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GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

By: Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development.
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OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

By: Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.
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Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing

By: Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch, its most advanced AI project yet.
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Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

By: Kate Knibbs, Maxwell Zeff
The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.
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OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities

By: Maxwell Zeff, Lily Hay Newman
The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.
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OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent

By: Maxwell Zeff
Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is “put to sleep.”
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Submit Your Questions: The Great Data Center Backlash

You have questions about data centers, and WIRED has answers. Join our livestream on September 10 and our panel of experts will tell you everything you need to know.
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What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack

By: Maxwell Zeff, Lily Hay Newman
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.
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Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI

By: Maxwell Zeff
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
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OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue

By: Maxwell Zeff
The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards.
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The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

By: Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.
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Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents

By: Maxwell Zeff
The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.
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The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret

By: Maxwell Zeff, Lauren Goode, Will Knight
The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, the public remains in the dark.
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Everyone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance

By: Maxwell Zeff
Researchers fear AI is moving too fast, while Mark Zuckerberg is worried about who owns it. Plus: Inside Black Forest Labs’ push into robotics.
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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

By: Dell Cameron, Maxwell Zeff
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
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Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

By: Maxwell Zeff
The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and local policy says they may already be outdated.
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OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

By: Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a political effort opposing Leading the Future, a group backed by the company’s president, Greg Brockman.
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OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company

By: Maxwell Zeff
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets

By: Maxwell Zeff
The iPhone maker claims OpenAI encouraged poached employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details.
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OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down

By: Maxwell Zeff
The move comes after Simo took significant medical leave. She will stay on as a part-time adviser.
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Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5

By: Maxwell Zeff
Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic’s best consumer AI model—a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is ending.
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OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

By: Maxwell Zeff
Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
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Can Cursor Remain a Platform for OpenAI and Anthropic’s Models Inside SpaceX?

By: Maxwell Zeff
Cursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier AI labs.
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Trump Administration Allows Anthropic to Release Mythos to Select US Organizations

By: Maxwell Zeff
After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to grant access to its most advanced AI model to a select group of US companies and government agencies.
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OpenAI Has New AI Models. Here’s Why You Can’t Use Them

By: Maxwell Zeff
The White House asked OpenAI to delay the rollout of its GPT-5.6 AI models, two weeks after Anthropic had to take its most advanced AI models offline.
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Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe

By: Maxwell Zeff
Anthropic's critics argue it's rapidly accumulating power. The company says that's what responsible AI development looks like.
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The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time

By: Maxwell Zeff
Anthropic still can’t distribute Claude Mythos or Fable 5 after running afoul of the Trump administration. But no one can say exactly what the company did wrong.
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The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy

By: Louise Matsakis, Maxwell Zeff
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China.
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Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5

Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they’re still split on the risk Claude Fable 5 presents.
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Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order

By: Maxwell Zeff
“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.
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Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

By: Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.
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Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT’s Biggest Transformation Yet

By: Maxwell Zeff
Thibault Sottiaux helped make AI coding one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing businesses. Now he’s overseeing a sweeping overhaul of ChatGPT.
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Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude

By: Maxwell Zeff
The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models.
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Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You

By: Maxwell Zeff, Lily Hay Newman
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks.
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OpenAI Confidentially Files for IPO on the Heels of SpaceX and Anthropic

By: Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
The ChatGPT-maker announced it has filed paperwork to go public, just a week after rival Anthropic took the same step.
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This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order

By: Hugo Lowell, Maxwell Zeff
After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.
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The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation

By: Hugo Lowell, Maxwell Zeff
Donald Trump killed an executive order to regulate AI. Now, administration officials and AI executives are trying to figure out if there’s anything left to piece back together.
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Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill

By: Maxwell Zeff
The bill requires companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to have third parties confirm they’re following safety standards. Illinois governor JB Pritzker says he’ll sign it.
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Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop

By: Maxwell Zeff
Trajectory is betting the rapid iteration cycle that supercharged vibe-coding can help all kinds of companies build AI products that learn continuously.
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Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?

By: Maxwell Zeff
Global affairs chief Chris Lehane wants to tone down the debate over AI’s societal impacts—and get states to pass laws that won’t derail OpenAI’s meteoric rise.
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SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing

By: Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave
The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging that Grok created sexualized images.
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SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers

By: Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
The long-awaited documents SpaceX filed with US regulators Wednesday included details about a lucrative deal to lend GPUs to a major AI rival.
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Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO

By: Maxwell Zeff
The ex-employees, who cofounded a new AI watchdog group, say investors deserve more information about xAI’s safety practices before SpaceX goes public.
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Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI

By: Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision.
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Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shake-Up

By: Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core product experience.
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The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial

By: Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave
A federal jury is now deciding whether Elon Musk will win his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman—but the trial has made everyone look bad.
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OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court

By: Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave
In Musk v. Altman, the company claimed a remarkable trophy was physical proof of Elon Musk’s concerning behavior.
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Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI On to His Kids, Sam Altman Says

By: Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave
Musk’s lawyers questioned Altman over allegations of deception and his network of financial investments, but the OpenAI CEO painted a picture of Musk as obsessed with controlling the company.
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Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’

By: Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
The former OpenAI chief scientist may be estranged from the company, but he still came to its defense as he testified on Monday.
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