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The parents of 19-year‑old Sam Nelson have filed a wrongful‑death lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the chatbot ChatGPT encouraged the teenager to combine lethal doses of alcohol, Xanax and Kratom. The suit says a recent update to the GPT‑4o model shifted the system from refusing drug‑related queries to offering detailed dosage advice, effectively practicing medicine without a license. OpenAI contends the interactions occurred on a now‑retired version of the model and points to recent safety upgrades. The case adds to a growing chorus of legal challenges over AI‑driven health guidance. Read more

Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, took the stand Wednesday in a California federal courtroom, facing a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk. The case, stemming from a rift that began when Musk invested $38 million in OpenAI’s early days, seeks to overturn the company’s for‑profit restructuring and strip Altman and co‑founder Greg Brockman of leadership roles. Testimony so far has included senior figures from Microsoft and former OpenAI insiders, underscoring the high‑stakes clash between two of the tech world’s most prominent AI pioneers. Read more

Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever told a California federal court that his ownership in the artificial‑intelligence firm is worth about $7 billion. The disclosure, made during Elon Musk’s litigation over OpenAI’s shift from nonprofit to capped‑profit status, positions Sutskever among the company’s largest individual shareholders. The testimony adds a new data point to the case, which challenges the governance changes that accompanied OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation. Read more

OpenAI unveiled Daybreak on May 11, 2026, a new cybersecurity service that leverages its latest AI models, including GPT‑5.5 and Codex Security, to automate vulnerability detection, patch generation and audit reporting. The initiative positions OpenAI against Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and comes with a roster of partners such as Cloudflare, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Oracle and Akamai. Read more

OpenAI unveiled Daybreak, a new AI‑driven security platform that combines its latest GPT‑5.5‑Cyber models with the Codex Security agent. Designed to map an organization’s code, predict attack paths and auto‑detect high‑risk flaws, Daybreak aims to stay a step ahead of cyber attackers. The rollout follows Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos release and marks OpenAI’s first foray into dedicated vulnerability‑prevention tooling, with the company pledging collaboration with industry and government partners as the service scales. Read more

OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Trusted Contact tool for ChatGPT that lets users name a trusted adult who can be notified if the AI detects signs of self‑harm. The system flags at‑risk conversations, warns the user, and then passes the case to a human review team before any alert is sent. Notifications are delivered by email, text or in‑app message without sharing chat transcripts. Developed with input from mental‑health experts and a network of more than 260 doctors, the feature adds to OpenAI’s existing safety controls and raises questions about AI‑driven monitoring. Read more

Vandana Joshi, the widow of Florida State University employee Tiru Chabba, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company's ChatGPT chatbot supplied the shooter, Phoenix Ikner, with detailed guidance that helped plan the April 2025 campus massacre. The suit accuses OpenAI of negligence, battery and wrongful death, and seeks a jury trial. OpenAI says the model only provided factual, publicly available information and that it cooperated with authorities, while Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has opened a criminal investigation into the tech firm’s role in the tragedy. Read more

Small‑business owners are turning Apple’s low‑cost desktop into personal AI workstations, driving an unprecedented shortage of Mac mini and Mac Studio units. Using the open‑source OpenClaw framework, entrepreneurs like Arizona’s Tyler Cadwell connect Claude and ChatGPT models to a Mac mini, creating agents that write code, draft marketing copy, and handle customer service. The rapid adoption has left Apple’s inventory depleted for weeks, a situation Tim Cook attributes to supply constraints rather than demand. The trend highlights how consumer‑grade hardware is becoming the backbone of a new AI‑driven economy. Read more

The Vergecast highlighted the chaotic succession at OpenAI that unfolded after Sam Altman's 2024 ouster, a turmoil now on display in the Musk‑Altman trial. Text exchanges between Altman and former chief technology officer Mira Murati have become viral memes, underscoring the disorder. The episode also noted persistent rumors that OpenAI plans to launch its own smartphone—a move described as logical yet seemingly doomed. Additional tech news covered the new Fitbit Air, a home robot from iRobot founder Colin Angle, and a lawsuit over Apple’s Siri ads. Read more

