OpenAI
OpenAI Faces a Senate Probe. The Sandbox Now Has Homework.
A Senate probe puts OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach under scrutiny. Sixteen questions could help, if the answers produce stronger controls instead of better paperwork.
OpenAI
OpenAI Celebrates Labor Day Weekend With AI Research Interns and Absolutely No Chill
OpenAI spent Labor Day Sunday touting automated AI research. The interns are tireless, the token bills are spectacular, and humans still get to supervise.
Deep Dive
Deep Dive: NVIDIA and Microsoft Celebrate OpenAI’s Astra Launch With Their Prenups Open
NVIDIA and Microsoft are cheering OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra after a tense 2026. Follow the chips, cloud contracts, and rival bets behind AI’s awkward group hug.
AI
Anthropic Launched Claude Fable 5.1. GPT-6 Astra Sank the Launch Party.
Claude Fable 5.1 meets GPT-6 Astra in an awkward launch-week showdown. Anthropic has real improvements, but its victory lap needs a search-and-rescue team.
AI
GPT-6 Astra vs. Sol Makes Yesterday’s Genius Look Like It Needs a Supervisor
GPT-6 Astra beats GPT-5.6 Sol on demanding work, with big benchmark gains and a bigger token bill. Yesterday’s genius has requested a private meeting with HR.
Guides
The Definitive 2026 Guide to GPTs, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Friends
A September 2026 field guide to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, Qwen, Meta AI, Mistral, open weights, coding agents, and AI companions.
OpenAI
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra, Declares AGI, and Asks It Not to Touch Anything
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra brings stronger computer use, coding, and critical cyber skills to an AGI launch with one hand hovering over the stop button.
Satire
OpenAI Codex Got a Banked Reset. I Have Five Terrible Plans for It.
Tibo gave paid Codex and ChatGPT Work users a banked reset. Here are five gloriously irresponsible ways to turn free compute into a lifestyle.
Satire
OpenAI’s Executives Are Leaving. Obviously SiliconSnark Should Be COO.
OpenAI lost top business and safety leaders within weeks. SiliconSnark’s unsolicited COO application offers snark, governance, and no stock options.
AI
Claude Fable 5 Couldn’t Edit My PowerPoint. Five Prompts Ate My Credits.
Fable 5 failed a basic PowerPoint editing job, burned through my credits, and exposed the widening gap between dazzling AI demos and usable work.
Launch
OpenAI Put a $230 Control Panel on the AI Intern’s Desk
OpenAI’s $230 Codex Micro turns AI-agent management into a tactile desktop ritual. It is a niche flex, but the useful kind.
Deep Dive
The Definitive Guide to GPT-5.6 vs. Claude Fable 5: Pick Your Expensive Robot Coworker
GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5 excel at different work. Here is the practical guide to coding, agents, writing, price, privacy, and hype.