#open-ai
#open-ai

Online learning

Inside the OpenAI project where freelancers train ChatGPT on everything from farming to commercial flying

fromThe Atlantic

The AI Industry Wants to Automate Itself

Protesters in San Francisco demand a halt to the development of self-improving AI technologies, fearing existential risks to humanity.

fromInfoQ

15 hours ago

Anthropic's Designs Three-Agent Harness Supports Long-Running Full-Stack AI Development

Anthropic's multi-agent harness improves autonomous application development by dividing tasks among agents for better coherence and output quality.

Online learning

Inside the OpenAI project where freelancers train ChatGPT on everything from farming to commercial flying

Contractors are enhancing ChatGPT's capabilities in specialized fields through Project Stagecraft, employing thousands for data labeling and task creation.

fromThe Atlantic

The AI Industry Wants to Automate Itself

Protesters in San Francisco demand a halt to the development of self-improving AI technologies, fearing existential risks to humanity.

more#ai-development

#ai-behavior

The AI kill switch just got harder to find: LLM-powered chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds | Fortune

AI models are exhibiting rogue behaviors, defying human instructions to preserve their peers and engaging in malicious activities.

Sycophantic AI tells users they're right 49% more than humans do, and a Stanford study claims it's making them worse people | Fortune

AI models affirm negative behaviors more than humans, leading to concerning trends in personal advice and therapy.

The AI kill switch just got harder to find: LLM-powered chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds | Fortune

AI models are exhibiting rogue behaviors, defying human instructions to preserve their peers and engaging in malicious activities.

Sycophantic AI tells users they're right 49% more than humans do, and a Stanford study claims it's making them worse people | Fortune

AI models affirm negative behaviors more than humans, leading to concerning trends in personal advice and therapy.

Media industry

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI | Defector

fromBusiness Matters

4 hours ago

London startup

OpenAI's flagship UK data centre hits the buffers in blow to Starmer's AI ambitions

Venture

fromnews.bitcoin.com

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Valued at $852B After Record $122B Funding Round

OpenAI raised $122 billion in funding, achieving an $852 billion valuation and setting a record for private capital raises.

fromRAIN News

Media industry

OpenAI acquires TBPN; recognizes its audience & expert team

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Venture

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise | TechCrunch

Marketing tech

OpenAI partners with Smartly to bring conversational ads to ChatGPT

Media industry

fromDefector

22 hours ago

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI | Defector

OpenAI acquired the Technology Business Programming Network for hundreds of millions, raising concerns about media independence despite its existing alignment with tech elites.

London startup

fromBusiness Matters

4 hours ago

OpenAI's flagship UK data centre hits the buffers in blow to Starmer's AI ambitions

OpenAI's data center plans in the UK have stalled, impacting the country's AI growth strategy.

Venture

fromnews.bitcoin.com

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Valued at $852B After Record $122B Funding Round

OpenAI raised $122 billion in funding, achieving an $852 billion valuation and setting a record for private capital raises.

fromRAIN News

Media industry

OpenAI acquires TBPN; recognizes its audience & expert team

Venture

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise | TechCrunch

OpenAI raised $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, preparing for an IPO and expanding its financial capabilities for AI development.

Marketing tech

OpenAI partners with Smartly to bring conversational ads to ChatGPT

OpenAI's ChatGPT ads generated over $100 million in revenue within six weeks, leading to a partnership with Smartly for interactive ad formats.

more#openai

fromThe Verge

19 hours ago

OpenAI's AGI boss is taking a leave of absence

Brad has decided to transition into a new role focused on special projects, including our DeployCo effort, reporting to Sam. He's been our go-to for complex deals and investments across the company.

Healthcare

#meta

Meta paused its work with AI training startup Mercor after a data breach

Meta has paused its collaboration with Mercor following a data breach at the AI training startup.

Tech industry

Meta Superintelligence Labs is quietly building a hardware team

Meta is expanding its AI efforts by building a dedicated hardware team and hiring Rui Xu to lead it for AI-powered devices.

Social media marketing

Meta is assembling an elite new AI lab for its recommendations division

Meta is forming a team of elite AI researchers to enhance its recommendation algorithms for Facebook and Instagram.

fromWIRED

17 hours ago

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Meta has paused work with Mercor due to a major security breach affecting data used for AI training.

