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OpenAI

Arcs in the news about OpenAI from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 578 stories · 4,211 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 20, 2023

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else74 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about OpenAI that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 11Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and licensing its characters for Sora13 articles · 13 independent sources
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  2. Dec 2OpenAI’s Sam Altman declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as Google catches up: reports6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  3. Nov 19– 20Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board and other roles after Epstein emails released28 articles · 24 independent sources
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  4. Nov 11Japan's SoftBank says it has sold its shares in Nvidia for $5.8 billion, turning its focus to OpenAI7 articles · 6 independent sources
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  5. Nov 7OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions9 articles · 9 independent sources
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  6. Nov 3– 4OpenAI and Amazon sign $38B deal for AI computing power18 articles · 14 independent sources
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  7. Oct 28OpenAI may move forward with new business structure, partnership with Microsoft, regulator says13 articles · 12 independent sources
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  8. Oct 28PayPal's ChatGPT Integration Deepens OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Push6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  9. Oct 21– 22OpenAI launches Atlas browser to compete with Google Chrome37 articles · 29 independent sources
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  10. Oct 17OpenAI’s Sora bans Martin Luther King Jr. deepfakes after his family complained7 articles · 6 independent sources
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Stories that name OpenAI

  1. Dec 30Meta buys startup known for its AI task automation agents17 articles · 15 independent sources
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  2. Dec 17– 18Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' entering and leaving Venezuela81 articles · 53 independent sources
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  3. Dec 11Time magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as its person of the year for 202531 articles · 21 independent sources
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  4. Dec 11Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide16 articles · 14 independent sources
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  5. Nov 18– 21Larry Summers leaving Harvard job amid increased backlash over Epstein ties26 articles · 16 independent sources
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  6. Nov 18– 19Cloudflare outage impacts X, ChatGPT, Spotify75 articles · 41 independent sources
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  7. Nov 18Microsoft and NVIDIA will invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  8. Nov 4– 5Kim Kardashian Says ChatGPT Made Her Fail Law Exams: “They’re Always Wrong”11 articles · 7 independent sources
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  9. Oct 22Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI ‘superintelligence’20 articles · 14 independent sources
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  10. Aug 26Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response, as family sues over ChatGPT role in boy’s death11 articles · 9 independent sources
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