The Download: a 30-year old baby, and OpenAI’s push into colleges
Rhiannon Williams
created: July 30, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: Aug. 4, 2025, 3:20 p.m.
A baby boy has just won the new record for the “oldest baby.” Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived on July 26, developed from an embryo that had been in storage for 30 and a half years.
Lindsey and her husband, Tim Pierce, who live in London, Ohio, “adopted” the embryo from Linda Archerd, who had it created in 1994.
The couple, aged 35 and 34, respectively, had been trying for a baby for seven years.
OpenAI says the tool was built after consulting with pedagogy experts from over 40 institutions.
But there’s an ambitious vision behind Study Mode: It’s part of a wider push by OpenAI to get AI more deeply embedded into classrooms when the new academic year starts in September.
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