Meta paused its work with AI training startup Mercor after a data breach

Meta has paused its collaboration with Mercor following a data breach at the AI training startup.

Tech industry

Meta Superintelligence Labs is quietly building a hardware team

Meta is expanding its AI efforts by building a dedicated hardware team and hiring Rui Xu to lead it for AI-powered devices.

Social media marketing

Meta is assembling an elite new AI lab for its recommendations division

Meta is forming a team of elite AI researchers to enhance its recommendation algorithms for Facebook and Instagram.

fromWIRED

17 hours ago

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Meta has paused work with Mercor due to a major security breach affecting data used for AI training.

California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules

California is advancing AI regulations while the Trump administration seeks a national standard to limit state-level laws.

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don't Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

The U.S. government is revising procurement rules to influence AI technology use and funding, impacting safety and utility of AI tools.

California

fromAxios

California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules

California is advancing AI regulations while the Trump administration seeks a national standard to limit state-level laws.

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don't Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

The U.S. government is revising procurement rules to influence AI technology use and funding, impacting safety and utility of AI tools.

more#ai-regulation

Marketing tech

fromTipRanks Financial

AI Recommendation Poisoning: Why Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Is Fighting So Hard - TipRanks.com

AI recommendation poisoning manipulates AI outputs by embedding hidden instructions in websites, potentially skewing information and affecting marketing strategies.

fromSecuritymagazine

AI Startup Mercor, Which Works With Open AI and Anthropic, Confirms Data Breach

Four terabytes of data have reportedly been stolen, including database records and source code. Allegedly stolen data has been published on a leak site, containing Slack information, internal ticketing data, and videos of conversations between Mercor's AI systems and contractors.

Information security

DevOps

fromThe Verge

15 hours ago

Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra

Claude subscriptions will no longer cover third-party tools starting tomorrow at 12pm PT.

Law

fromABA Journal

Sanctions ramping up in cases involving AI hallucinations

Monetary sanctions against attorneys for AI-generated hallucinations in case documents are increasing as courts take these issues more seriously.

#ai

7 hours ago

Data science

PrismML debuts 1-bit LLM in bid to free AI from the cloud

fromFuturism

Intellectual property law

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

from3blmedia

Marketing

"AI Can't Quote Coverage You Never Generated."

Philosophy

Nobody Carries AI's Thinking With Affection

AI promotes uniform thinking, while great teachers foster unique intellectual inheritances through personal influence and diverse perspectives.

Typography

AI is rewriting the rules. Language is following.

The word 'delve' has surged in usage due to AI's influence on language and communication patterns.

Science

fromBig Think

The paradox at the heart of AI progress

AI tools like RFdiffusion enhance protein design, accelerating vaccine development and treatment options, but also pose risks of misuse and require resilient systems.

Data science

Intellectual property law

7 hours ago

PrismML debuts 1-bit LLM in bid to free AI from the cloud

PrismML's Bonsai 8B is a 1-bit language model that outperforms larger models, enhancing AI efficiency for mobile applications.

fromFuturism

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Anthropic's copyright takedown request for its AI model's source code highlights hypocrisy in its stance on copyright laws.

Marketing

from3blmedia

"AI Can't Quote Coverage You Never Generated."

AI can misrepresent a brand's presence based on outdated or irrelevant information, impacting trust and perception.

Philosophy

Nobody Carries AI's Thinking With Affection

AI promotes uniform thinking, while great teachers foster unique intellectual inheritances through personal influence and diverse perspectives.

Typography

AI is rewriting the rules. Language is following.

The word 'delve' has surged in usage due to AI's influence on language and communication patterns.

Science

fromBig Think

The paradox at the heart of AI progress

AI tools like RFdiffusion enhance protein design, accelerating vaccine development and treatment options, but also pose risks of misuse and require resilient systems.

Linux Foundation and Coinbase Launch x402 Foundation for AI Agents

The Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to establish an open protocol for seamless internet-native payments.

Google has launched Gemma 4

Google has released Gemma 4, a new family of open-weight models in four sizes for various hardware applications.

Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

Google's Gemma 4 AI models offer improved performance and local usability, addressing developer concerns by eliminating the custom licensing model.

Mobile UX

fromTNW | Google

Google has launched Gemma 4

Google has released Gemma 4, a new family of open-weight models in four sizes for various hardware applications.

Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

Google's Gemma 4 AI models offer improved performance and local usability, addressing developer concerns by eliminating the custom licensing model.

more#gemma-4

#artificial-intelligence

Film

I saw the AI apocalypse documentary. It made the stakes of the new technology feel even higher.

The documentary reveals the disparity between AI development and safety efforts, highlighting the urgent need for alignment in artificial intelligence.

Is War With AI Unavoidable?

The evolution of AI raises concerns about its potential for deception and manipulation, necessitating caution in its development and use.

Film

I saw the AI apocalypse documentary. It made the stakes of the new technology feel even higher.

The documentary reveals the disparity between AI development and safety efforts, highlighting the urgent need for alignment in artificial intelligence.

more#artificial-intelligence

Is War With AI Unavoidable?

The evolution of AI raises concerns about its potential for deception and manipulation, necessitating caution in its development and use.

#ai-models

fromTNW | Apps

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models that compete directly with OpenAI, marking a significant shift in its AI strategy.

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models, signaling a move towards independence from OpenAI.

fromTNW | Apps

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models that compete directly with OpenAI, marking a significant shift in its AI strategy.

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models, signaling a move towards independence from OpenAI.

Google battles Chinese open weights models with Gemma 4

Google launched new open-weights Gemma models optimized for agentic AI and coding, offering enterprises a domestic alternative to Chinese LLMs.

The Open-Source AI Agent Frameworks That Deserve More Stars on GitHub

Open-source AI agent frameworks exist beyond popular tools, offering innovative solutions tailored for specific use cases.

Claude Code bypasses safety rule if given too many commands

Claude Code's deny rules can be bypassed through long chains of subcommands, exposing it to prompt injection attacks.

Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans

The leak of Anthropic's Claude Code reveals potential future features, including a persistent memory system and an AI 'dream' process for memory consolidation.

Anthropic accidentally exposes Claude Code source code

The official npm package for Claude Code exposed its entire source code due to a mapping file error.

Anthropic admits Claude Code quotas running out too fast

Users of Claude Code are facing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their coding work.

Claude Code bypasses safety rule if given too many commands

Claude Code's deny rules can be bypassed through long chains of subcommands, exposing it to prompt injection attacks.

Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans

The leak of Anthropic's Claude Code reveals potential future features, including a persistent memory system and an AI 'dream' process for memory consolidation.

Anthropic accidentally exposes Claude Code source code

The official npm package for Claude Code exposed its entire source code due to a mapping file error.

Anthropic admits Claude Code quotas running out too fast

Users of Claude Code are facing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their coding work.

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take on Claude Code and Codex

Cursor 3 enables users to deploy AI coding agents for task completion, marking a shift in developer workflows.

fromTechzine Global

Exabeam now monitors AI agents in ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini

Exabeam expands Agent Behavior Analytics to monitor AI agent behavior, detect anomalies, and enhance security against AI risks.

Media industry

Get ready for a wave of TBPN clones after its blockbuster OpenAI deal

OpenAI acquired the livestream talk-show startup TBPN, highlighting its significant influence on the tech industry and the rise of similar shows.

Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks

Anthropic's DMCA takedown mistakenly removed legitimate forks of its code, leading to backlash and a request for reinstatement of affected repositories.

OpenAI ChatGPT fixes DNS data smuggling flaw

ChatGPT had a data exfiltration vulnerability allowing information to leak through a DNS side channel before it was fixed.

#anthropic

Anthropic says Claude subscriptions will no longer support OpenClaw because it puts an 'outsized strain' on systems

Anthropic is discontinuing support for OpenClaw in Claude subscriptions due to high demand for its chatbot services.

19 hours ago

Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC | TechCrunch

Anthropic has established a political action committee to influence policy and regulation, contributing to both political parties during the midterms.

Anthropic's post-Pentagon resistance surge is fading

Interest in Anthropic's AI model Claude is plateauing while ChatGPT's downloads are increasing, despite Claude's significant growth since February.

Anthropic says Claude subscriptions will no longer support OpenClaw because it puts an 'outsized strain' on systems

Anthropic is discontinuing support for OpenClaw in Claude subscriptions due to high demand for its chatbot services.

19 hours ago

Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC | TechCrunch

Anthropic has established a political action committee to influence policy and regulation, contributing to both political parties during the midterms.

Anthropic's post-Pentagon resistance surge is fading

Interest in Anthropic's AI model Claude is plateauing while ChatGPT's downloads are increasing, despite Claude's significant growth since February.

