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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.

According to a report from Hongxing News, an investigation report leaked from a scam park in Myanmar shows that global telecom fraud is accelerating towards an "AI industrialization + cross-border encrypted payment" system. The scam network completes fund circulation through cryptocurrency and uses automated tools based on large models for multi-language script generation, identity disguise, and emotional manipulation.According to the investigation analysis, these systems extensively utilize OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini at the functional level to support "scaled social fraud." The funding side achieves rapid laundering and transfer through on-chain payments and cross-border channels, forming a dual structure of "AI customer acquisition + encrypted settlement," which gives the fraud industry a high degree of automation and transnational diffusion capability. In addition, Starlink, owned by Musk, has become the number one network service provider for the scam park in Myanmar, with American ISP providers carrying nearly one-fifth of the park's traffic.In response to the related accusations, OpenAI stated that the behavior of scammers using ChatGPT is highly similar to that of ordinary users, making identification difficult. However, they have banned about 100,000 suspicious accounts monthly through behavioral pattern recognition and risk control systems. Google stated that its AI models have safety barriers in place and emphasized its commitment to "responsible AI development" to limit the tools' use for fraud and other illegal purposes.

According to the Financial Times, the U.S. government is in discussions with several AI companies and plans to introduce voluntary industry standards for the release of cutting-edge AI models as early as next week, to prevent advanced technologies from being misused by other countries. The standards will clearly define regulations regarding model performance benchmarks, release timelines, and domestic and international access permissions.Affected by recent tightening of regulatory policies, several leading AI companies have adjusted their operations. OpenAI has postponed the full release of GPT-5.6 at the government's request, allowing access only to a few partners that have passed qualification reviews; two top models from Anthropic have just had their export restrictions lifted after nearly three weeks; Google is also in close communication with the government while preparing a new generation of code models. Additionally, the report mentions that both OpenAI and Anthropic, which are currently under regulatory scrutiny, are actively preparing for their initial public offerings (IPOs).

According to Jinshi reports, SoftBank Group has executed $10 billion of its $30 billion follow-up investment in OpenAI.

The economic laboratory of the fintech company Ramp has released a new version of the Ramp AI Adoption Index report. Based on spending data analysis from over 70,000 U.S. enterprise customers, the adoption rate of enterprise-level AI for Anthropic increased by 2.5 percentage points to 41%, officially surpassing OpenAI, which slightly decreased to 39.5%, establishing a leading position in the field of commercial applications.The report focuses on analyzing the spending trends of top enterprises that "deeply adopt AI." Data shows that the top 1% of enterprises spend as much as $7,449 per employee per month on AI, with this figure still achieving a 14.1% increase last month; in contrast, the top 10% of enterprises have an average monthly spending of $611 per employee, while the median enterprise spends only $11.38 (approximately equal to the cost of a single basic subscription).Additionally, the research points out that enterprises that deeply apply AI do not experience "vendor lock-in" and generally adopt multiple cutting-edge large models, open-source platforms, and vertical AI solutions simultaneously. Although enterprises are beginning to experiment with more cost-effective models (such as DeepSeek) in the face of cost pressures, overall AI spending remains on an upward trend.

HP Inc. announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to scale the deployment of the OpenAI Frontier platform across its global operations, aiming to accelerate the transformation of internal operations and enhance customer experience.According to the cooperation plan, HP will widely apply AI agents in several core business flows, including: self-service experiences for customers and partners, device health diagnostics and telemetry based on the Workforce Experience Platform (WXP), cybersecurity vulnerability analysis, and daily software development and code review.It is reported that HP began related testing in February 2026 and successfully utilized AI to significantly reduce the time costs of code testing and security vulnerability remediation. As a unified enterprise-level AI foundation, OpenAI Frontier will provide HP with capabilities such as shared context, permission governance, seamless integration across applications, and effectiveness evaluation, helping its AI strategy transition from initial technology pilots to full enterprise-level implementation.

According to official news, OpenAI has officially launched the preview version of the next-generation GPT-5.6 series models, including the flagship model Sol, the balanced model Terra, and the fast low-cost model Luna. GPT-5.6 introduces a brand new maximum reasoning effort and features a super strong mode that accelerates complex tasks through sub-agents.The flagship model Sol introduces the Ultra mode, which combines maximum reasoning intensity with sub-agent collaboration. In the Terminal-Bench 2.1 command line workflow test, Sol achieved a score of 88.8%, which increased to 91.9% in Ultra mode, surpassing GPT-5.5's 83.4% and Claude Fable 5's 88.0%. The mid-range model Terra performs close to GPT-5.5 while being priced at half, and the lightest model Luna is designed specifically for everyday automation tasks. Sol is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $30 for output, and it supports reducing secondary call costs by utilizing prompt caching.In terms of security, the security assessment confirmed that Sol did not exceed the critical thresholds of the Preparedness Framework cybersecurity. OpenAI has invested over 700,000 A100 equivalent GPU hours in automated red team exercises, equipping the entire series of models with a defense stack that includes rejection mechanisms, real-time abuse classifiers, and account-level audits. Although the current limited release follows the U.S. government's security framework, OpenAI emphasizes that it does not want a government-led access mechanism to become the long-term default model, as it would limit defenders' access to cutting-edge tools.

