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Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab by Altman, Elon Musk and others, OpenAI burst into the mainstream with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Indeed, Reform's Nigel Farage and Richard Tice were among the first mainstream politicians to regularly talk about visible signs of High Street criminality.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Yet, black representation was cutting through the American mainstream - whether through Carole Gist making history as the first black woman to win Miss USA, or the explosive rise of hip-hop.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
I’ve watched the sport’s slow rise to the mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Tom Smith was an obscure trainer with one year’s experience with a mainstream stable.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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