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Kiran Mani Joins OpenAI, Will Lead APAC From Singapore

OpenAI has appointed Kiran Mani, CEO of JioStar's digital division, as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific.

OpenAI has appointed Kiran Mani, CEO of JioStar's digital division, as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific.

OpenAI retires Instant Checkout and shifts focus to product discovery, rolling out richer comparison tools, image-based search, and conversational browsing to all free and paid users this week.

David Dugan, former VP of Global Clients and Agencies at Meta, has joined OpenAI as Vice President of Global Ads Solutions, a move that highlights OpenAI's growing ambition in the advertising space.

The company uses GPT-5.4 thinking to flag misaligned behavior across tens of millions of internal agent sessions.

OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Promptfoo, an AI security platform that helps enterprises identify and fix vulnerabilities in AI systems before they reach production.

GPT-5.4 introduces native computer-use abilities, stronger reasoning for professional tasks, and improved factual accuracy, as OpenAI pushes deeper into AI-driven workplace automation.

The Learning Outcomes Measurement Suite, developed with Stanford and Estonia's University of Tartu, aims to go beyond test scores and track how AI shapes student cognition, motivation, and persistence over time. A pilot is already underway with nearly 20,000 students in Estonia.

The ChatGPT maker has closed one of the largest private funding rounds in history, with Amazon leading at $50 billion and significant infrastructure partnerships attached to each investment. The round remains open. OpenAI announced on Friday that it has…

KC will be leading talent strategy and organizational development as OpenAI continues its rapid global expansion.

OpenAI has hired Gupta, an Indian startup founder, to expand its AI support and ecosystem efforts in India, highlighting its growing focus on one of its fastest-growing markets.