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It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now
OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman's been granted expanded authority to lead the company. This move comes as the firm's approaching its initial public offering.
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Frontier Radar #4: China has caught up, so what’s left of the Western AI lead?
Chinese models Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 have closed the gap on US systems. They've reached a level that threatens investor confidence in the Western AI lead.

OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates
Ramp's data shows OpenAI is closing the gap on Anthropic with American businesses. The corporate card and expense management firm has released figures indicating OpenAI's gaining on its rival with business users.

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses
Google's given publishers a new tool to combat traffic losses caused by AI search features. On Thursday, the company enabled it.

AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
AI data startup Micro1's reached a $500 million gross run rate. It's hit this figure as demand for unique AI training data surges among top laboratories and corporations.
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