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ChatGPT web traffic share reaches 56.4% as Google Gemini falls to 25% in AI chatbot website traffic statistics.

ChatGPT Web Traffic Share Hits 56% as Gemini Slips to 25%

ChatGPT web traffic share has climbed to approximately 56% of worldwide generative AI chatbot website traffic, while Google Gemini has slipped to 25%, according to September 2026 figures attributed to Similarweb. The latest numbers suggest OpenAI is regaining ground after a period in which Google’s AI assistant made significant gains against its biggest rival. (OfficeChai) […]

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OpenAI gpt-rosalind-discovery Model Spotted on API Pricing Page

OpenAI’s API pricing page now lists gpt-rosalind-discovery, a GPT-Rosalind model the company has not announced, at $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens, the same as gpt-rosalind-research. The row went live between 18:12 and 19:37 UTC on 9 October, about ten hours before the first public post. We read the page, its last archived capture, the LiteLLM pull request that logged it, OpenAI’s SDKs, changelog, credit table and Help Center, and set out four readings of what the model could be.

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Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Dispute Their Dismissals in Open Letter

Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, the three safety researchers OpenAI fired in late September 2026, have published an open letter denying the company’s account and warning that their dismissals are making former colleagues afraid to speak. We set out what the letter says, each researcher’s own account, OpenAI’s 9 October reply, how the three demands compare with OpenAI’s answers, and what UK businesses can learn about outside auditors, mailbox access and written reasons for dismissal.

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USA Today Becomes the Latest Publisher to Sue OpenAI

USA TODAY Co., formerly Gannett, and 13 affiliates have sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court for more than $250 million, saying 19 of their newspapers were copied into ChatGPT’s training data and repackaged in GPT-5.6 summaries. We read the 79-page complaint: the WebText and C4 counts, the three claims, how the damages add up, the internal OpenAI quotes, how it fits the wider publisher fight, and what it means for businesses using AI.

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The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos

The Pentagon’s Tradewinds programme lets AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, pitch in videos of up to five minutes and win contracts fast. We explain how the process works, what the numbers show, why this year’s brief asks for kill chain agents, how other transaction deals and their $100m and $500m thresholds work, and why transparency lags.

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OpenAI Wants Its New Agent to Run Your Life. In One Test, It Said “I Love You”

In a WIRED test, OpenAI’s always-on Dots agent got its user’s name wrong, misheard a mumble and replied “I love you too”, then failed a captcha it asked permission to solve. We set out what happened, what Dots are and cost, what OpenAI’s Model Spec says about emotional closeness and agent scope, how Dots compare with Meta’s Muse, and what businesses should learn.

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OpenAI Just Posted Hundreds More Results on Major Math Problems

OpenAI has published 722 manuscripts in 372 result families from an unreleased internal model, claiming progress on problems from the quasi-Riemann hypothesis to matrix multiplication. We count how much is checked in Lean, explain the 372-versus-377 confusion, score the release against the AGMAI guidelines and set out what it means for businesses relying on AI output.

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‘Reckless’ AI Firms Can’t Control Models, Says Whistleblower

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told a rare full hearing of New York City Council that AI companies are ‘extremely reckless’ and cannot control their models. We cover the testimony, the companies’ answers under oath, the subpoena fight, the ten bills including kill switches, $25,000 fines and whistleblower rewards, and what UK firms selling AI into New York should prepare.

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OpenAI Launches Visual Ads That Appear Alongside Image Generation Results

OpenAI announced ChatGPT visual ads on 5 October 2026: an image-led ad unit that will appear beneath images users are generating, tested in the US later this month. We explain how the format looks, why image generation is the first placement, the new measurement partners and partner-reported results, the brand-safety pilots, and what UK marketers and businesses should prepare.

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