Here’s How To Score a Special Invite Code for OpenAI’s Sora 2 App

OpenAI released the Sora 2 social media app with invite-based access and AI video generation. The video explains how the OpenAI Sora app manages the Sora 2 invite code during onboarding, from App

OpenAI acquires Astral, the Python startup whose tools run on millions of developer machines

OpenAI has acquired Astral, a startup whose essential Python development tools are used by millions. This strategic move aims to bolster OpenAI's Codex group, which faces competition from Anthropic's Claude Code.

Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code

Anthropic, a smaller rival started by OpenAI defectors, has found runaway success with its programming agent, Claude Code. The product accounts for nearly a fifth of its business—more than $2.5 billion in annualized revenue,

OpenAI chairman says it's hard, emotionally, to let AI write his code: 'I have a hard time not caring'

OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor said writing code was "my entire life before." He's struggling to figure out what to do now.
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OpenAI Acquires Python Toolmaker Astral to Bolster Codex Against Claude Code

OpenAI acquires Astral, the Python toolmaker, to enhance Codex AI coding assistant as it competes with Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor.

OpenAI's Astral deal reveals hidden funding rounds, investor windfall: AI researcher Simon Willison

Independent researcher Simon Willison raises questions about hidden Series A and B rounds, investor windfalls, and whether a key piece of Python infrastructure just became a competitive weapon in the AI coding wars.
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher

An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, about his firm's new grand challenge and the future of AI.