Altman hopes a souped-up model will stop Google and Anthropic stealing its lunch

OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.2 and declared it its sharpest tool yet for professional knowledge work as the outfit scrambles to keep punters from wandering off to flashier rivals.

Software giant scrambles to stay visible in the chatbot stampede

Adobe is stuffing three of its big-name apps into ChatGPT as it hustles to keep pace with a swelling mob of firms hitching themselves to the chatbot.

Rising bill for AI data centres spooks market

Oracle opened its books with a thud as the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street fretted about the size of its cheques for AI-driven data centre expansion.

Three-year deal aims to squeeze real value from pricey models

Anthropic has signed a three-year pact with Accenture to push artificial intelligence services at businesses that are still wondering when the cash will start rolling in.

Big Tech outfit turns its custom silicon into a serious threat

Google’s custom silicon is giving Nvidia a proper fright as the search outfit’s tensor processing units help its Gemini 3 models overtake OpenAI’s latest efforts.

Listing chatter grows while investors puff up valuations.

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Anthropic has started sketching one of the largest stock market debuts ever.

Ads creep into the bot that was meant to stay clean

OpenAI looks poised to repeat the same clangers that turned Amazon and YouTube into rolling billboards by shoving ads into ChatGPT.

Partners stack colossal borrowings around the start-up

OpenAI’s rise looks flashier than a Vegas strip as its data centre pals rack up eye-watering loans so the chatbot darling can scale without sweating the repayments.

Expert warns the West is missing the real contest

China’s sheer electrical muscle is about to reshape the AI race faster than many Western wonks care to admit.

Loan me a trillion until next Friday, gov?

OpenAI is burning through cash at a staggering rate, and HSBC’s latest sums suggest the bonfire is far bigger than most expected.