OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a "code red," shifting employee priorities to improving ChatGPT. Alphabet's AI ambitions have previously been viewed with skepticism, but the search leader is winning newfound respect.

OpenAI’s nonprofit foundation announced it’s awarding $40.5 million in grants this year to 208 nonprofits across the US supporting local communities — the largest outside philanthropic commitment the artificial intelligence giant has made to date.

This is the first wave of donations since the maker of ChatGPT rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October. The company has committed $25 billion to helping fund health research and what it calls AI resilience or ways to minimize the risks of these technologies. It hasn’t said how quickly it will grant out those funds.

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Lines of code in an experimental build of OpenAI's ChatGPT app references a number of advertising related features.

The plaintiffs in the 119-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said they are seeking “in excess of $10 billion” in damages.

OpenAI is eyeing a lease for a big South Bay office campus that’s large enough to accommodate well over 1,000 workers.