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OpenAI Explores Generative AI Health Tools in Expansion Beyond ChatGPT

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OpenAI is reportedly exploring consumer health products, including a generative AI-powered personal health assistant, as part of its efforts to expand beyond its core AI offerings, according to Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter.

The move marks a major step for the ChatGPT developer as it looks to enter the highly regulated and competitive healthcare sector. OpenAI declined to comment on the report.

The company’s healthcare ambitions come after a series of strategic hires earlier this year. In June, OpenAI appointed Nate Gross, cofounder of the physician networking platform Doximity, as head of healthcare strategy, followed by former Instagram executive Ashley Alexander joining as vice president of health products in August.

Speaking at the HLTH conference in October, Gross revealed that ChatGPT attracts around 800 million weekly active users, with a significant number seeking medical or health-related advice through the platform.

OpenAI’s expansion into health mirrors earlier efforts by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to give consumers more control over their medical data—attempts that largely fell short. Google shut down its Health Records project in 2011, Amazon ended its Halo fitness tracker business in 2023, and Microsoft’s HealthVault also failed to gain widespread adoption.

If realized, OpenAI’s health assistant could integrate generative AI with personalized wellness and medical insights, potentially transforming how consumers manage their health. However, regulatory and ethical challenges around data privacy and medical accuracy are expected to be key hurdles.

Getty and Perplexity Sign Multi-Year Deal to Integrate Licensed Images into AI Search Tools

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Visual content leader Getty Images has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with AI search startup Perplexity, allowing the platform to display Getty’s licensed images across its AI-powered search and discovery tools. The announcement boosted Getty’s shares by 5% on Friday, underscoring growing investor confidence in partnerships between traditional media and artificial intelligence companies.

Under the deal, Perplexity will integrate Getty’s visuals through an API, granting users access to Getty’s vast image library with proper attribution and licensing details. Each image will include credits and source links, ensuring legal compliance and transparency in AI-generated content.

The partnership comes amid growing scrutiny over AI firms’ use of copyrighted materials for training and output generation. Getty, which also licenses images to iStock and Unsplash, previously sued Stability AI over alleged image scraping. Perplexity itself has faced multiple copyright lawsuits from publishers including Japan’s Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun but has since adopted a revenue-sharing model with media partners such as TIME and Der Spiegel.

Legal experts say AI licensing agreements like this one could reshape the industry by legitimizing data use, though they note that a full licensing model may not be viable for all online content. The move aligns with Getty’s broader effort to promote safe, rights-cleared visual generation in the AI era.

Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026 amid surging enterprise AI demand

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Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is targeting an ambitious leap in revenue, projecting to more than double—and potentially nearly triple—its annualized revenue run rate in 2026, according to sources familiar with the company’s internal forecasts.

The San Francisco-based firm expects to hit an annualized revenue run rate of $9 billion by the end of 2025, and has set 2026 goals ranging from $20 billion to $26 billion, driven by rapid adoption of its enterprise-focused AI products. Anthropic confirmed to Reuters that its current revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion, up from $5 billion in August, though it declined to comment on future projections.

The growth underscores the accelerating demand for generative AI tools across industries, even as questions arise over the sustainability of massive AI infrastructure investments. About 80% of Anthropic’s revenue now comes from its 300,000 enterprise customers, who use its Claude models for software integration, data analysis, and automation.

One major contributor has been Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered programming assistant, which has already reached a $1 billion annualized run rate since launching earlier this year. The company also recently introduced its Haiku 4.5 model — a low-cost AI system aimed at making enterprise AI more accessible.

Anthropic’s growth trajectory puts it in direct competition with OpenAI, whose revenue surpassed $13 billion in August and is expected to exceed $20 billion by year’s end. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic has been valued at $183 billion following a $13 billion funding round led by ICONIQ.

Backed by Amazon and Google, the company plans to open its first India office in Bengaluru in 2026 and significantly expand its workforce to meet surging global demand for enterprise AI solutions.