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“The OpenAI Files” reveals deep leadership concerns about Sam Altman and safety failures within the AI lab

A new report dubbed “The OpenAI Files” aims to shed light on the inner workings of the leading AI company.

Fortune

OpenAI’s ex-policy lead accuses the company of ‘rewriting’ its AI safety history in new safety post

A former policy lead at OpenAI is accusing the company of rewriting its history with a new post about the company's approach to safety and alignment.

Fortune

OpenAI co-founder's new AI startup that outsmarts humans in a safe way is heading for a $30 billion-plus valuation

A $30 billion valuation would make Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence one of the most valuable private AI companies.

Fortune

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OpenAI safety researcher announces their departure over safety concerns while Anthropic CEO claims AI will extend human life "to 150 years"

Safety researcher Steven Adler recently announced his departure after 4 years, citing safety concerns. He claimed the AGI race is a huge gamble.

Windows Central

Another OpenAI researcher quits—claims AI labs are taking a ‘very risky gamble’ with humanity amid the race toward AGI

The comments come amid increased attention on a global AI race between the U.S. and China.

Fortune

Shifting corporate priorities, Superalignment, and safeguarding humanity: Why OpenAI's safety researchers keep leaving

Life below deck.

PC Gamer

"The safety concerns expressed actually don't come at the AGI moment": Sam Altman says Artificial General Intelligence will come sooner than anticipated

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated that AGI might be here sooner than most people think with surprisingly little societal impact despite reports of stunted AI development due to scaling laws.

Windows Central

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Sam Altman has an idea to get AI to ‘love humanity,’ use it to poll billions of people about their value systems

The OpenAI CEO said it was his one wish for AI

Fortune

Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction

Nobel Prize winner and physicist gives former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever a hat tip for his contributions to developing safe AI and firing Sam Altman for his missteps, including focusing on generating focus and abandoning the firm's founding mission.

Windows Central

OpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reports

Reported move follows recent departure of senior figures from ChatGPT developer

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders

The Independent UK

Mira Murati leaving OpenAI highlights how much the company is starting to look like any other Big Tech giant

The company has been radically transformed in the 10 months since CEO Sam Altman was temporarily removed in a boardroom coup.

Fortune

Sam Altman is off of OpenAI’s new safety board

Group now has more power over new AI launches as well.

Fortune

A former OpenAI researcher claims the ChatGPT maker could be on the precipice of achieving AGI, but it's not prepared “to handle all that entails" as shiny products get precedents over safety

A former OpenAI researcher speculates half of the ChatGPT maker's super alignment team departed because the company is on the precipice of hitting the AGI benchmark, but it can't handle all that it entails.

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OpenAI's AGI safety team has been gutted, says ex-researcher

A group of OpenAI researchers ensuring that a future AGI system does not pose catastrophic or even existential danger has been decimated.

International Business Times

OpenAI Co-founder John Schulman Departs To Join Amazon-backed Anthropic

His departure follows OpenAI's recent dissolution of its superalignment team, a group dedicated to ensuring human control over advanced AI systems.

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Apple joins Google, Microsoft and more in committing to new AI safety guidelines: What it means for you

Apple has agreed to a new set of AI safety regulations alongside Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others. Here's why it's good news for users.

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A year ago today, OpenAI launched a bold four-year plan that didn't even last a year

A four-year plan to boldly go where no AI had been before, now consigned to history

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OpenAI hack revealed as ChatGPT flaws exposed: Is your data at risk?

OpenAI is facing major security concerns after employees revealed a breach. Here's a look at the latest security issues with OpenAI and ChatGPT and how they could affect users.

Fortune

Hollywood tycoon Ari Emanuel blasts OpenAI’s Sam Altman, fearing the future after Elon Musk tells him he’ll become ‘a dog’ to an AI master

Emanuel, who built Endeavor from a talent agency into a fully-fledged media empire, believes Altman’s behavior shows he is not to be trusted with developing safe AI.

Windows Central

Former OpenAI Chief Scientist starts new AI firm with a keen focus on building safe superintelligence over its rival's priority on 'shiny products'

Former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever is starting a new company dubbed Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), focusing on building safe superintelligence, which remains a critical issue in the new age of AI.

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'The world isn’t ready, and we aren’t ready. And I’m concerned we are rushing forward regardless and rationalizing our actions': OpenAI employees sound the alarm ahead of Apple partnership

Apple is expected to announce a partnership with OpenAI next week at WWDC, but former OpenAI employees are raising the alarm. Could controversy at OpenAI derail Apple's AI ambitions?

The Guardian - US

OpenAI and Google DeepMind workers warn of AI industry risks in open letter

Current and former workers sign letter warning of lack of safety oversight and calling for more protections for whistleblowers

Fortune

Anthropic's position on AI safety is helping it attract researchers from OpenAI

Anthropic's stance on AI safety is helping it lure AI researchers away from OpenAI, whose trust and safety credentials taken a battering in recent weeks.

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A timeline of OpenAI controversy: November 2023 to May 2024

Is Altman taking too many risks in his pursuit of artificial general intelligence? The answer lies in Altman's past, from leading a victorious coup to trading blows with a Hollywood A-lister.

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