An inside man at the Fed, OpenAI debuts Dots, an IPO trend and more in Morning Squawk

Summary

CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter reports that Fed economist John Harold Rogers, arrested by the FBI in January 2025, is accused of passing information about the central bank to a Chinese government spy, a case CNBC describes as reading like a spy novel. OpenAI debuted its "always-on" Dots agents and GPT-6.1 Sol model at its developer conference, after scrapping GPT-6.1 Astra over safety standards. The newsletter also covers Ken Griffin's $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University.

Related items

• InfoOpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI RisksSame vendor · SecurityWeek
• Info‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest dropSame vendor · The Verge (AI)
• InfoOpenAI reports three new incidents of misalignmentSame vendor · CSO Online
• InfoA new feature for my blog, built using my voiceSame vendor · Simon Willison's Weblog
• InfoOpenAI's revenue scare, Delta earnings, what investors think of a Starbucks-Chipotle deal and more in Morning SquawkSame vendor · CNBC Technology