1. The Pioneer Building in San Francisco's Mission District, which houses OpenAI's offices
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    OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor's Model Access on November 12 After SpaceX Acquisition

    OpenAI is ending Cursor's access to its models on November 12, weeks after SpaceX closed its $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding tool. OpenAI says it cannot trust SpaceX to honor its terms of service; Cursor says OpenAI models are only about 5% of its traffic.

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  2. The Thrive Holdings team gathered in a conference room beneath screens reading HOLDINGS
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    Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion at a $12 Billion Valuation for AI Rollups

    Thrive Holdings, a Thrive Capital spinoff with an OpenAI ownership stake, raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation from SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners and Altimeter Capital. Its platforms now span more than 70 accounting and IT businesses.

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  3. An Amazon Web Services office building with AWS signage
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    Amazon Tops $3 Trillion Market Cap for the First Time as Shares Hit Record

    Amazon shares hit a record on August 3, pushing its market cap above $3 trillion for the first time. AWS grew 37% to $42.2 billion, and the quarter's $62.6 billion net income included $53.4 billion of gains primarily from its Anthropic stake.

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  4. Photographed slide from the AIDS 2026 conference showing a State Department map that mislabeled Nigeria, Mozambique, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire, Malawi and Cameroon
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    State Department Map Mislabels Every African Country at AIDS 2026 Conference

    A State Department map shown at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro mislabeled every country it depicted, misplacing Nigeria, Mozambique, and Cote d'Ivoire. Reuters found a watermark on the image indicating it was made with OpenAI's tools.

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  5. NVIDIA domestic AI infrastructure manufacturing
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    Nvidia in Talks to Guarantee $250 Billion for OpenAI's Ohio Data Center

    Nvidia is in talks to guarantee roughly $250 billion in financing for OpenAI's planned 10-gigawatt data center in Piketon, Ohio, built by SoftBank's SB Energy. The full project, including chips, could cost more than $500 billion.

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  6. A large-scale data center, representing the compute behind frontier AI labs.
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    Anthropic Leads Future of Life Institute AI Safety Index With a C+

    The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index gave Anthropic the top grade, a C+, with OpenAI and Google DeepMind at C and xAI, DeepSeek, and Mistral failing. No company earned an A or B.

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  7. Aerial view of Apple Park, Apple's Cupertino headquarters
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    Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets for AI Devices

    Apple sued OpenAI in California federal court, alleging former Apple employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu stole trade secrets to accelerate OpenAI's unreleased AI hardware.

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  8. Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications
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    Fidji Simo Steps Down From Full-Time OpenAI Role, Becomes Part-Time Adviser

    Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications and its No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role after a three-month medical leave for a chronic illness, moving to a part-time advisory role as three executives absorb her duties.

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  9. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has proposed giving the US government a 5% stake in the company
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    OpenAI Proposes Giving the US Government a 5% Stake

    OpenAI is reportedly in talks to give the US government a 5% stake, worth about $42.6 billion at its $852 billion valuation, as part of a broader plan for Washington to hold 5% of each leading US AI company.

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  10. The north facade of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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    Trump Administration Asks OpenAI to Limit GPT-5.6 to 20 Approved Partners

    At the Trump administration's request, OpenAI will limit GPT-5.6's initial release to about 20 government-approved U.S. partners, with Amazon Bedrock as one route — the first time Washington has preemptively gated an American AI model launch.

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  11. Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI
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    OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, OpenAI's First Custom AI Chip

    OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom silicon — an inference chip co-designed in nine months and aimed at reducing the company's dependence on Nvidia's GPUs.

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  12. Judge Dismisses xAI's Trade-Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI With Prejudice
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    Judge Dismisses xAI's Trade-Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI With Prejudice

    A federal judge dismissed xAI's trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI with prejudice, ruling that asking a job candidate about prior work does not constitute inducement. It is Musk's second legal loss against OpenAI in four weeks.

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