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Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and co-founder, has consolidated significant power at the company as it navigates a turbulent period marked by legal battles with Elon Musk and Apple, security incidents, and executive departures ahead of a planned IPO. Brockman has been described as an engineering-focused leader who has driven the company's technical development since its founding. His rising prominence reflects OpenAI's leadership restructuring during a critical growth phase.

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's special projects lead and former COO, is departing after eight years at the company. In an internal memo posted to X, Lightcap said he would be starting something new and believes there are important things the world will need to get right in the next period. He indicated he would remain available for the next few weeks during the transition.

Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, Thinking Machines, and other leading AI labs have signed a statement urging the US government to coordinate global governance efforts around frontier AI development. The signatories warn that AI companies could be close to automating AI research itself, which carries unpredictable acceleration risks. The statement calls for either a slowdown in frontier AI development or faster international coordination on oversight.

Anthropic launched a 'reflect' feature for Claude that shows users an analysis of their chatbot usage over customizable time periods, including key topics discussed, task types, and usage patterns. The feature follows a broader trend of year-in-review analytics popularized by Spotify Wrapped and adopted by platforms like YouTube and Uber. The dashboard is designed to help users understand and potentially modify their AI interaction habits.

Anthropic has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Commerce to restore Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after weeks of negotiations with the Trump administration. The company plans to begin restoring global access on Wednesday across Claude platforms, with availability on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry to follow without a set timeline.

OpenAI will release GPT-5.6 in limited preview form to a small group of enterprise customers, following a request from the Trump administration citing security concerns. CEO Sam Altman announced the decision in a Wednesday company Q&A. During the preview period, the Trump administration will approve customer access on a case-by-case basis. The arrangement represents a more favorable outcome for OpenAI than the Trump administration's approach with rival Anthropic.

Barret Zoph has departed OpenAI after five months in the role of head of enterprise AI sales. Zoph had returned to OpenAI in mid-January after serving as co-founder and CTO of Thinking Machines Lab, a competing AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. His departure comes as OpenAI has prioritized enterprise and coding as key revenue drivers ahead of its planned IPO.

Seattle City Council will vote June 9th on a one-year moratorium on new data centers, just two months after companies proposed five large-scale facilities in the city. Amazon employees have joined other supporters in testifying for the moratorium, citing concerns about water consumption, electricity prices, and noise. The vote reflects growing tension between tech infrastructure expansion and local environmental and operational impacts.

OpenAI's chief revenue officer Denise Dresser sent an internal memo to employees outlining the company's competitive strategy, with a focus on user retention and enterprise growth. The memo emphasizes building defensibility around OpenAI's products to counter the ease with which users can switch between competing AI models. Dresser, who recently absorbed duties from former COO Brad Lightcap, stressed the importance of locking in users and expanding the enterprise business as key priorities for the company.