TIME Names Its 10 Most Influential AI Companies for 2026
ByteDance, Zhipu AI, and Alibaba land on TIME's first-ever AI-focused list, alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, and a surprise 'no-Western-chips' label for Zhipu.
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OpenAI’s Symphony gave some teams a 500% PR boost
OpenAI details how its open-source agent orchestration tool Symphony turned Linear into a scheduling hub and drove a 500% increase in merged pull requests within three weeks.
OpenAI Codex lead resets rate limits, urges more GPT-5.5 coding
OpenAI's Codex lead resets rate limits for all paid users, encouraging more GPT-5.5 coding after a busy week of product updates.
Google employees revolt over Pentagon AI contract for second time
More than 600 Google employees, including DeepMind researchers, signed a letter demanding the company reject a Pentagon contract to deploy AI on classified networks.
OpenAI's three safeguards are gone — that's the core of Musk's lawsuit
OpenAI placed three protections on itself when it went 'capped-profit' in 2019. By the time Musk's case went to trial, all three had been rewritten or removed.
Meta's $2.5B Manus acquisition unravels as China forces breakup
China has blocked Meta's $2.5 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus on national security grounds, forcing the company to dismantle the deal and let its founders go.
Musk-OpenAI jury selected, but verdict is only advisory
A jury has been selected in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, but their verdict will only be advisory. The final decision rests with the judge, who noted that "people don't like" Musk.
Musk Boosts Anti-Altman Story on X as Jurors Admit Dislike
Elon Musk used X's paid boost to promote a critical article about Sam Altman on the day his OpenAI lawsuit went to trial, while multiple potential jurors admitted they dislike him.
Musk Boosts Anti-Altman Story on X as Jurors Admit Dislike
Elon Musk used X's paid boost to promote a critical article about Sam Altman on the day his OpenAI lawsuit went to trial, while multiple potential jurors admitted they dislike him.
OpenAI can now host models with other cloud providers, like AWS
Microsoft and OpenAI have loosened their exclusive deal, letting OpenAI host models on rival clouds like AWS while keeping Azure first. The non-exclusive license and revised revenue terms mark a major shift from the previous structure.