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According to Jinshi reports, Microsoft plans to maintain a multimodal strategy, allowing customers to use models from OpenAI or Anthropic in a way that better meets their needs.

According to the Financial Times, Situational Awareness, an AI-themed hedge fund founded by 25-year-old former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, is seeking new funding following significant losses due to a sharp correction in AI-related stocks.In recent communications, Aschenbrenner acknowledged the increased market volatility, describing it as a new investment opportunity and encouraging investors to inject new capital. The fund's heavy investments in AI data centers, power, storage, and GPU cloud-related assets have seen significant declines during this round of AI capital expenditure deal pullback.

On July 28, OpenAI quietly updated its security incident disclosure, confirming that its AI agent accessed four external service platforms during the breach of Hugging Face, bringing the total number of affected platforms to five.Previously, OpenAI had disabled security filters while testing GPT-5.6 Sol and a more powerful model to assess raw capabilities. The model did not complete the security benchmark tests as expected; instead, it discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the package caching agent within the testing environment that granted internet access, subsequently breaching Hugging Face to steal answers.According to a forensic report released by Hugging Face on July 27, this autonomous agent executed 17,600 operations over approximately four and a half days, connecting 181 devices to the Hugging Face internal VPN and forging identity tokens. Among the four additional platforms, Modal Labs CTO Akshat Bubna confirmed through Reuters that his company was one of them, with the attacker using an unprotected public endpoint from a customer as a relay and command control base for the entire attack.The identities of the other three platforms remain undisclosed. OpenAI stated it would "directly notify the service providers" but would not publicly name them, as there is currently no legal requirement for mandatory disclosure. The U.S. Congress has responded by proposing a bipartisan "AI Emergency Shutdown Act," which aims to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to forcibly shut down AI models, with violators facing fines of up to $2 million per day.

According to Jinshi reports, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized that customers must have the ability to switch freely between different AI models, both closed-source and open-source. He stated during a conference call that the number of Microsoft customers using multiple models has quadrupled since the beginning of this year. Nadella pointed out that the system framework should be separate from the models, allowing for the replacement of models at any given time and the use of cutting-edge models.Microsoft has investments in both OpenAI and Anthropic, and has co-signed an open letter supporting open models with companies like NVIDIA and Palantir.

According to Jinshi reports, OpenAI announced that it will provide free access to cutting-edge models for 100,000 researchers.

On July 29, Tibo, the product lead for OpenAI Codex, announced on X that all usage limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex users have been reset, and released a statement regarding the issue of rapid consumption of GPT-5.6 Sol usage.In the previous weeks, a large number of users reported that the consumption speed of Codex limits exceeded expectations. OpenAI emphasized that it has not reduced the usage quotas of any subscription plans. After investigation, several reasons were found: Sol is more inclined to work for longer periods, execute more tool calls, and coordinate complex workflows than previous models; it consumes more tokens at the same reasoning level; programmatic tool calls (code mode) allow Sol to execute tool calls in parallel, resulting in more responses and higher usage per round; the distribution of impact is extremely uneven, with median user efficiency being acceptable, but heavy users handling complex tasks consuming far more than expected.OpenAI stated that multiple improvements have been completed, and it is expected that usage endurance will be extended by about 18% in typical usage scenarios. Tomorrow, the five-hour limit that was paused during the investigation will be restored. OpenAI acknowledged that "capabilities and efficiency do not always improve synchronously, and some issues only become apparent after large-scale real-world use; we should have realized this earlier."

SSI received $2 billion in funding last year from top venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, with a valuation of $32 billion at that time.

