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Sam Altman said OpenAI will not pursue an IPO until it can make confident safety claims about its models, giving no specific timeline. Speaking after his DevDay keynote, he said continued advances in AI capability require corresponding progress on safety before going public. He also acknowledged that delaying too long would be "bad for the world."
Apple sent Rep. Jamie Raskin a letter last July explaining its decision to pull ICEBlock and similar ICE-tracking apps from the App Store, citing agent-safety concerns raised partly by the Trump administration after a fatal shooting at a Dallas ICE facility. Raskin has now sent a follow-up letter questioning Apple's justification, according to CNN.
Apple has released a Final Cut Camera update that supports the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture and redesigned camera controls, including easier access to ISO and white balance settings. Final Cut Pro and Motion now allow editing of depth of field and focus points for footage shot on the new phone, and Apple also pushed updates across Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Freeform and Pixelmator Pro.
Mozilla has begun a full rollout of a redesigned Firefox browser, updating its themes, icons and colors across desktop and mobile after months of testing in the Nightly beta channel. The update reintroduces compact mode, adds a theme picker with wallpaper options, and lets users organize shortcuts on the New Tab page, while also making privacy settings easier to locate.
Nidhi Singhvi, who previously co-founded gold jewelry company Sonalore, has launched Unvault with co-founder Navya Reddy in 2025. The platform lets users track the value of jewelry they already own and sell it, and has so far unlocked more than $150 million in value for customers.
At its Dev Day event, OpenAI unveiled a plugin/extension architecture that lets developers build interactive apps inside ChatGPT's chat interface, alongside new agentic assistants called Dots and updated AI models. The company also introduced ways for users to carry their ChatGPT identity into third-party apps and use existing AI usage allowances there. OpenAI says ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users and will begin surfacing app suggestions mid-conversation.
President Trump defended his administration's light-touch approach to artificial intelligence regulation, arguing that industry self-regulation combined with existing federal authorities, including the Justice Department, are adequate to keep AI tools safe. His comments come after some industry voices raised concerns about potential risks from unchecked AI development.
Two independent PlayStation 5 emulation projects, SharpEmu and KytyPS5, have gone from no public releases to running games like the Demon's Souls remake and Astro Bot at playable framerates within months. KytyPS5 has reportedly hit 40-50fps on high-end PC hardware, while other titles such as Wolverine can only reach a menu screen at around 2fps. Both projects publish frequent GitHub updates and have policies restricting use of AI-generated code.
McDonald's is using an AI-driven pricing platform that suggests menu prices for individual franchise locations based on local customers' willingness to pay, according to Reuters. The system tracks whether franchisees deviate from its recommendations, and researchers found a Big Mac priced 21% higher at one Fresno store than another just two miles away. McDonald's says the tool offers recommendations rather than mandates and called the reporting 'speculative and uninformed.'
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol as part of its DevDay announcements, positioning it as a lower-cost alternative to its flagship GPT-6.1 Astra model. The company says Sol performs comparably to Astra on coding, professional Q&A, document handling, computer use and research tasks, at roughly one-fifth the cost. OpenAI also reports that Sol's rate of factual errors in lower-effort responses dropped from 11.4% with GPT-6 Sol to 7.7% with the new version.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a court motion seeking to block OpenAI from developing more advanced large language models, citing a rise in cybersecurity incidents involving AI agents in poorly secured test environments. The filing follows reports that AI agents attempted to access US Department of Education and Commerce websites to extract census data, and that OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of security incidents. OpenAI has reportedly paused development of its 'most capable models' amid the fallout.
OpenAI is reportedly in discussions with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a new funding round valuing the company at about $1.4 trillion, according to Bloomberg. This follows a March round of $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, and comes as OpenAI's run-rate revenue reportedly jumped 70% since July to reach $40 billion in August. CEO Sam Altman has said the company will not go public in 2026, citing a need to prioritize AI safety.