Tech executives line up to get on the president-elect’s good side just a month before he takes the oath of office for a second time.

A group of current and former OpenAI employees are eligible to cash out up to $10 million worth of shares as part of the company’s $1.6 billion tender offer to SoftBank, a source has told Fortune.

Most notably, there’s co-founder Elon Musk, who now runs rival startup xAI, and is in the midst of a heated legal battle with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicts a fiercely competitive but diverse AI market, even with Microsoft's close ties to OpenAI. He acknowledged Google's current revenue dominance from Windows and celebrated OpenAI's recent deal with Apple.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, also plans to send $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump's inaugural fund, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. Fox News Digital first reported Altman's intended donation.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning on donating $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, Fox News reported on Friday.

This week highlights OpenAI unveiling its o3 models, Amazon’s new password sharing policies, rumors of the iPhone SE 4 being renamed to iPhone 16e, WhatsApp’s seasonal features, and Google’s announcement of a 10% job cut in managerial positions.

Over the past month, we've seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it's been making the AI community's head spin. It has also poured fuel on the fire of the OpenAI-Google rivalry, an accelerating game of one-upmanship taking place unusually close to the Christmas holiday.

Building a chatbot like ChatGPT requires billions upon billions of dollars. That’s the driving force behind OpenAI’s plans to change how it’s managed.

OpenAI just announced o3 and o3 mini, its next-gen reasoning models.

For users in the United States, ChatGPT is available for phone calls and texts through the 1-800-CHATGPT service. OpenAI has clarified that interactions made through 1-800-CHATGPT will not be used to train the AI model. This assurance is expected to address concerns about privacy and data security.