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Sora 2 video generation could be heading for ChatGPT «soon»

Sora video generation in ChatGPT would expand access, but also increase costs. (Picture: generated)
The Information and ChatGPT-watcher Tibor Blaho are both reporting an upcoming release of video generation in the main ChatGPT app.

According to The Information’s x.com post, the release seems imminent, while Blaho has spotted Sora generation mentions and ID’s in the latest Andoid beta ChatGPT App.

Sora 2 was launched as a quasi social network with its own app in October 2025 and was invite-only.

Judging by early search interest on Google for «Sora invite code» soon after launch, interest for the app greatly exceeded capacity and available invites.

It produces 10-second clips from prompts or pictures and promises to put your likeness in anything you can imagine. It briefly went viral, running up some 920 million weekly users before dropping from #1 to #165 in the App Store.

Putting the app’s features into the mainline GPT app will bring it up to par with Google’s AI subscriptions, which gives users access to the video generator Veo 3 on the $25 Pro plan.

Read more: The Information (paywalled), Tibor Blaho on X, and Reuters.

OpenAI puts «adult mode» on the back burner, for now

«Adult mode» on ChatGPT gets another postponement. (Picture: generated)
The much touted feature last showed up as «naughty chats» in the Android app just two weeks ago, but is now postponed indefinitely.

It was supposed to debut in the first quarter of 2026, after first being conceived as «letting adults be adults» in October 2025. It was supposed to run in tandem with age verification, rolled out this January.

OpenAI says that «we still believe in the principle of treating adults like adults, but getting the experience right will take more time,» writes Axios.

The postponement is due to the company focusing on other high priority issues, such as «intelligence, personality improvements, personalization,» and «making the experience more proactive.»

Read more: Axios and TechCrunch.

OpenAI’s robotics and hardware head leaves in Pentagon protest

Caitlin Kalinowski, head of robotics and consumer hardware at OpenAI, makes no qualms about her feelings on their new contract with the Pentagon, and is resigning in protest, saying that:

— Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got.

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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT-5.4 has native computer use and less hallucinations

The latest version of ChatGPT sees a marked jump in the benchmarks. (Picture: Adobe)
The new Thinking and Pro models are more «capable and efficient» and is the first OpenAI model with native computer use skills. It also improves on hallucinations and Office files creation — areas where Anthropic has been thriving.

— Together with advances in general reasoning, coding, and professional knowledge work, GPT‑5.4 enables more reliable agents, faster developer workflows, and higher-quality outputs across ChatGPT, the API, and Codex, OpenAI writes.

On hallucinations, it is 33% less likely to be wrong in its responses, and 18% less apt to have mistakes in replies compared to GPT‑5.2.

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OpenAI ships Codex app for Windows — running in the Linux subsystem

The official Codex app has finally arrived for Windows, almost a month to the day after first debuting on macOS.

It runs natively in the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and has integrated terminals for PowerShell, Command Prompt, and Git Bash.

It also has all the «regular» features the Mac version has — and is a fully integrated multi-agent coding environment.

The Windows app is also properly sandboxed, so you can block it from accessing files outside your working folder and «prevent outbound links» unless you approve it, writes OpenAI’s Andrew Ambrosino on x.com.

In addition, your session history is stored on your OpenAI account, making it possible to start coding on a Mac and finish it on Windows without losing work, Engadget notes.

The app is available today from the Microsoft Store.

Read more: Andrew Ambrosino’s announcement, Engadget and Microsoft Store.

Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s investment opportunity in AI labs is closing

Huang figures the privately owned AI labs era might be finished. (Picture: Nvidia)
The Nvidia CEO says the opportunity to invest might soon end, Reuters reports.

The reason for this is straightforward, suspecting that Anthropic and OpenAI going public «later this year» will shutter the window to private equity deals.

The latest deal to fund OpenAI with $30 billion «might be the last time» to «invest in a consequential company like this,» Huang admits.

Nvidia has invested some $130 billion in OpenAI in two rounds, the recent straight up investment, and one circular deal where they paid $100 billion in return for OpenAI buying $100 billion in chips from them.

Likewise, Nvidia was an investor in a November funding round for Anthropic, buying $15 billion in shares from the company.

Read more: Reuters, CNBC and TechCrunch.

OpenAI eyes unclassified NATO contract, The Wall Street Journal reports

OpenAI seems to be making a big push for defense contracts. (Picture: DOD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro, CC BY 2.0)
Just days after striking a deal with the Pentagon, it would seem that OpenAI is actively pursuing more deals in the defense sector, writes The Wall Street Journal.

During an all-hands meeting at OpenAI on Tuesday, Sam Altman tried to clear the air on their recent Pentagon contract debacle — which has seen some twists and turns before landing on very clear language against use in mass surveillance.

Of note at the meeting, he said that OpenAI was considering a contract to deploy on NATO’s classified network, although he was confirmed to have misspoken by a spokesperson, saying the deal being considered was for the unclassified parts of the defense alliance.

Later on Wednesday, Reuters confirmed that such a deal is indeed under consideration, citing sources «familiar with the matter.»

While talking, he said, among other things, that the US military had been a «great benefit to all of humanity over the last 250 years,» The WSJ writes, and added that «Clearly, the military has done things that I extremely disagree with, and am sure will do more in the future.»

Read more: The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-instant with fewer lectures and less hallucinations

GPT-5.3-Instant performs better than 5.1-Instant and is a little behind 5.2-Instant, but is better at conversation. (Picture: Adobe)
Hallucinations are down 27% when it uses the web and ~20% in reasoning, and OpenAI did actually notice that the 5.2 model often cames across like a nanny — berating users with obvious, condescending lectures for harmless questions.

