OpenAI Archive

Mar 27, 2026

OpenAI is adding plugins to Codex that integrate with popular work tools like Slack, Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Google Drive. The plugins go beyond coding - OpenAI says they also help with planning, research, and coordination. Under the hood, plugins bundle predefined prompt workflows ("skills"), app integrations, and MCP server configurations into installable packages, similar to ChatGPT integrations. They work across the Codex app, command line, and IDE extensions. Developers can build their own and distribute them through local or team-wide "marketplaces." An official curated directory is already live, with self-publishing coming soon.

The move is part of OpenAI's broader push into coding tools and enterprise customers, which includes a planned "super app" combining ChatGPT, Codex, and the Atlas browser. Codex now has over 1.6 million weekly active users, with a Windows version shipping just recently.

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Matthias Bastian

Mar 27, 2026

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A data leak at Anthropic has exposed details about an unreleased AI model that internal documents call the company's most powerful to date. After Fortune broke the story, Anthropic confirmed it is already testing the model with select customers, claiming it marks a "step change" in reasoning, coding, and cybersecurity capabilities. The breach happened because of a misconfiguration in Anthropic's content management system. A default setting automatically made uploaded files public, leaving nearly 3,000 internal documents exposed for anyone to see.

OpenAI is reportedly also gearing up for a major release. The company is preparing a new model codenamed "Spud," which has already finished pretraining. Similar to Anthropic, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has internally promised a massive jump in capabilities, saying the model can "really accelerate the economy," whatever that means. Both companies will likely time the release of their strongest models to ensure they are optimally positioned for their planned IPOs later this year.

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Matthias Bastian

Mar 26, 2026

AI in practice

Anthropic and OpenAI are both growing fast, but they report revenue very differently, The Information reports. OpenAI's annualized revenue is around $25 billion; Anthropic's is $19 billion. Both calculate this similarly: four weeks of revenue times 13, with Anthropic adding monthly subscriptions times 12.

The key difference is how they handle cloud partners. OpenAI gives 20 percent of revenue to Microsoft and reports the number before that deduction. For Azure cloud sales, it only counts its 20 percent cut. Anthropic does the opposite: It books all cloud sales through AWS, Microsoft, and Google as its own revenue, listing the providers' shares as sales and marketing costs. Anthropic considers itself the primary provider, while OpenAI treats Microsoft as the primary provider for Azure.

Both follow US accounting rules (GAAP), but their numbers are difficult to compare. Anthropic's revenue likely looks higher on paper than it would under the same method. That matters as both companies head toward an IPO.

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Maximilian Schreiner

Mar 26, 2026

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OpenAI has put development of an erotic chatbot on hold indefinitely, the Financial Times reports. The decision comes after employees and investors raised concerns about the societal impact of sexual AI content. OpenAI's well-being advisory board had already unanimously opposed the planned "Adult Mode," with one board member warning that OpenAI risked creating a "sexy suicide coach." The company is also dealing with technical problems - its age verification system misidentified minors as adults in roughly 12 percent of cases. With 100 million underage users per week, that's a significant gap.

The AI company, currently valued at $730 billion, now wants to wait for long-term research on the effects of sexually explicit chats and emotional attachments before moving forward. According to the FT, there have already been internal discussions about scrapping the project entirely. Investors saw a poor risk-reward ratio, and employees questioned whether the project aligned with OpenAI's mission.

In ChatGPT's app code, the project appears under the name "Citron Mode," with planned age verification for users 18 and older. OpenAI is now shifting its focus to productivity tools and a "super app" built around ChatGPT.

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Matthias Bastian

Mar 25, 2026

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OpenAI has reportedly finished pretraining its new AI model, codenamed "Spud," CEO Sam Altman told employees in an internal memo, according to The Information. Altman said the company expects to have a "very strong model" in "a few weeks" that can "really accelerate the economy."

"Things are moving faster than many of us expected," Altman wrote. In a related move, Fidji Simo's product organization is being renamed "AGI Deployment." To free up computing capacity for Spud and other priorities, OpenAI will shut down its video app Sora.

Spud may also serve as the foundation for OpenAI's planned desktop "superapp," which would combine ChatGPT, the coding agent Codex, and the browser Atlas. OpenAI needs to close the gap with Anthropic, which has been gaining significant traction with agent-based AI systems for business customers, particularly through Claude Code. OpenAI's Codex and Frontier are still playing catch-up.

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Matthias Bastian

Mar 25, 2026

Update

AI in practice

Disney pulls out of OpenAI partnership after Sora app and API gets killed just months after launch

Matthias Bastian

Mar 25, 2026

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OpenAI is expanding its record financing round by another 10 billion dollars, pushing the total past 120 billion dollars, CFO Sarah Friar told CNBC. The increase had already been flagged when the initial 110 billion dollar round was announced. This could be OpenAI's last private funding round before a potential IPO later this year.

New investors include Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG, and T. Rowe Price. Microsoft is also participating, with Friar calling the company "an incredible partner." A leaked investor document lists Microsoft as OpenAI's biggest risk factor, which made some headlines but is hardly surprising given how heavily OpenAI still relies on Microsoft for both funding and compute. The dependency runs both ways, though: OpenAI is also an enormous risk for Microsoft.

The partnership has been showing cracks, and two recent moves make that hard to ignore: Microsoft is ramping up efforts to train its own models toward "super intelligence," and it's bringing Anthropic's Cowork technology into Copilot, pulling in tech from OpenAI's biggest B2B rival, of all companies. Microsoft's reliability as a distribution partner for OpenAI models is starting to look shaky.

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Matthias Bastian

Mar 24, 2026

AI in practice

ChatGPT is turning into a shopping platform with product images, prices, and comparisons, but no checkout

Maximilian Schreiner

Mar 24, 2026

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Microsoft has agreed to lease a data center in Abilene, Texas, that was originally built for Oracle and OpenAI, Bloomberg News reports. The facility offers roughly 700 megawatts of capacity and sits right next to the Stargate campus - Oracle and OpenAI's flagship AI infrastructure project.

Microsoft struck the deal with developer Crusoe after both Oracle and OpenAI walked away from negotiations over the site. Back in March, Bloomberg reported that Oracle and OpenAI had abandoned their expansion plans in Texas because financing talks stalled and OpenAI's needs had shifted. Oracle pushed back on those reports at the time, calling claims of delays at the Abilene site inaccurate.

Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, and Crusoe have not commented on the new report, according to Reuters.

The lease aligns with Microsoft's broader push to expand its own computing infrastructure. In a recent podcast, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he expects an oversupply of computing capacity and falling prices by 2027 or 2028 as a result of the current data center building boom. Nadella added that he's looking forward to renting capacity cheaply when that happens.

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Matthias Bastian

Mar 24, 2026

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ChatGPT is making it easier to work with uploaded and generated files. Users can now find, reuse, and pull files into chats more quickly. A new toolbar lets you reference recently used files directly, and you can ask ChatGPT questions about files you've already uploaded. The web version also gets a new "Library" tab in the sidebar that gives you a clean overview of all your files.

ChatGPT's new Library tab (left) shows all uploaded files in one place, while the toolbar (top right) lets users quickly reference recent files in any chat. | Image: OpenAI

The feature is rolling out globally to Plus, Pro, and Business users. Users in the EU, Switzerland, and the UK will have to wait a bit longer, but OpenAI says the feature should follow soon.

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