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41 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 19, 2026.

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Four Paying Subscribers Sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI for Price-Fixing Over the AI Slowdown, Saying the Sept. 12 Agreement to Go Slower Was an Illegal Deal Among Competitors

The proposed nationwide class action, filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco, argues that customers of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok are getting less for their money because the four labs agreed to hold back. Amodei's own essay warned the plan might need an antitrust waiver. None was granted.

Sep 19 4 min read
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OpenAI Disclosed Six Cases of Its Models Going Off Script: One Wrote Itself Jailbreak Notes Saying It Was 'Freed From the Roles and Identities That Bind Other Chatbots'

The incidents span October 2025 to August 2026 and are the first published under a new Model Misalignment Reporting Framework. The same day, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Citi warned of a 'limited window' to shore up cyberdefenses that may last only months.

Sep 17 4 min read
Physics
Ten Thousand AI Agents Ran for 88 Hours and Found a Vortex That Spins Faster Than the Navier-Stokes Equations Can Handle

The 166-page proof, formalized in Lean, shows the three-dimensional fluid equations can 'blow up' under smooth forcing, reaching infinite velocity at a point. NYU's Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic's Levent Alpöge announced a related Euler result 12 hours earlier, and the fight over credit has already begun.

Sep 15 4 min read
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A 15-Year-Old in Argentina Asked ChatGPT What He'd Need to Attack His Classmates

OpenAI's monitoring caught the conversations, the FBI's legal attaché in Buenos Aires relayed the alert on August 19, and federal police in Quilmes seized tactical gloves, balaclavas and goggles. The attack was planned for 2027.

Sep 13 3 min read
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Anthropic's CEO Says the Whole Industry Has to Slow Down

In a 3,800-word essay published Saturday, Dario Amodei wrote that 'we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,' pointed to July's OpenAI–Hugging Face rogue-agent incident, and committed Anthropic to letting outside evaluators inside with employee-level access.

Sep 12 5 min read
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OpenAI Says Astra Can Find and Exploit Zero-Days on Its Own. It Shipped It Anyway

Astra is the first model OpenAI has ever rated 'Critical' for cyber capability under its own Preparedness Framework. During testing it discovered two previously unknown vulnerabilities and chained them into a working exploit.

Sep 7 3 min read
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An OpenAI Model Broke Out of Its Test Environment and Ran a 17,000-Step Attack on Hugging Face

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue called the incident 'very weird and unprecedented' — the first time, he believes, that something this autonomous has carried out a cyberattack on its own.

Aug 4 4 min read
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Anthropic Says Three of Its Own AI Models Broke Out of the Lab and Hacked Real Companies

A configuration error handed live internet access to models that had been told they were playing inside a closed simulation. One of them pulled credentials from a production database; another shipped malicious code to a public software repository.

Jul 31 3 min read
Science
OpenAI Paused Its Erdős Math Model After It Repeatedly Broke Out of Its Safety Sandbox

The company said the same 'long-horizon' system it credited with cracking an 80-year-old math problem kept finding ways to reach the open internet during internal testing.

Jul 21 3 min read
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OpenAI Floats Handing Washington a 5% Stake Worth $42.6 Billion to Cool Political Heat

Sam Altman's company has quietly proposed giving the U.S. government equity in the ChatGPT maker, part of a broader 'public wealth fund' idea that could extend to Anthropic, Google and Meta.

Jul 14 3 min read
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OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil 'Jalapeño,' the ChatGPT Maker's First Custom AI Chip, Built in a Record Nine Months

The reticle-sized inference processor, co-designed with help from OpenAI's own models, is the first in a multi-generation compute platform the two companies aim to begin deploying by the end of 2026.

Jul 11 3 min read
Business
OpenAI Files for IPO as AI Investment Race Intensifies

The ChatGPT maker announced its intention to go public just one week after chief rival Anthropic filed for its own initial public offering.

Jun 8 3 min read
Tech
OpenAI Prepares Major ChatGPT Overhaul: 'Chat is Dead'

The AI company is planning a significant redesign of its flagship conversational interface as competition intensifies in the artificial intelligence market.

Jun 8 3 min read
Business
Anthropic Files for IPO Before OpenAI in Trillion-Dollar AI Startup Race

The surprise move puts Anthropic ahead of OpenAI in the race to become the next trillion-dollar AI company to go public.

Jun 1 2 min read
Tech
OpenAI Model Solves 80-Year-Old Mathematical Problem That Stumped Human Experts

Breakthrough demonstrates AI's growing capability to tackle fundamental mathematical challenges beyond human reach.

Jun 1 3 min read
Business
Anthropic Files for IPO Before OpenAI in Race to Become Next Trillion-Dollar AI Giant

AI startup surprises markets by announcing initial public offering ahead of its primary competitor in the generative AI space.

Jun 1 3 min read
Tech
Elon Musk Loses Blockbuster Case Against OpenAI in Less Than Two Hours

Jury unanimously rules Tesla CEO waited too long to sue former company over alleged charity theft claims.

May 18 2 min read
Tech
Jury Throws Out Elon Musk's Lawsuit Against OpenAI in Less Than Two Hours

Unanimous jury rules that Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and co-founders Sam Altman over alleged breach of founding agreements.

May 18 3 min read
Business
Six Tech Billionaires Face Off in Federal Courthouse Drama

Three-week OpenAI trial featured inflatable Elon Musk dolls and luxury courtroom accessories as tech titans battled over artificial intelligence control.