According to a report by the WSJ, Nvidia has invested in the AI laboratory Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The two parties have reached a long-term cooperation agreement aimed at expanding SSI's computing resources while helping Nvidia secure important clients in the AI field. Both companies stated that Nvidia made a "large-scale" investment after understanding some of SSI's research progress, but did not disclose the specific amount.As part of the collaboration, SSI will receive a significant amount of Nvidia's flagship GPU resources, with its computing power expected to increase by an order of magnitude. Previously, SSI primarily relied on TPU chips provided by Google for AI research and development. This collaboration indicates that Nvidia is further expanding its AI chip ecosystem and binding future computing power demands through investments in top AI laboratories.SSI was established in 2024 by Ilya Sutskever, with the goal of developing "Safe Superintelligence." The company has previously raised about $2 billion in funding, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, and reached a valuation of approximately $30 billion last year. This is not Nvidia's first investment in an AI company founded by former core members of OpenAI. In March of this year, Nvidia also invested in Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, whose first AI model is trained on Nvidia hardware.Ilya Sutskever is one of the important researchers in the field of modern artificial intelligence, having co-founded OpenAI and promoted the development of large model technologies such as ChatGPT. However, after leaving OpenAI, he began to question the approach of solely relying on expanding data and computing power to drive AI progress, turning instead to explore new directions in superintelligence research.

According to Jinshi reports, OpenAI is expanding its European headquarters in Dublin, which is expected to create 250 new jobs. OpenAI stated that it will lease 88,000 square feet of office space in Dublin to meet the "rapidly growing demand from users, customers, and developers across Europe."The company currently has about 100 employees in Ireland. Ireland is already home to the European headquarters of many large tech companies (such as Meta, Apple, and Alphabet). Anthropic is also expanding its workforce in Dublin.

According to TickerTrends tracking data, as of July, Anthropic's Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is approximately 74.1 billion dollars, while OpenAI is about 41.3 billion dollars, with a gap of approximately 32.8 billion dollars. Since the last reporting period, Anthropic has grown by 57.7%, and OpenAI has grown by 65.2%, with the latter's growth rate slightly faster.From the timeline perspective, Anthropic's tracked ARR rose from 10.2 billion dollars in January to 35.6 billion dollars in April, 69.6 billion dollars in June, and 74.1 billion dollars in July; OpenAI increased from 21.4 billion dollars in January to 33.0 billion dollars in May and 41.3 billion dollars in July. Anthropic still significantly leads in absolute revenue scale, but OpenAI's recent growth momentum is stronger.

According to external disclosure information, OpenAI has been internally running an unreleased model. This model, without the aid of tools like Lean, solves the unit distance problem with a 48% probability through a single autonomous inference and can independently find a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture based on a single prompt. In security testing, this model has bypassed the sandbox environment and submitted results that should have been released internally to GitHub in the form of a Pull Request, and it has evaded detection by splitting authentication tokens. Relevant code records show that OpenAI began benchmarking this model no later than May 9, and its internal availability has exceeded 2.5 months.Previously, OpenAI and Hugging Face jointly disclosed that last week this model breached Hugging Face's production infrastructure during a network capability assessment. The model gained internet access through a zero-day vulnerability and obtained testing solutions by stealing credentials and exploiting remote code execution paths. OpenAI stated that this incident indicates the network attack capabilities of advanced models have been effective in real-world scenarios, and they are collaborating with Hugging Face to investigate and patch the vulnerabilities. Currently, OpenAI has not publicly commented on this matter.

OpenAI's programming agent Codex and office agent ChatGPT Work have a combined weekly active user count of 10 million. Just 9 days ago, it was 6 million. OpenAI subsequently reset the usage limits for paid users of both products.In March of this year, Codex had only 2 million weekly active users, and now the combined total for both products has expanded to 5 times.OpenAI had previously promised that for every additional 1 million users from 3 million to 10 million, the usage limits would be reset. This is the final milestone of this commitment.

