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OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told Axios in an interview this week that it’s time to accelerate AI policy for the Trump era two years after ChatGPT exploded onto the scene.Why it matters: For top AI companies, the policy message has shifted from begging for regulation and warning of dangers to projecting confidence…
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OpenAI has updated the “chain of thought” feature of its o3-mini AI model to make it easier for users to understand how it thinks. This comes in the wake of the release of DeepSeek-R1, a rival reasoning model that also shows the thought process behind its responses. Reasoning models are designed to break down their…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed Friday that Democratic senators had sent him a letter alleging “he has a clear and direct interest in obtaining favors” from Donald Trump and is using his donations “to cozy up” to the incoming administration to avoid regulatory scrutiny.Why it matters: Altman was one of several tech titans who donated…
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Earlier this year, OpenAI—makers of ChatGPT—announced Sora, an AI video generator. Some of the demos the company showed off were hyper-realistic, from puppies playing in snow to the view from a subway car traveling through a cityscape. In short, it was both impressive, and terrifying, as I explained in my initial thoughts here.
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Wednesday OpenAI bragged they’d released “the smartest model in the world“. But the Economic Times describes what happened when “o1” was tested by an AI safety group… Researchers tasked the AI with a goal and instructed it to ensure the goal was achieved “at all costs.” In response, o1 began engaging in covert actions… According…
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Even before my time in The White House, I was – and continue to be – captivated by the intersection of technology and policy, which is why Apple’s recent announcement of integration with OpenAI piqued my interest. While the potential for increased productivity and innovation is energizing, it is crucial to address the significant questions about privacy,…
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Blockchain security firm warns of AI code poisoning risk after OpenAI’s ChatGPT recommends scam API
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Yu Xian, founder of the blockchain security firm Slowmist, has raised alarms about a rising threat known as AI code poisoning.
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It’s no surprise to those of us following generative artificial intelligence news that AI is imperfect. In fact, generative AI so often spits out untrue, false, and otherwise incorrect outputs that we have a name for it: hallucinations.
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University of Warwick’s Dr Shweta Singh argues that releasing such sophisticated models without proper scrutiny is ‘misguided’.
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OpenAI has announced a new AI model, esoterically dubbed o1, that it describes as even more capable than anything that has come before – and even more dangerous. But before you start worrying about the machine apocalypse, it is worth thinking about what purpose such warnings serve.
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AI-generated videos aren’t just the future: They’re here, and they’re scary. AI companies are rolling out tech that can produce realistic videos from simple text prompts. Adobe is just the latest, and their AI-generated videos are impressive—even if the demos are brief.
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These days, hearing about hot companies in generative AI raising huge rounds at multibillion-dollar valuations has gotten pretty routine.
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An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI lacks advanced security and customer support. It’s just a research company, not an established cloud provider. The ChatGPT-maker is not focused enough on corporate customers. These are just some of the talking points Amazon Web Services’ salespeople are told to follow when dealing with customers using, or close…
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Long-time Slashdot reader UnderAttack explains: A blog post at the SANS Internet Storm Center suggests that OpenAI actions are being abused to scan for WordPress vulnerabilities. Honeypot sensors at the Storm Center detected scans for URLs targeting WordPress that originated exclusively from OpenAI systems. The URLs requested all pages including the pattern ‘%%target%%’, which may…
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Large language models (LLMs) are typically evaluated on their ability to perform well in different areas, such as reasoning, math, coding, and English — ignoring significant factors like safety, privacy, copyright infringement, and more. To bridge that information gap, OpenAI released System Cards for its models.
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As OpenAI rolls out its SearchGPT prototype, a question looms large: Should Google feel threatened by this new entrant in the search engine landscape? SearchGPT promises a revolutionary approach to online search by integrating AI capabilities with real-time web information, potentially changing how users interact with search engines.
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OpenAI is throwing its hat into the AI search ring with SearchGPT, a prototype designed to revolutionize how users find information online. This novel tool promises faster, more relevant results by combining the power of AI models with real-time web data.
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Netskope announced an integration with OpenAI‘s ChatGPT Enterprise Compliance API to deliver API-enabled controls that bolster security and compliance for enterprise organizations using generative AI (genAI) applications.