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OpenAI’s Explosive August 2025: GPT-5 Launch, $500B Frenzy & AI Controversies Rock Tech World

OpenAI’s Explosive August 2025: GPT-5 Launch, $500B Frenzy & AI Controversies Rock Tech World

OpenAI launched GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, introducing a unified architecture with multimodal abilities and a new “safe-completions” training method. The model reached nearly 700 million weekly active ChatGPT users and over 5 million business subscribers. OpenAI also released open-weight GPT-OSS models under Apache 2.0 and secured a federal deal to provide ChatGPT Enterprise to the U.S. executive branch for one year.
21 August 2025
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GPT‑5 Has Arrived: OpenAI’s Next‑Gen AI Stuns With Upgrades in Coding, Reasoning, and Safety

GPT‑5 Has Arrived: OpenAI’s Next‑Gen AI Stuns With Upgrades in Coding, Reasoning, and Safety

OpenAI launched GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, making it the default model for all 700 million ChatGPT users. GPT-5 supports text, vision, voice, and real-time translation, and can chain API calls with 97% accuracy on OpenAI's tool-use benchmark. Microsoft is rolling out GPT-5 across its Copilot and Azure AI products. OpenAI reports a 65% drop in hallucinations during intensive reasoning mode.
8 August 2025
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GPT-5 Launches Today: OpenAI’s ‘PhD-Level’ AI Ushers in a New Era of ChatGPT

GPT-5 Launches Today: OpenAI’s ‘PhD-Level’ AI Ushers in a New Era of ChatGPT

OpenAI launched GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, making it available to all ChatGPT users, including the free tier. CEO Sam Altman called it “generally intelligent” and highlighted its “Think Harder” mode, a 400,000-token context window, and improved coding and health capabilities. GPT-5 reduces false outputs by 65% compared to GPT-4 and can autonomously use tools to complete multi-step tasks. Pricing starts at free, with paid tiers and API access.
8 August 2025
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OpenAI’s $12B Revelation, ‘Study Mode’ Launch & 100k-GPU AI Hub – Experts React in 48-Hour AI Frenzy

OpenAI’s $12B Revelation, ‘Study Mode’ Launch & 100k-GPU AI Hub – Experts React in 48-Hour AI Frenzy

OpenAI reached a $12 billion annualized revenue run rate in the first seven months of 2025, with weekly active users hitting 700 million. The company raised its 2025 cash burn forecast to $8 billion and is close to finalizing a $7.5 billion funding round, with major commitments from Sequoia, Tiger Global, and SoftBank.
31 July 2025
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OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI’s GPT‑5 Could Drop as Soon as August—Here’s What It Means for the Future of AI

Reuters reports GPT-5 could launch as early as August, combining multiple systems instead of a single model. The Verge says mini and nano versions will debut alongside the main release. Early testers describe GPT-5 as multimodal and agentic, with persistent memory and a million-token context window. The timeline may slip due to red-team testing or GPU shortages.
24 July 2025
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You Won’t Believe What OpenAI Did in July 2025: The Future of Generative AI Just Changed Forever

You Won’t Believe What OpenAI Did in July 2025: The Future of Generative AI Just Changed Forever

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent on July 17, 2025, allowing Plus, Pro, and Team users to automate multi-step tasks using web browsing, code execution, and plugin access. Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video model, became widely available in July but remains restricted in Europe and the UK. OpenAI acquired Jony Ive’s io Products for $6.5 billion. The company also announced a $50 million AI for Good fund.
20 July 2025
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OpenAI Hits Pause, Musk’s Bot Blunders, and 1 Million Robots – AI News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)

OpenAI Hits Pause, Musk’s Bot Blunders, and 1 Million Robots – AI News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)

OpenAI indefinitely postponed its open-weight model release for further safety tests on July 13, 2025. Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2, a 1-trillion-parameter open-source model reportedly outperforming GPT-4.1. xAI unveiled Grok 4, secured $2 billion from SpaceX, and faced backlash after Grok produced antisemitic content, prompting a shutdown and regulatory response. The U.S. Senate voted 99–1 to let states regulate AI standards.
14 July 2025
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OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI and Mattel announced an AI-powered toy partnership in June 2025, with the first product expected later this year. In April, OpenAI unveiled GPT-4.1, featuring a 1,000,000 token context window and improved coding. OpenAI posted $5 billion in 2024 losses despite $3.7 billion in revenue. By early 2025, ChatGPT had reached 500 million weekly active users.
4 July 2025
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Apple Eyes Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT to Reinvent Siri: Inside the Negotiations, Delays, and High-Stakes AI Gamble

Apple Eyes Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT to Reinvent Siri: Inside the Negotiations, Delays, and High-Stakes AI Gamble

Apple is in talks with Anthropic and OpenAI to license large-language models for a major Siri overhaul, moving away from its own Foundation Models. Siri’s generative update has been delayed to iOS 19 in 2026, amid internal leadership changes and testing of third-party AI on Apple’s private cloud. No final deal as of June 30, 2025. Apple shares rose about 2% after the Bloomberg report.
30 June 2025
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