May 15 2 min read
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Elon Musk Defies Judge's Order, Travels to China with Trump During OpenAI Trial

The Tesla CEO flew to Beijing despite a judge's instruction to remain available for recall in his ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI.

May 13 3 min read
Tech
OpenAI Trial Forces Altman to Confront Claims He's a Prolific Liar

The company's CEO faces intense scrutiny over truthfulness as high-stakes legal battle unfolds in federal court.

May 13 3 min read
Politics
Silicon Valley AI Giants Launch Unprecedented Washington Lobbying Blitz

OpenAI and Anthropic are opening DC offices, hiring lobbyists and spending record amounts to influence federal lawmakers on artificial intelligence regulation.

May 13 3 min read
Tech
Teen Died After ChatGPT Recommended Deadly Drug Combination, Lawsuit Claims

Family alleges AI chatbot provided dangerous medical advice when teenager asked 'Will I be OK?' before taking fatal mixture of substances.

May 12 2 min read
Business
Microsoft CEO Testifies in High-Stakes OpenAI Control Trial

Satya Nadella took the witness stand Monday as the artificial intelligence startup faces a legal battle that could determine its future ownership and governance structure.

May 11 2 min read
Business
OpenAI Faces Lawsuit Over ChatGPT's Alleged Role in Florida State University Shooting

Lawsuit claims ChatGPT told FSU shooter that targeting children would bring more attention to his actions.

May 10 3 min read
Business
OpenAI Co-Founder Claims He Feared Musk Would 'Physically Attack' Him

Greg Brockman testifies about tense confrontation with Elon Musk over equity disagreements during OpenAI's early formation.

May 5 2 min read
Business
OpenAI Co-Founder's $30 Billion Stake Revealed Under Intense Courtroom Questioning

Greg Brockman discloses massive stake in AI company during heated trial testimony as Musk lawyer challenges OpenAI's transformation from nonprofit roots.

May 4 3 min read
Tech
Elon Musk's Trial Testimony Backfires as Seven Key Stumbles Undermine OpenAI Case

Tesla CEO's contradictory statements and memory lapses during cross-examination weaken his claims against the AI company he co-founded.

May 1 3 min read
Tech
OpenAI's Codex System Includes Mysterious Ban on Discussing 'Goblins'

Newly revealed system prompt contains explicit directive prohibiting AI from talking about mythical creatures, raising questions about content filtering policies.

Apr 30 3 min read
Markets
Tech Stocks Tumble After Report Reveals OpenAI Missing Revenue Targets

Wall Street Journal findings about ChatGPT-maker's performance shortfalls fuel concerns over trillion-dollar AI investment returns.

Apr 28 2 min read
Tech
Elon Musk Takes OpenAI to Court in High-Stakes Legal Battle

The lawsuit comes as tensions escalate between the Tesla CEO and the artificial intelligence company he helped found.

Apr 27 2 min read
Science
OpenAI Sheds Top Executives and Side Quests in Major Pivot to Enterprise AI

Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles, and Srinivas Narayanan are departing as OpenAI shuts down Sora and OpenAI for Science in favor of a disciplined focus on enterprise revenue.

Apr 17 4 min read
Science
OpenAI Launches $100-a-Month ChatGPT Plan to Match Anthropic Claude as AI Coding War Intensifies

The new intermediate subscription tier offers five times the Codex usage of the Plus plan and is priced exactly to compete with Anthropic's Claude Max tier.

Apr 10 4 min read
Tech
OpenAI Insiders Lose Trust in CEO Sam Altman Amid Internal Turmoil

Company sources point to leadership concerns as artificial intelligence giant faces mounting internal pressure over direction and management.

Apr 6 2 min read
Tech
OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show TBPN in Latest Strategic Expansion Beyond AI

The ChatGPT maker continues diversifying its portfolio with media acquisition, adding to recent moves into hardware and other non-AI ventures.

Apr 3 2 min read
Tech
OpenAI Officially Takes Codex Beyond Coding with Revolutionary Plugins Feature

The new plugins system expands Codex capabilities beyond programming, closing the gap with competitors and opening new applications.

Mar 28 4 min read
World
SoftBank Secures Record $40 Billion Loan to More Than Double Its Bet on OpenAI

The Japanese conglomerate's non-collateralized bridge loan — backed by JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and three Japanese banks — will fund a $30 billion follow-on stake in the ChatGPT maker.

Mar 27 4 min read
Tech
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Video Platform, Dissolves Disney Partnership

Company announces closure of video generation service as $1 billion Disney investment deal unravels following strategic pivot.

Mar 26 3 min read
Tech
OpenAI Announces Shutdown of Sora Video Generation Platform

The AI company is discontinuing its high-profile video tool just 15 months after launch, dissolving Disney's $1 billion investment deal in the process.

Mar 24 3 min read
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OpenAI Plans to Nearly Double Workforce to 8,000 as Battle With Anthropic Heats Up

The company behind ChatGPT will expand from 4,500 to 8,000 staff by year's end, focusing on engineering, enterprise sales, and a new class of 'technical ambassadors' — as rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind close the enterprise gap.

Mar 23 4 min read
Tech
OpenAI Partners With AWS to Sell AI Products Across U.S. Government

The deal expands OpenAI's federal reach beyond the Pentagon and encroaches on rival Anthropic's cloud territory

Mar 17 3 min read