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OPENAI CEO'S IDENTITY FIRM FALSELY CLAIMS BRUNO MARS DEAL

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TUE, APR 28, 2026

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An identity verification company linked to OpenAI's leadership announced a partnership with Bruno Mars that never existed. The false claim was later retracted.

The identity verification startup made public statements about partnering with the musician, but the partnership was not real. The company subsequently withdrew the announcement. The incident raises questions about verification processes at companies operating in the identity and authentication space, where accuracy is critical. Separately, OpenAI expanded its cloud infrastructure reach this week. Amazon Web Services and OpenAI announced a deal making OpenAI's AI models available through AWS. The partnership comes one day after OpenAI revised terms of its existing Microsoft agreement. The AWS deal allows enterprise customers to access OpenAI's technology through Amazon's cloud platform, expanding distribution channels beyond OpenAI's direct offerings and existing partnerships.

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