Current and former OpenAI employees plan to sell approximately $6 billion worth of shares to an investor group that includes Thrive Capital, SoftBank Group Corp. and Dragoneer Investment Group, in a deal that values the ChatGPT maker at $500 billion.

OpenAI reversed the change on Tuesday, allowing the previous model to be accessible by paid users, but the episode illustrates what researchers are calling “AI Psychosis,” where overly-pleasing chatbots exacerbate delusions and create a false sense of romantic love.

In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the official OpenAI handle announced that GPT-5 has been updated, and its responses will now be restructured. “Changes are subtle, but ChatGPT should feel more approachable now,” the post added.

OpenAI's Greg Brockman said startups that connect large language models to real-world applications are still extremely valuable.

OpenAI is preparing to sell around $6 billion in stock as part of a secondary sale that would value the company at roughly $500billion, CNBC confirmed

OpenAI boss Sam Altman will receive the Axel Springer Award in recognition of his "contribution to digital transformation and his belief that technology should serve humans, not the other way around," the Axel Springer media group announced on Monday.

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Current and former employees of OpenAI are looking to sell nearly $6 billion worth of the ChatGPT maker's shares to investors including SoftBank Group (9984.T) and Thrive Capital, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses the AI bubble, its transformative potential, and ChatGPT's rise to become the 5th most visited website.

Jigar Bhati, a software engineer at OpenAI, said building up work experience and finding an opening that matches it is key to getting hired.

OpenAI is said to be working on a Chromium browser with AI features like tab selection and automated browsing.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks the artificial intelligence market is in a bubble, similar to the dotcom bubble, he recently told reporters.

OpenAI chief research scientist Jakub Pachocki said Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters" inspired him when he was 15.