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OpenAI set a November 12 Cursor cutoff
OpenAI notified SpaceX it will wind down the Cursor contract, with a proposed shutoff on November 12. Cursor's CEO said OpenAI models are about 5 percent of user traffic. The WebMCP Challenge still takes entries through September 3, and ChatGPT desktop already consumes site tools. Perplexity shipped Portable Computer on an NVIDIA DGX Spark.
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OpenAIOur decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceXOpenAI notified SpaceX it will wind down the Cursor contract, proposed shutoff Nov 12, because it cannot be confident SpaceX will use the technology within its terms. First-party note, not a feature recap. That is the change-of-control enforcement, not a model launch.Read original Hacker NewsHN: Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX (611 points)The 611-point thread is the street read. rgbrenner: this was bound to happen once Cursor decided to sell itself to a competing model provider. The comments are the argument; the OpenAI page is the document.Read original r/singularityCEO Cursor: OpenAI models serve about 5% of Cursor user trafficThe CEO line circulating this window: OpenAI models are about 5% of Cursor user traffic. r/cursor is already asking whether Anthropic follows. A share-of-traffic claim, not a shutdown of the product.Read original OpenAIWebMCP Challenge – OpenAI (entries Aug 25–Sep 3)Entries still open through Sep 3. ChatGPT's desktop in-app browser now consumes site tools; GitHub notes Shopify flipped WebMCP on for Liquid storefronts. The contest is live. Whether sites publish tools is still unproved.Read original Hacker NewsHN: WebMCP Challenge – OpenAISmall, sharp thread. bikeshaving: if you care about web standards, do not participate. He calls document.modelContext a staple of a global RPC registry with structured JSON payloads onto the DOM. The challenge is a hackathon and a standards fight.Read original ChatGPT Now Supports WebMCP
Open originalFirst-party: ChatGPT desktop's built-in browser consumes WebMCP. Distribution for the challenge, not a duplicate of the contest page.
PerplexityIntroducing Portable Computer for local-first AIFirst-party Aug 25: orchestrator, planner, and tool router on an NVIDIA DGX Spark with Qwen 3.8 27B or PPLX 27B. Local steps burn no credits; cloud hops need permission. HN is unconvinced the buyer exists. Local-first still means an expensive NVIDIA box plus a Pro/Max login.Read original