OpenAI has confirmed a major ChatGPT outage affecting Codex and the API Platform, with UK Downdetector reports topping 8,000 and global reports spiking past 15,000 on 20 April 2026.
ChatGPT confidently serves up wrong product recommendations when asked what WIRED reviewers actually pick, highlighting a growing accuracy crisis in AI-powered shopping advice.
Google is reshuffling its Project Mariner browser agent team as the industry pivots towards command-line coding tools like OpenClaw, which has become GitHub's most-starred software project.
Attorney Matthew Bergman is suing AI companies including Character.AI and OpenAI after a string of teen deaths linked to chatbot interactions, forcing Big Tech into an unprecedented legal reckoning.
OpenAI's planned adult mode for ChatGPT promises explicit text conversations for adults, but serious concerns around child safety, data privacy, and intimate surveillance suggest the company is not ready to deliver it responsibly.