According to The New York Times, informed sources revealed that due to the recent significant drop in stock prices following the SpaceX IPO and the overall sluggishness of the tech stock market, OpenAI is inclined to postpone its public listing plan from later this year to 2027.It is reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman insists on seeking a listing valuation of up to $1 trillion and has rejected advisors' suggestions to "accept a lower valuation to expedite the listing process." Earlier, OpenAI had secretly submitted IPO application documents to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month, but did not specify a concrete timeline. Currently, OpenAI's latest valuation is $852 billion, with revenue of approximately $13 billion last year and a net loss of $21 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, Broadcom is expected to deploy OpenAI chips faster than anticipated.

According to a report by The Information, the confidential IPO registration draft submitted by OpenAI shows that as of the end of March 2026, OpenAI's balance sheet exhibits "light asset" characteristics, with zero debt on the books and capital expenditures of only $46 million in the first quarter. However, in reality, the company has placed substantial infrastructure expenditures off the books, with future procurement commitments in chips, energy, and data centers reaching up to $665 billion. Financial data indicates that OpenAI's actual net loss in the first quarter was approximately $8.5 billion, with revenue costs amounting to $3.5 billion.Additionally, OpenAI demonstrates a very high characteristic of related-party funding cycles. In the first quarter, 72% of its revenue costs and 45% of total expenditures flowed to related parties (expected to be primarily Microsoft), and it directly used $488 million in equity to settle part of its computing power bills. In the data center joint venture project within its consolidated financial statements, nearly $5 billion in book losses is accounted for as belonging to external partners. The documents also reveal that its main competitor, Anthropic, is similarly engaging in large-scale off-balance-sheet expansion, including $4.5 billion in data center service commitments and $35 billion in chip leasing orders.

OpenAI announced a comprehensive expansion of its cybersecurity program Daybreak, aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery and automatic remediation of software vulnerabilities. The core of this expansion is the full version dedicated model GPT-5.5-Cyber launched for trusted defenders. It is reported that this model has set the highest score records in multiple cybersecurity benchmark tests, surpassing GPT-5.5's 81.8% and competitor Mythos 5's 83.8%, significantly improving the accuracy of vulnerability scanning and patch generation. At the same time, the synchronously updated Codex Security plugin has been deeply integrated into the developer workflow, supporting fully automated codebase scanning, threat modeling, and patch generation.In terms of ecosystem development, OpenAI has launched an exclusive partner program, allowing compliant security service providers to integrate GPT-5.5 with specific permissions into their commercial products; and has initiated the "Patch the Planet" program in collaboration with organizations like Trail of Bits to assist over 30 foundational open-source projects such as Python and Go in implementing vulnerability fixes. In addition, OpenAI revealed that it is currently engaged in deep cooperation with governments and institutions from multiple countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan, to jointly enhance the cybersecurity capabilities of global critical infrastructure.

According to Jinshi, IBM's stock rose 2% after hours, after the company announced a collaboration with OpenAI to launch artificial intelligence products related to enterprise network security defense.

Coinbase Markets announced the launch of pre-IPO perpetual contracts for Anthropic and OpenAI, with contract codes ANTHROPIC-PERP and OPENAI-PERP, respectively.The official statement said that the pre-IPO perpetual contract market for both contracts will open for trading on Coinbase on June 22, 2026, at 11:00 UTC (19:00 Beijing time) or later.

Samsung Electronics announced the deployment of ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to all its employees in South Korea and employees in the global Device Experience (DX) department. This collaboration is one of OpenAI's largest enterprise-level deployments to date.It is reported that Samsung Electronics plans to widely apply these AI tools in core business areas such as software development, product research and development, marketing, and manufacturing, covering both technical and non-technical positions, to enhance employee productivity and problem-solving capabilities. This deployment also marks the expansion of Samsung's partnership with OpenAI from the early stage of AI infrastructure (advanced memory semiconductor supply) to the enterprise-wide AI office application level.

According to Decrypt, Amazon has decided to withdraw the biopic of Sam Altman titled "Artificial." The film was originally planned to be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios and was nearing completion, but executives responsible for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios decided not to proceed with the release plan after watching the finished product and have handed the film over to other movie companies to seek a distributor.

According to a report by Business Insider, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently discussed the competitive relationship with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in an exclusive interview. Amodei stated that he feels "calm" about the current competitive landscape between the two companies and candidly pointed out that their visions differ and there is a lack of trust. He said, "When you don't have a common vision and don't trust each other, arguing is meaningless," and emphasized that both sides should pursue their own paths, ultimately leaving the market and public opinion to judge the outcome.In addition, Amodei proposed that the AI industry needs "trustworthy participants" to jointly establish standards, thereby forcing other untrustworthy peers to comply with regulations. He specifically mentioned that he has known Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis for 15 years, and the two have maintained close cooperation and trust in computing power procurement and safety concepts, thereby refuting the widespread rumor of "mutual distrust" in the AI field.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Microsoft has established a substantial business by selling OpenAI models to Chinese companies, despite facing intensified competition between China and the United States in the field of artificial intelligence. Among them, ByteDance has been one of Microsoft's largest artificial intelligence clients in recent years, primarily using OpenAI models. Informed sources say that ByteDance's annual spending on Microsoft's artificial intelligence and cloud services is expected to exceed $1 billion.