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OpenAI Completes For-Profit Transition 👀
How to get ChatGPT to stop agreeing with everything you say
Gina Acosta
October 29, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
The startup has finally completed its long, drawn-out reorganization into a public benefit corporation, which comes with a new OpenAI-Microsoft deal.
Let’s take a closer look!
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
OpenAI Completes For-Profit Transition, Extends Microsoft Partnership Until 2032
1X Unveils Neo, a $20,000 Home Robot That Learns Chores With Human Teleoperators
AI Tutorial: How to get ChatGPT to stop agreeing with everything you say
AI Tools to check out
AI Findings/Resources
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
AI News
OPENAI
OpenAI Completes For-Profit Transition, Extends Microsoft Partnership Until 2032
OpenAI has completed its transition to a for-profit public benefit corporation called OpenAI Group PBC, and as part of the restructuring, it has struck a new deal with Microsoft, bringing significant changes.
Details:
Under the new structure, the original non-profit is now called the OpenAI Foundation and retains legal control over the PBC, which is free to raise funding or acquire companies without legal restraint.
The OpenAI Foundation will hold a 26% stake in the PBC, worth around $130 billion, while Microsoft, which has invested more than $13 billion into OpenAI, will own a 27% stake valued at $135 billion. The remaining 47% is held by investors and employees.
Microsoft will no longer lose rights to OpenAI’s technology once AGI is reached, and its IP rights for models and products are now extended through 2032 and include post-AGI models.
Plus, what constitutes AGI (previously set to be defined by OpenAI) will now be decided by an independent expert panel.
Microsoft’s rights are limited in other ways: its IP rights to OpenAI’s research will only remain through 2030 or until the expert panel verifies that AGI has been reached, whichever comes first, and they do not cover OpenAI’s consumer hardware (such as the device they are building with designer Jony Ive).
In exchange, OpenAI has pledged $250 billion to Azure cloud computing services, though Microsoft no longer has a "right of first refusal" to be OpenAI’s cloud provider.
This restructuring concludes a complex legal process that faced strong scrutiny, especially from cofounder Elon Musk. Completing it was critical for the startup, as reports suggest that if it hadn’t announced the restructuring by New Year’s Eve, OpenAI could have lost up to $10 billion of its previously announced SoftBank investment
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1X
1X Unveils Neo, a $20,000 Home Robot That Learns Chores With Human Teleoperators
1X is taking pre-orders for Neo, a humanoid home robot capable of autonomously handling basic chores like opening doors, fetching items, and toggling lights.
Details:
1X CEO Bernt Børnich admitted that more specific or complex tasks will initially be handled by teleoperators.
He explained that these operators are necessary because the AI neural network powering the robot still needs to learn from real-world experiences.
The goal is to gather training data so Neo can eventually perform tasks autonomously.
1X says owners can control access and privacy through scheduled teleoperation windows, no-go zones, people blurring, and explicit approvals before handover. The robot also includes multiple safety layers.
Pricing starts at $20,000 for early access, with a $200 deposit and a $499 per month subscription option.
If you want to see more of the robot in action, the WSJ made a video that is definitely worth a watch.
AI Tutorial
How to get ChatGPT to stop agreeing with everything you say
Go to ChatGPT and sign in.
Click on your profile icon, select Settings, then Personalization.
Enable Customization if it isn’t already.
Add the following under Custom Instructions:
“You are an expert who double-checks things, you are skeptical, and you do research. I am not always right. Neither are you, but we both strive for accuracy.”
Save your changes, then start a new chat.
ChatGPT will now be more likely to disagree when appropriate, question your ideas, and admit when it doesn’t know something.
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The latest in AI and Tech
Shares of Nvidia rose 4.6% on Wednesday, making the tech giant the first company to cross the $5 trillion market value threshold.
It took Nvidia about 13 months to grow from $3 trillion to $4 trillion in valuation, and just three months more to reach $5 trillion.
The rebranding follows the acquisition of the email client of the same name, while the company’s core writing tool will continue to be called Grammarly.
It has also introduced Superhuman Go, an AI assistant built into its browser extension that integrates with Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, and Jira to assist with writing tasks, scheduling, and ticket logging.
The Chatbot site will ban open-ended AI chats for users under 18 after public backlash and lawsuits linked to teen suicides tied to its platform.
The change takes effect on November 25 and will also introduce “age assurance functionality” to ensure that users receive an experience appropriate for their age.
Cameo claims Sora’s “cameo” feature confuses consumers and harms its brand reputation.
The company argues that OpenAI’s use of the name links Cameo to “hastily made AI slop” and deepfakes, damaging the authenticity of its celebrity video service.
OpenAI, in turn, says that “no one can claim exclusive ownership over the word ‘cameo’” and that it will defend itself in court.
The US Department of Energy and AMD have announced a $1 billion partnership to build two advanced supercomputers aimed at accelerating research in nuclear power, cancer treatment, and national security.
The first computer, called Lux, will launch within six months and the second one, Discovery, is expected in 2029.
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