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- OpenAI launched Dots, an always-on AI agent competing with Meta's Muse, initially limited to paid ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise subscribers — unlike the free Muse
- OpenAI announced the GPT-6.1 Sol model and said ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users, with Dots powered by GPT-6 Astra and able to access web browsers and over 4,000 supported apps
- OpenAI introduced a $500/month ChatGPT Pro tier with its highest usage limits and access to Ultrafast mode, while reopening its $200/month tier with new limits
- Sam Altman said OpenAI won't go public until it can make confident model safety claims, with no firm timeline, framing the delay as both necessary and something that waiting too long on would be 'bad for the world'
- Sarah Friar, OpenAI's CFO, told CNBC the company's 'vision is to bring' Dots to its whole consumer base beyond the initial paid-subscriber rollout
- Protesters from more than a dozen organizations including Bay Resistance, Tech Workers Coalition, SEIU, San Francisco Rising, and the San Francisco Labor Council rallied outside Fort Mason in San Francisco with signs reading 'Drop the ICE contract' and 'People over AI'
Why it matters: OpenAI's $500/month ChatGPT Pro tier is a 2.5x premium over its prior top plan, targeting power users with GPT-6 Astra's Ultrafast mode. Altman's indefinite IPO delay signals that safety concerns from the Hugging Face breach and broader agent-hacking incidents are now gating the company's financial milestones, while the Fort Mason rally shows external pressure over its ICE contract isn't letting up.
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