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This Tuesday morning, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits he was "pretty wrong" about AI causing a job apocalypse. Both Forbes Australia and Times Now report Altman expected a bigger economic impact and more entry-level white-collar jobs to be eliminated by now. He expressed this surprise during an event in Sydney, stating he's "delighted to be wrong" about the widespread job displacement. Altman, as confirmed by CoinCentral and Newsmax, conducted a personal experiment using AI for his own Slack and email messages, but found people still value direct human interaction. He now believes many roles have a "human part" that technology cannot easily replace. This sentiment is echoed by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who, according to Fortune, also previously warned of significant white-collar job reduction but now believes automation could expand human work. What nobody expected: developers discovered an unreleased OpenAI model, GPT-5.6, internally called "iris-alpha," with an ultra-long context window of up to 1.5 million tokens. AIBase reports this is a nearly 43% increase over current APIs, allowing it to handle massive data. The model even generated a minimalist note-taking app interface from a simple prompt. But then, as The Economic Times highlights, the AI industry is embroiled in a fierce talent war, with executives moving between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta. And while these companies prepare for IPOs, with OpenAI targeting a $1 trillion valuation as CoinCentral notes, Santa Clara County has filed a civil lawsuit against Meta, accusing it of knowingly profiting from AI-powered scam ads. Yahoo Finance states the county claims Meta tracked billions in scam ads, generating around $7 billion annually. This means that while AI might not be taking your job immediately, its rapid advancement and the ethical questions surrounding its use are directly impacting major tech companies and could influence the products and services you use daily.