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OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free? (opens the original)
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OpenAI and Meta’s cutesy AI agents are about to fight to the death. OpenAI and Meta’s cutesy AI agents are about to fight to the death. At OpenAI’s annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals — primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a “real-deal AI” agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, “inspired by the cool agents that we all watched in movies growing up.” Simi
The AI Tamagotchis are coming (opens the original)
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Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: it’s useful, and it’s cute. Personal AI hardware has mostly crashed and burned. OpenAI and Meta are counting on two selling points: it’s useful, and it’s cute. While AI has made plenty of inroads on people’s phones and computers, it’s largely failed in dedicated devices. But over the next year, two major AI companies, Meta and OpenAI, will attempt to change that. And they’re apparently betti
Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe (opens the original)
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The OpenAI CEO said he didn’t want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street. The OpenAI CEO said he didn’t want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street. For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won’t happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. “We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see more of that ahead of us, we have got to b
Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay (opens the original)
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Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event. Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event. On Tuesday, OpenAI’s annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. “Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit,” said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out “PEOPLE OVER PROFIT.” More than a dozen organizations came together to sponsor a rally outside the entrance
OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up (opens the original)
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A rumored new ‘Aeon’ platform could be entering a crowded market of 24/7 assistants. A rumored new ‘Aeon’ platform could be entering a crowded market of 24/7 assistants. OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it’s fallen behind in one of the industry’s hottest categories: continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. Rumors abound that OpenAI will release its own AI agent, d
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