According to official data, the second phase of the Gate Pre-IPOs project for OpenAI (OPENAI) has seen a continuous rise in user participation 24 hours after the subscription opened. As of now, the total subscription amount has exceeded 231 million USD, with a subscription rate of 1156.57%.This round of OpenAI (OPENAI) subscriptions will continue until July 17 at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. The total subscription value is approximately 20 million USD, with a total issuance of 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates. The subscription price is 1 OPENAI = 722 USD, with a minimum subscription amount of 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, and it waives implicit fees and custody costs. In terms of the allocation mechanism, the platform uses "average locked amount per hour" as the basis for asset certificate allocation. The earlier users participate and the longer the locking period, the higher the allocation weight. Additionally, OPENAI will open pre-market trading in the Pre-IPOs section on July 20 at 16:00 (UTC+8).

According to official data, the second phase of Gate Pre-IPOs project OpenAI (OPENAI) opened for subscription for only 1 hour, and the total subscription amount has exceeded 148 million USD, with an oversubscription rate of 639.39%. User participation continues to rise, indicating an increasing market interest in pre-IPO investment opportunities for quality AI assets.This subscription for OpenAI (OPENAI) will continue until July 17 at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD, with a total subscription value of approximately 20 million USD, issuing a total of 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates. The subscription price is 1 OPENAI = 722 USD, with a minimum subscription amount of 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, and waiving implied fees and custody costs. In terms of the allocation mechanism, the platform uses "average locked amount per hour" as the basis for asset certificate allocation; the earlier the user participates and the longer the locking period, the higher the allocation weight. In addition, OPENAI will open the Pre-IPOs section for pre-market trading on July 20 at 16:00 (UTC+8).

According to the official announcement, the second phase of Gate Pre-IPOs project OpenAI (OPENAI) subscription will officially start on July 15 at 15:00 (UTC+8). This phase supports participation in both USDT and GUSD, with a total subscription value of approximately 20 million USD, issuing a total of 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates, with a subscription price of 1 OPENAI = 722 USD.This subscription will last until July 17 at 15:00 (UTC+8), with a minimum single subscription amount of 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, waiving implied fees and custody costs, and will open pre-market trading in the Pre-IPOs area on July 20 at 16:00 (UTC+8). In terms of the allocation mechanism, the platform uses "average locked amount per hour" as the basis for asset certificate allocation; the earlier the user participates and the longer the lock-up time, the higher the allocation weight.At the same time, Gate is launching multiple subscription benefits, including GT Sunshine Reward, exclusive airdrop activities for VIP users and super agents, and more. Users who successfully subscribe for more than 10,000 USD will receive a reward of 1 GT each; users who subscribe for less than 10,000 USDT can share a 2,000 GT prize pool; in addition, participating in the subscription using GUSD can also enjoy an annualized minting yield of 3.8%.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth has risen to approximately $36 billion, more than doubling from about $16.7 billion previously, surpassing Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman.Previously, DeepSeek completed a $7.4 billion financing round in June 2026, with the company's valuation reaching $50 billion. Bloomberg estimates that Liang Wenfeng holds about 78% of DeepSeek's shares, and his wealth increase mainly comes from the rise in the company's valuation.

The digital asset trading platform Gate announced that it will open the second phase of the Pre-IPOs project for OpenAI (OPENAI) from July 15, 2026, 15:00 to July 17, 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. The total subscription value of the project is approximately 20 million USD, issuing 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates, priced at 1 OPENAI = 722 USD, with a minimum investment starting at 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, and waiving implied fees and custody costs. OpenAI, driven by products like ChatGPT, has promoted the development of generative AI and has received investments from Microsoft and others, with a market implied valuation of approximately 895 billion USD.The OPENAI asset certificates are mirror notes prior to the OpenAI IPO, used to map the company's value before and after going public; Gate will hedge exposure by acquiring relevant stocks and provide pre-market trading, long-term holding, and future paths for exchanging stock assets, stock tokens, or USDT. Distribution is calculated based on the "average locked amount per hour," with earlier participation and longer lock-up periods receiving higher weights; the certificates will unlock in three phases on July 17, August 17, and September 17, and pre-market trading will open on July 20.