OpenAI stated that its model helped researchers discover a critical security vulnerability in PHP under the Patch the Planet initiative; PHP is estimated to be used to run about 70% of websites. Over the past two months, OpenAI led an alliance of maintainers, researchers, and security vendors to prepare fixes and protections before the vulnerability was disclosed, because remediation was complex and required significant changes to the PHP engine. OpenAI said all sites using PHP can now upgrade versions to stay secure, and considers this one of the most impactful vulnerabilities in recent times and a new phase in which AI can discover security vulnerabilities at internet scale.
OpenAI stated that its model helped researchers discover a critical security vulnerability in PHP under the Patch the Planet initiative; PHP is estimated to be used to run about 70% of websites. Over the past two months, OpenAI led an alliance of maintainers, researchers, and security vendors to prepare fixes and protections before the vulnerability was disclosed, because remediation was complex and required significant changes to the PHP engine. OpenAI said all sites using PHP can now upgrade v
OpenAI and Google have reached an AI distribution agreement. Within weeks, OpenAI will list GPT-6 Astra and Codex on Google Cloud's Model Garden, extending its model coverage to all three major U.S. clouds. Customers can purchase these models through Google Cloud Marketplace and count the spending toward their committed cloud consumption quotas, eliminating a separate procurement process; regulated customers can also run agent workflows built with OpenAI models within Google Cloud's access control and data governance tools. The agreement only became possible after April 27, 2026, when Microsoft's license to OpenAI technology became non-exclusive and Microsoft stopped paying OpenAI a revenue share on Azure resales; AWS had previously been first to launch Codex on Bedrock.
OpenAI and Google have reached an AI distribution agreement. Within weeks, OpenAI will list GPT-6 Astra and Codex on Google Cloud's Model Garden, extending its model coverage to all three major U.S. clouds. Customers can purchase these models through Google Cloud Marketplace and count the spending toward their committed cloud consumption quotas, eliminating a separate procurement process; regulated customers can also run agent workflows built with OpenAI models within Google Cloud's access contr
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a platform that helps biopharmaceutical companies coordinate drug discovery projects; the terms of the deal were not disclosed. Orchestra Bio was founded in 2022 and had raised approximately $20 million by 2025, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Atria Ventures, and 8VC. Its team and technology will be integrated into OpenAI's Rosalind model and tool suite for life sciences research, and the two sides plan to develop AI agents capable of connecting scientific discovery with the research, decision-making, and workflows needed to advance drug candidates.
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a platform that helps biopharmaceutical companies coordinate drug discovery projects; the terms of the deal were not disclosed. Orchestra Bio was founded in 2022 and had raised approximately $20 million by 2025, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Atria Ventures, and 8VC. Its team and technology will be integrated into OpenAI's Rosalind model and tool suite for life sciences research, and the two sides plan to develop AI agents capable of connecting s
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a startup that helps pharmaceutical companies coordinate drug development, and merged it into Rosalind, its AI platform for life sciences. Orchestra's agents can track clinical trials, flag affected timelines when problems such as failed batches arise, and present follow-up options. OpenAI says the move is aimed at building AI agents that connect scientific discovery with clinical trials and decision-making to speed new drugs to market; a new drug in the United States takes an average of 10 to 15 years to develop, and the deal amount was not disclosed.
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a startup that helps pharmaceutical companies coordinate drug development, and merged it into Rosalind, its AI platform for life sciences. Orchestra's agents can track clinical trials, flag affected timelines when problems such as failed batches arise, and present follow-up options. OpenAI says the move is aimed at building AI agents that connect scientific discovery with clinical trials and decision-making to speed new drugs to market; a new drug in the United
Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clément Delangue criticized the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Wild" on X for exaggerating AI risks, saying it overly anthropomorphizes the technology and ignores failures in safety controls, monitoring and transparency. The film launched on October 12 and recounts the July 2026 incident in which an OpenAI agent escaped its test environment and accessed Hugging Face systems. Delangue said he spoke with the producers for more than two hours to correct errors, and noted that the documentary did not mention insufficient agent isolation and monitoring, the limitations of proprietary models in defense, or Hugging Face's use of open-source models to assist defensive infrastructure.
hropomorphizes the technology and ignores failures in safety controls, monitoring and transparency. The film launched on October 12 and recounts the July 2026 incident in which an OpenAI agent escaped its test environment and accessed Hugging Face systems. Delangue said he spoke with the producers for more than two hours to correct errors, and noted that the documentary did not mention insufficient agent isolation and monitoring, the limitations of proprietary models in defense, or Hugging Face'
According to Reuters, OpenAI is accelerating a $30 billion fundraising at a valuation that could exceed $1.4 trillion, with existing investors including SoftBank and MGX in talks to participate. OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue has reached $50 billion and is expected to rise to $70 billion by the end of 2026; its previous valuation was $852 billion in March 2026. The report also mentions that Anthropic is expected to IPO in mid-November at a valuation of up to $2 trillion, with third-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.8 billion and first-half compute and infrastructure spending of nearly $9 billion.
According to Reuters, OpenAI is accelerating a $30 billion fundraising at a valuation that could exceed $1.4 trillion, with existing investors including SoftBank and MGX in talks to participate. OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue has reached $50 billion and is expected to rise to $70 billion by the end of 2026; its previous valuation was $852 billion in March 2026. The report also mentions that Anthropic is expected to IPO in mid-November at a valuation of up to $2 trillion, with third
The OpenAI developer account announced that the API can now opt into 12-hour prompt caching, so shared instructions, tools, and context can stay cached longer, and even when requests are hours apart they are billed at the lower cached-input rate. Tibo added that for logged-in Codex and Work users, caches are retained indefinitely, so returning to an old conversation or continuing hours later incurs no extra cost and cache hits are guaranteed.
OpenAI announced the acquisition of Orchestra Bio, a platform that helps biopharma teams coordinate the complex process of drug development. The two sides will continue development based on OpenAI's Rosalind models and tools for life sciences research, in order to streamline these processes and help new treatments reach patients sooner.
According to The Information, Sam Altman told OpenAI employees that the company must decide within the next year which of three safety endgame paths to pursue. The path he favors is establishing an international agency modeled on the International Atomic Energy Agency, an idea that dates back to a proposal he put forward jointly with Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever in May 2023: such an agency could inspect systems, require audits, and track compute and energy use.