on future investments. Lire la suite

OpenAI is set to launch a revamped version of ChatGPT that it describes as a “super app,” bundling coding utilities, AI agents and other paid features. The move aims to sharpen the company’s competitive edge against rivals like Anthropic, attract business users and push the firm closer to profitability ahead of a potential IPO. Executives say the new platform will turn the free chat experience into a gateway for premium services such as the Codex coding engine, while a senior product leader warned that “Chat is dead.” Lire la suite

Microsoft announced a major overhaul of GitHub Copilot's pricing model, moving from a flat monthly fee to a per‑token charge. The change, dubbed the “Tokenpocalypse” by a Reddit user, has prompted industry leaders on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast to warn that rising AI costs could tighten budgets, reshape business models and raise new risk factors for upcoming AI‑related IPOs. Lire la suite