OpenAI Launches New RFP to Strengthen the U.S. AI Supply Chain Through Domestic Manufacturing - OpenAI has launched a new U.S.-focused Request for Proposals aimed at strengthening domestic manufacturing across the AI supply chain. The initiative expands the conversation beyond chips and data centers to include power, cooling, electronics, and robotics—highlighting how physical infrastructure will shape the future of AI leadership.

OpenAI Begins Rolling Out Age Prediction on ChatGPT to Expand Teen Safety Protections - OpenAI has begun rolling out an age prediction system on ChatGPT that goes beyond self-reported age, using behavioral and account-level signals to help identify accounts that may belong to users under 18 and apply teen safety protections. The update expands safeguards for younger users while preserving full access for adults.

OpenAI Details Community-Focused Plans for Stargate AI Infrastructure Campuses - OpenAI has detailed how its Stargate AI infrastructure program is designed to benefit local communities through energy investments, workforce development, and environmental safeguards as U.S. AI capacity scales.

Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out - British AI video-generation leader Synthesia just raised $200M in a Series E round led by Google Ventures — nearly doubling its valuation from last year. The round also includes a structured secondary sale that gives early employees a rare chance to realize gains on their equity while the company stays private.

Nvidia invests $2B to help debt-ridden CoreWeave add 5GW of AI compute - Nvidia is committing another $2 billion to strengthen its partnership with CoreWeave, supporting the build-out of massive AI data centers with more than 5 gigawatts of compute capacity by 2030. The investment includes Nvidia buying a large stake in CoreWeave shares and plans for joint “AI factories.”

ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia - The latest version of ChatGPT has started citing content from Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia created by Elon Musk’s xAI, in its answers — raising questions about source diversity and factual grounding in generative AI outputs.

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