June 25, 2026

ChatGPT's maker built its own chip to boost AI performance.

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ChatGPT's maker built its own chip to make its AI run more efficiently.

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ChatGPT's maker, OpenAI, now has its own special computer chip, made with Broadcom, which could help the AI run faster and more affordably for you.

On Wednesday, OpenAI unveiled its first custom-built inference processor, designed and manufactured in collaboration with Broadcom.

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Backrooms , the recent horror movie mega-hit , is a film replete with ideas about repetition and degradation.

On the back of this box office coup, it’s a bit funny that A24 would recently announce a $75 million research partnership with DeepMind , Google’s in-house artificial intelligence.

“This is a research partnership,” Sophia Shin, who handles communications at A24, tells WIRED in an email.

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