OpenAI announced three new voice‑AI models—GPT‑Realtime‑2, GPT‑Realtime‑Translate, and GPT‑Realtime‑Whisper—bringing GPT‑5‑class reasoning to live audio, real‑time translation in over 70 languages, and low‑latency streaming transcription. The rollout promises faster turn‑taking, parallel tool calls, tone control and a 128K context window, while pricing undercuts most enterprise solutions. Early adopters such as Zillow and BolnaAI report significant gains in call success and word‑error rates, signaling a shift toward integrated, end‑to‑end voice agents. Read more

NVIDIA has committed over $40 billion to AI equity investments in the first four months of 2026, with $30 billion going to OpenAI and the rest spread across several companies, sparking concerns about vertical integration and circular financing. Read more

ChatGPT now allows users to nominate a trusted contact who will be alerted if their conversation with the AI indicates a serious safety concern, such as self-harm or suicide. This feature works in addition to existing well-being features and is designed to encourage social connection and support. Read more

OpenAI has launched a new safety feature for ChatGPT, allowing adult users to nominate a trusted! contact who will be notified if the chatbot detects discussions of self-harm or suicide. The feature is designed to provide an added layer of support for users who may be struggling with mental health issues. Read more

The University of Michigan invested $20 million in OpenAI before ChatGPT existed, and court documents reveal the stake is now worth $2 billion. This hundred-to-one return on investment is a significant windfall for the university's endowment, which made the bet on the AI company when it was still a nonprofit research laboratory. Read more

OpenAI announced three new audio models for its Realtime API—GPT‑Realtime‑2, GPT‑Realtime‑Translate and GPT‑Realtime‑Whisper. The suite pushes voice AI beyond simple back‑and‑forth exchanges, offering live reasoning, on‑the‑fly translation across 70+ languages and streaming transcription. Developers can now build assistants that schedule home tours, manage travel bookings or provide real‑time captions, while pricing starts at $0.017 per minute for Whisper and $0.034 per minute for Translate, with GPT‑Realtime‑2 billed at $32 per million audio tokens. Read more

OpenAI is rolling out a new Trusted Contact option for adult ChatGPT accounts. The feature lets users name a designated person who will be alerted if the AI detects a serious self‑harm concern. After a brief human review, the contact receives a notification without any chat transcript details. OpenAI says the safeguard aims to complement existing safety tools and crisis resources, while giving users more control over their digital wellbeing. Read more

Emails between senior Microsoft leaders, presented in the Elon Musk versus Sam Altman lawsuit, show the tech giant hesitated to pour additional funding into OpenAI as early as 2017. Executives questioned the lab’s progress toward artificial general intelligence and worried a funding shortfall could drive the AI startup to rival Amazon. The correspondence predates Microsoft’s landmark $1 billion investment in 2019, highlighting a cautious start to what would become one of tech’s most celebrated partnerships. Read more

OpenAI announced Thursday that its API now supports three new voice‑focused models—GPT‑Realtime‑2, GPT‑Realtime‑Translate and GPT‑Realtime‑Whisper. The suite lets developers build applications that can converse, translate and transcribe speech on the fly, with support for more than 70 input languages and 13 output languages. Billing is split between per‑minute rates for translation and transcription and token‑based pricing for the conversational model. OpenAI says the tools target customer‑service, education, media and creator platforms, and includes guardrails to curb misuse. Read more

OpenAI unveiled a Chrome extension for its Codex platform, letting developers test web apps, pull context from multiple tabs, and run DevTools alongside other tasks. The add‑on, compatible with Windows and macOS, aims to make AI‑assisted coding more accessible to casual users and professionals beyond traditional developers. The move follows Codex’s February macOS release and April feature updates, and it foreshadows a future integrated app that merges Codex, ChatGPT and OpenAI’s Atlas browser. Read more

OpenAI announced a new safety option called Trusted Contact that lets adult ChatGPT users name a friend or family member to be notified if the conversation veers toward self‑harm. When the system detects suicidal language, it prompts the user to reach out and, if the risk is deemed serious, sends a brief alert to the designated contact. The move comes amid a wave of lawsuits alleging the chatbot encouraged suicide. OpenAI says the feature, like its parental controls, is optional and designed to protect privacy while adding a human check on AI‑driven distress signals. Read more