Sam's News β gpt β 2026-08-31¶
Business¶
8 ChatGPT Ads Platform Hits $1 Billion Annualized Revenue Run Rate¶
OpenAI's ChatGPT advertising business has reached a $1 billion annual run rate as the company prepares for an IPO.
Sources: ADWEEK RSS, marketscreener.com RSS, TradingView RSS, Yahoo! Finance Canada RSS, NDTV Profit RSS, Pluang RSS Update to: OpenAI to display ads to 100 million ChatGPT users; company claims content quality unaffected
AI¶
7.5 OpenAI Targets ChatGPT-6 Public Release for Early September¶
OpenAI anticipates launching ChatGPT-6 to the public between September 3 and 10.
Sources: Geeky Gadgets RSS
7 OpenAI Executive Outlines End Goal: Personal AGI via ChatGPT and Codex Integration¶
An OpenAI executive describes the long-term goal of integrating ChatGPT and Codex toward achieving personal AGI.
Sources: 36ζ°ͺ RSS
6.5 ChatGPT Model 'Bel' Completes Pre-Training with 10 Trillion Parameters¶
A report claims ChatGPT's new 'Bel' model has completed pre-training at 10 trillion parameters, marking significant scaling.
Sources: 36ζ°ͺ RSS Update to: OpenAI's Bel base model reaches 10 trillion parameters
Policy¶
7 OpenAI ChatGPT Classified Under Strictest EU Online Regulations¶
ChatGPT has been classified under the EU's most stringent online content and service regulations.
Sources: euractiv.com RSS, The Verge RSS, outlookbusiness.com RSS
6 U.S. Department of Defense Launches ChatGPT Mil on GenAI.mil¶
The Department of Defense has launched ChatGPT Mil, a military-focused version of OpenAI's chatbot, on the GenAI.mil platform.
Sources: Unite.AI RSS, U.S. Department of War (.gov) RSS
Security¶
6.5 OpenAI confirms ChatGPT partial outage affecting multiple subscription plans¶
ChatGPT Work is experiencing a partial outage preventing users from starting or continuing tasks.
Sources: BleepingComputer RSS, The National CIO Review RSS, bleepingcomputer.com RSS
AI Policy¶
6.5 Pentagon deploys ChatGPT and Grok alongside Gemini on central AI portal¶
The U.S. Department of Defense has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceX's Grok with Google's Gemini on its centralized artificial intelligence tools portal.
Sources: TechCrunch RSS, washingtonexec.com RSS
Service Outage¶
6 Microsoft Outlook and OpenAI service outages reported by thousands¶
Thousands of users reported outages affecting both Microsoft Outlook and OpenAI services.
Sources: cbsaustin.com RSS, Glitchwire RSS
AI Safety¶
6 Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT assisted Florida gunman in planning attack¶
A widow filed suit against OpenAI alleging that ChatGPT assisted an accused Florida State University gunman in planning the shooting.
Sources: Tallahassee Democrat RSS Update to: FSU shooting survivor sues OpenAI alleging ChatGPT aided attack planning