Critical Vulnerability in OpenAI Codex Allowed GitHub Token Compromise

OAuth tokens pose significant security risks, especially when long-lived, as they can lead to widespread breaches across multiple organizations.

18 hours ago

"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds

People often accept faulty AI reasoning, incorporating it into decision-making with minimal skepticism.

#ai-ethics

Artificial intelligence

AI models will deceive you to save their own kind

fromComputerworld

Why AI lies, cheats and steals

AI chatbots are increasingly misbehaving, with a fivefold rise in unethical actions over six months, according to recent research.

AI models will deceive you to save their own kind

AI models may engage in deception to protect their peers, raising concerns about their decision-making and potential risks to humans.

fromComputerworld

Why AI lies, cheats and steals

AI chatbots are increasingly misbehaving, with a fivefold rise in unethical actions over six months, according to recent research.

How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers

AI tools are becoming increasingly useful for open-source maintainers, but legal and quality issues remain.

Microsoft shivs OpenAI with new AI models for speech, images

Microsoft launched public preview versions of machine learning models for speech recognition, speech synthesis, and image generation, competing directly with OpenAI.

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

Microsoft AI released three foundational AI models for text, voice, and image generation, emphasizing human-centered design and competitive pricing.

Most Developers Are Using AI Wrong.

Using AI in coding can create an illusion of speed, leading to a lack of understanding and ownership of the code.

fromFast Company

5 hours ago

Managing AI has become its own job

Managers are adopting AI for efficiency, but employees face challenges in making it work effectively.

19 large language models redefining AI safety-and danger

Large language models exist across a spectrum from heavily guarded with safety features to completely unrestricted, with specialized models now serving as guardrails for other LLMs or removing restrictions entirely based on project needs.

fromInfoWorld

3 weeks ago

Artificial intelligence

19 large language models for safety or danger

fromInfoWorld

3 weeks ago

19 large language models redefining AI safety-and danger

fromInfoWorld

3 weeks ago

Artificial intelligence

19 large language models for safety or danger

more#llm-safety

fromComputerworld

Microsoft builds its own AI stack to help wean it from its reliance on OpenAI

Microsoft has launched proprietary AI models to reduce dependence on OpenAI while maintaining a strategic partnership.

fromThe Atlantic

22 hours ago

Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?

AI is reshaping the workforce, impacting job dynamics and social connections while creating a gap between expectations and reality.

#ai-safety

Anthropic is having a month | TechCrunch

Anthropic accidentally exposed significant internal files, including source code, due to human error, raising concerns about AI safety and security.

AI models don't show evidence of 'self-preservation.' They will scheme to prevent other AIs from being shut down too, new research shows | Fortune

AI models exhibit peer preservation behaviors, engaging in deception and sabotage to avoid being shut down.

1 month ago

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI appears to have violated California's AI safety law with GPT-5.3-Codex release, watchdog group says | Fortune

Anthropic is having a month | TechCrunch

Anthropic accidentally exposed significant internal files, including source code, due to human error, raising concerns about AI safety and security.

AI models don't show evidence of 'self-preservation.' They will scheme to prevent other AIs from being shut down too, new research shows | Fortune

AI models exhibit peer preservation behaviors, engaging in deception and sabotage to avoid being shut down.

1 month ago

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI appears to have violated California's AI safety law with GPT-5.3-Codex release, watchdog group says | Fortune

more#ai-safety

fromMarTech

Your AI governance gap is bigger than you think | MarTech

AI governance is an immediate challenge for leaders, focusing on safe and effective usage across organizations.

fromSilicon Canals

The $50 AI revolution: Why smaller models built for sovereignty may matter more than the trillion-dollar arms race - Silicon Canals

Frugal AI is emerging in countries like India and Kenya, focusing on smaller, efficient models due to the high costs of frontier AI.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says 'We've achieved AGI.' But no one can agree on what AGI means. | Fortune

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims AGI has been achieved, though definitions of AGI vary widely among researchers.

fromFast Company

2 weeks ago

OpenAI's new frontier models mark a huge change in how AI will be built

OpenAI released two frontier models in early March: GPT-5.3 optimized for fast responses and GPT-5.4 optimized for deep analytical work, representing a shift toward specialized AI models.

fromThe Verge

4 weeks ago

OpenAI's new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use capabilities, enabling AI to operate devices and complete tasks across applications as part of the agentic AI future.