The tension between “pure research” and “commercial growth” is being put to the test as OpenAI and Anthropic attempt to scale ...

Advocacy or accountability? OpenAI’s blurred lines spark concern. Former OpenAI researchers say the company selectively publishes only favorable findings.

In a new paper from OpenAI, the company proposes a framework for analyzing AI systems' chain-of-thought reasoning to understand how, when, and why they misbehave.

OpenAI is reorganizing its Model Behavior team, a small but influential group of researchers who shape how the company’s AI models interact with people, TechCrunch has learned. In an August memo to ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman further added to those rumors during a December 2025 interview with journalist Alex Kantrowitz, in ...

Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope. OpenAI ...

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Thinking Machine,” a history of the A.I. company Nvidia. He lives in Los Angeles. Dec. 20, 2025 When OpenAI released the pioneering artificial intelligence chatbot ...

A data analysis reveals OpenAI has been on a hiring tear as it rolls out new updates and prepares for GPT-5.