OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly scheduled to meet with officials from the Trump administration on Jan. 30. OpenAI is preparing to release a new

The initiative announced by President Donald Trump will aim to "secure American leadership in AI" while also creating jobs and economic benefit.

President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

OpenAI spent $1.76 million on government lobbying in 2024 and $510,000 in the last three months of the year alone, according to a new disclosure filed on January 22—a significant jump from 2023, when the company spent just $260,000 on Capitol Hill.

The ChatGPT maker argues the incoming Trump administration should make massive government investments in AI, arguing it can bring broad economic prosperity.

WASHINGTON — ChatGPT, the world's best-known artificial intelligence tool, suffered a major outage on Thursday morning as thousands of users around the world reported issues. DownDetector, an outage tracking website, showed thousands of users reporting a ChatGPT outage Thursday after 6 a.m. Eastern.

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major U.S. investments in the technology.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is reportedly set to meet with U.S. government officials in Washington D.C. on Jan. 30 for a closed-door briefing on new technology, possibly “Ph.D.-level super-agents” that do complex human tasks.

Users reported an outage for ChatGPT, but OpenAI confirmed that the AI chat app is back up and running this morning.

The startup’s top execs plan to host gatherings in DC and at least two key swing states to bolster support for AI investment.

Mr. Trump had claimed the A.I. announcement as an early trophy, taking credit for the companies’ decision to spend up to $500 billion building data centers.