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Musk seeks up to US$134 billion damages from OpenAI, Microsoft

ELON Musk wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of US$79 billion to US$134 billion over his claims that the generative AI company defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit roots a...

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT and other AI tools, is also developing its own chip with Broadcom.

OpenAI signs US$10 billion deal with Cerebras for AI computing

The infrastructure will be built in multiple stages “through 2028”, the companies say

SB Energy will also become a customer of OpenAI, using its APIs and deploying ChatGPT for employees.

OpenAI, SoftBank invest US$1 billion in SB Energy as Stargate buildout expands

The data centre construction boom has also prompted major players, including Meta Platforms

A small group of users will be granted access in the initial phase after joining the waiting list.

OpenAI to roll out new ChatGPT health feature, with Singapore included in initial access

ChatGPT Health is ‘not intended for diagnosis or treatment’, company stresses

 OpenAI founder Sam Altman says the  “adult mode” within ChatGPT, set to debut this quarter, will feature “erotica for verified adults”.
THINKING ALOUD

ChatGPT refuses to be friendzoned

The chatbot’s impending ‘adult mode’ shows how old human impulses still drive new technology

Increasing the supply of Labubus would show whether the toy by Pop Mart is a passing fad, says the writer.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Imagine OpenAI bonds, Labubu everywhere

Could 2026 see these four market developments?

By most estimates, investment in AI infrastructure accounts for the vast majority of US economic growth, masking slowdowns in consumer spending and services sector activity.
OUTLOOK 2026

The AI bubble will surely pop sometime, but it’s an irrational exercise to predict exactly when

Even US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has confessed that economic trends and the impact of AI are confusing him

This investment marks one of the largest private funding rounds, and deepens SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son’s bet on artificial intelligence.

SoftBank has completed its US$40 billion investment in OpenAI

It has been building one of the largest private technology investment programmes in the world, with a particular focus on AI and related infrastructure

The ChatGPT creator set off the modern AI boom, but it has yet to show a profit, one of the main indicators for investors concerned about a bubble in the industry.

OpenAI sees better margins on business sales: report

Most people use ChatGPT’s free version