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OpenAI’s data hunger raises privacy concerns

Last month, OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large artificial intelligence (AI) models. This was a change of posture for the company, whose chief executive Sam Altman has previously spoken in support of AI regulation.

The Conversation

Sam Altman tells high schoolers dropping out of college wasn’t a big deal

Altman dropped out from Stanford at 19, but always felt that if the risk didn’t pay off he could “undo it” and go back to college.

Fortune

Microsoft and affiliates (not OpenAI) are secretly using your LinkedIn data to train AI models — Here's how to opt out of the experience

LinkedIn subtly rolled out a new feature (Data for Generative AI improvement), allowing Microsoft and affiliates' AI models to access your data for training without consent.

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Sam Altman is off of OpenAI’s new safety board

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

Fortune

Sam Altman told OpenAI staff the company’s non-profit corporate structure will change next year

The OpenAI CEO had previously admitted that the company’s structure is “unusual.” Now he's made it clear, it's time to change it.

Fortune

OpenAI's Strawberry AI models ship with advanced reasoning capabilities synonymous with humans, though they'll need "an extra moment to think" — Sam Altman says it "doesn't constitute AGI"

OpenAI recently unveiled a new series of next-gen AI models dubbed OpenAI o1 and o1-mini with advanced reasoning capabilities across math, science, and coding.

Windows Central

Openai CEO Sam Altman Emphasizes Importance Of AI Safety Testing

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasizes AI safety testing and collaboration with US government for regulatory framework and global leadership in safe AI.

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OpenAI Releases Reasoning AI With Eye On Safety, Accuracy

ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Thursday released a new series of artificial intelligence models designed to spend more time thinking -- in hopes that generative AI chatbots provide more accurate and beneficial responses.

International Business Times

Sam Altman's "GPT-4 is the dumbest model any of you will ever have to use" promise might reportedly come to fruition with a hint of 'Strawberry' in two weeks

OpenAI might be gearing up to release its much-anticipated 'reasoning' AI model, Strawberry, in two weeks.

Windows Central

Former OpenAI co-founder raises $1 billion for safety-focused firm while the ChatGPT maker prioritizes shiny products and is on the cusp of bankruptcy

Former OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever recently raised $1 billion through investors for his new AI firm, Safe Superintelligence Inc., to further its safety-focused advances.

Windows Central

Sam Altman indicated it's impossible to create ChatGPT without copyrighted material, but a new study claims 57% of the content on the internet is AI-generated and is subtly killing quality search results

A suggests 57% of content published online is AI-generated, leaving AI tools with limited original content for training, ultimately leading to an increase in inaccurate responses to queries.

Windows Central

Microsoft Copilot lead says AI chatbots must 'learn' to ask for help to reduce hallucination episodes: "The thing that's really missing today is that a model doesn't raise its hands and say 'Hey, I'm not sure, I need help'"

Microsoft VP Vik Singh says AI-powered chatbots like Copilot need to learn how to ask for help when unsure about the answers they generate.

Windows Central

Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke

Oprah will host an AI special with Bill Gates, Sam Altman, and more.

TechRadar

OpenAI In Talks For New Funding Valuing ChatGPT Maker More Than $100B: Reports

Thrive Capital is expected to lead the investment, committing $1 billion to the round.

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The Conversation

Labour or leisure? Why a universal basic income might foster wellbeing but not productivity

The current cost-of-living crisis, high interest rates and the ensuing economic contraction have disproportionately hit low-income households. And for many low-income workers, the future remains uncertain.

TechRadar

OpenAI’s Project Strawberry will become ChatGPT5, launch soon, and be better at math than any chatbot, insiders say

More details of OpenAI’s secretive Project Strawberry have dropped, including its expected release date and the areas it will specialize in.

Fortune

Elon Musk throws support behind California’s AI safety bill—‘this is a tough call and will make some people upset’

This week is the final deadline for California's landmark SB 1047 bill to pass, which would codify the first safety guardrails on AI on U.S. statute books.

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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.

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Ex-OpenAI researchers claim Sam Altman's public support for AI regulation is a facade: "When actual regulation is on the table, he opposes it"

OpenAI opposed a proposed AI bill (SB 1047) to install safety protocols to prevent the technology from veering off the guardrails, citing a need for federal legislation.

Windows Central

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's words haunt Claude AI: "Anthropic’s model seeks to profit from strip-mining the human expression and ingenuity behind each one of those works"

A group of authors has filed a class-action suit against Anthropic's Claude AI for copyright infringement.

Fortune

Meter cofounders Sunil and Anil Varanasi are brothers, partners, and competitors—who play on the same team

The sibling entrepreneurs are backed by Silicon Valley A-listers including Sequoia, Sam Altman, Reid Hoffman, John and Patrick Collison, and Lachy Groom. Their new product lets anyone troubleshoot complex Wi-Fi issues by essentially asking their computer: What’s up? Fortune can exclusively report that Meter is unveiling a product called Command,…

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OpenAI strikes deal to use content from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair

AI startup’s announcement follows similar deals with The Financial Times, the Associated Press and News Corp.

TechRadar

ChatGPT just got a surprise update, but OpenAI can’t explain how it's better

ChatGPT's GPT-4o has gotten a surprise update, but OpenAI can't explain how this update makes the model better.

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Cathie Wood Keeps Buying This Sam Altman-Backed Startup Even As It Expects Operating Losses To Continue

Nuclear energy startup Oklo reported second-quarter financials after the market closed Tuesday.

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