This has been solved by reducing unnecessary «dead ends,» caveats and «declarative formulations» in order to let the conversation flow more freely — solving one of many users’ major gripes with the current OpenAI models.

The model is also better at search, combining search responses with its own knowledge and reasoning. This should put results into context instead of just summarizing results.

Bu the real update with this model is bringing ChatGPT to a more natural style and tone with freely flowing conversation — which should be far less «cringe.»

OpenAI is promising less «Stop. Take a breath»-responses, or «I’m going to calm this down» kinds of outputs. It should also be better at creative writing.

GPT-5.3-instant is available today in the app (choose Instant in the model selector), API and web, and updates to Thinking and Pro are «coming soon.»

Read more: OpenAI’s announcement, writeups on 9to5Google, TechCrunch and The Register.

Pentagon spat over Anthropic and OpenAI leads to mass exodus from ChatGPT to Claude

Reddit forums for AI and ChatGPT were full of cancel messages over the weekend. (Picture: Screenshot)
People concerned about ethics, and that OpenAI could have entered into a Pentagon contract including internal mass surveillance — that Anthropic refused — have been cancelling their ChatGPT accounts en masse.

A concerted effort to ditch ChatGPT for Claude has emerged online, even affecting reddit fan forums r/ChatGPT, r/OpenAI and the broader r/Singularity, which on Sunday were brimming with posts about moving to Claude.

Top of the list
As a result, Anthropic’s chatbot has climbed to number one, top of the list for productivity apps in the App Store — beating out both OpenAI and Gemini. Last week, it was hovering around 50th.

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OpenAI closes record funding round: $110 billion invested at $840B valuation

At more than double the cost of last years record deal, the funding highly values OpenAI by investors, according to Reuters.

Amazon invested $50 billion, Nvidia put up $30 billion and SoftBank shelled out $30 billion, agreeing to a $840 billion valuation, the largest of any frontier AI lab by far.

«Strategic partnership» with Amazon
Amazon’s deal structure is slightly different, as it comes in the terms of a strategic partnership where OpenAI will receive $15 billion up front, and then qualify for the rest $35 billion «over the coming months.»

OpenAI has committed to using 2 gigawatts of capacity on AWS’ Trainium platform and will make their models available on Amazon’s services.

None of this is said to change OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft, OpenAI says in a release.

At the same time, OpenAI’s Nick Turley says they have surpassed 900 million weekly users and has 50 million paying subscribers, up from roughly 800 million before.

Read more: Sama’s thank you thread, writeups on Reuters, CNBC

Pentagon and Trump unloads on Anthropic, agrees with OpenAI on same safeguards

The Pentagon wants AI to be open for spying, but hardly any frontier lab will agree to this. (Picture: generated)
Calling Anthropic «leftwing nut jobs» and an «out-of-control, Radical Left Woke AI company,» both President Trump and Hegseth at the Pentagon have taken steps to bar the company from Government use.

The spat started when Anthropic refused new terms in their Pentagon contract, saying they would not use their AI for autonomous killing and mass surveillance.

In a stunning reversal, these safeguards are written into an agreement offered just hours later to OpenAI (see below).

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Source code in new ChatGPT Android app mentions «naughty chats»

According to ChatGPT watcher Tibor Blaho, adult mode is getting closer to going live, with «spicier, adult-themed language.»

The idea was to get age verification on ChatGPT sorted first, so teens could be protected from «sensitive content,» while the app would let «adults be adults.»

Verification was rolled out in January, and people have been asking when ChatGPT for adults would finally ship.

OpenAI’s first device will reportedly be a pocket-sized AI speaker, due in 2027

Does the world really need another smart speaker? Ive and Altman certainly think so. (Picture: screenshot)
After buying former Chief Apple Designer Jony Ive’s Io design lab in May, 2025, Altman and Ive have been teasing a breakthrough hardware device said to be something to take a bite of — and speculation has abounded.

Now The Information (paywalled) is citing sources from an all hands meeting at OpenAI touting an early prototype of a smart speaker.

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Big brands are hitting ChatGPT ads — but only show in 0.8% of responses

Ads from Expedia, Qualcomm, Best Buy, and Enterprise Mobility have started appearing in relation to ChatGPT queries, Adweek reports.

The «early tests» have been ongoing since February 9th, and OpenAI is asking advertisers to pay a $200,000 minimum to join in.

— We believe ads play an important role in continuing to support broad access to AI, Asad Awan, ads and monetization lead at OpenAI, tells Adweek in a statement.

— By working closely with partners in this pilot, we’re able to thoughtfully test new ad experiences, he continues.

The advertising intelligence platform Adthena ran a test on over 500 prompts in ChatGPT and found ad placements on only 0.8% of responses, according to Adweek.

Adthena also found ads were clearly labeled, sometimes triggering on the first prompt, that OpenAI is surpisingly focused on privacy and user control, and that the text format seemed familiar and trusted.

Read more: Adweek, and Adthena on LinkedIn.

Faux pas at Indian AI summit as Amodei and Altman refuse hands

Whoever thought it was a good idea to have these guys hold hands? (Picture: Government of India Press Information Bureau)
In what was expected to be a show of unity with Indian PM Narendra Modi on stage, AI leaders were asked to hold hands in solidarity.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amedei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were, however, for some reason, placed right next to each other on stage — and the acrimonious rivals promptly refused the gesture.

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