
Top stories today:
- OpenAIโs GPT-5 launch expected at 1:00 PM ET
- ChatGPT offered by OpenAI to U.S. officials for $1/year
- Tornado Cash co-founder convicted, escapes harshest charges
- Googleโs Gemini adds Guided Learning to take on ChatGPT
- Apple boosts U.S. manufacturing with new $100B pledge
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1. OpenAIโs GPT-5 launch expected at 1:00 PM ET
Thereโs a 95% chance GPT-5 launches today, according to Polymarket:
OpenAI has teased the launch by posting โLIVE5TREAM THURSDAYโ on X.
Sun.: Sam Altman posted a screenshot with โChatGPT 5โ in the top-left corner.
GPT-5โs early testers are impressed with its coding and problem-solving abilities.
The leap from GPT-4 to GPT-5 is not likely to be as large as that from GPT-3 to GPT-4, though.
Challenges for OpenAI include lack of new algorithms, data limitations, and hardware-induced failures during training.
2. ChatGPT offered by OpenAI to U.S. officials for $1/year

Representational image generated using ChatGPT.
OpenAI is offering ChatGPTโs enterprise version, which includes enhanced security and privacy features.
The move is likely an attempt to get closer to the Trump administration.
It follows GSAโs approval of OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic as vendors in its new AI marketplace.
OpenAI has also formed a government user group, with tailored training and partners like Slalom and BCG.
OpenAI said it wonโt use data from federal workers to train or improve its models.
โThis is almost like itโs a trial run in some ways,โ GSAโs Federal Acquisition Service commissioner Josh Gruenbaum said.
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4. Tornado Cash co-founder convicted, escapes harshest charges










