OpenAI’s new Ultrafast mode runs GPT-5.6 Sol 14 times faster, on Cerebras chips
OpenAI’s new Ultrafast mode runs GPT-5.6 Sol 14 times faster, on Cerebras chips

OpenAI wants its cleverest model to also be its quickest. The company has previewed Ultrafast, a new tier of its API that runs the flagship GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14 times the usual speed, reaching around 750 output tokens a second, on hardware built by …

Experts warn ChatGPT isn’t just predicting words anymore — It’s now predicting human thoughts
Experts warn ChatGPT isn’t just predicting words anymore — It’s now predicting human thoughts

Researchers found GPT-4 generates convincing personality questions from an oven manual, though only clinical questionnaires kept a coherent statistical structure.

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week
OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the “coming weeks” to “pursue other opportunities,” she said in a team note posted to LinkedIn. Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will be taking over the […]

OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

IBM plans to train and certify tens and thousands of consultants on OpenAI’s technologies as part of this deal.

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.

OpenAI is not just replacing its revenue chief, it is rebuilding the sales operation
OpenAI is not just replacing its revenue chief, it is rebuilding the sales operation

OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser is leaving after eight months, replaced by Dali Rajic, formerly president and chief operating officer of Wiz. The company has also hired recruiters to rebuild its go-to-market team, two days after longtime ex…

Josh Kushner raised $2bn to buy the companies AI is coming for
Josh Kushner raised $2bn to buy the companies AI is coming for

Almost every AI business sells a product. Someone builds a model or a tool, licenses it, and hopes the customer works out what to do with it. Thrive Holdings inverts that. It buys accounting firms and IT services companies outright, puts its own engine…

Gemini has a billion monthly users. ChatGPT hit that in June and moved the goalposts
Gemini has a billion monthly users. ChatGPT hit that in June and moved the goalposts

Sundar Pichai announced on Tuesday that the Gemini app had passed a billion monthly users. He called it “our fastest growing product ever” and the 14th Google product to hit the mark, alongside Search, Gmail, Android, Maps, Chrome, Play and YouTube. Hi…