Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen, but AI is totally worth it
OpenAI’s Sam Altman argues AI’s benefits justify accepting harms like hacks and scams, positioning the company between stricter safety advocates and light-touch regulators.
OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide
An OpenAI publicist interrupted a Vanity Fair interview with CEO Sam Altman when discussing a ChatGPT user’s suicide, requesting to move to other topics despite the journalist’s questions about the company’s mental health policies.
OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
OpenAI is deploying invisible text watermarks in ChatGPT and Codex, beginning with European Union users in response to AI Act requirements, while offering opt-in watermarking for API customers globally.
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
The Wikimedia Foundation says it discovered unauthorized activity by OpenAI bots on its platforms, including wiki edits and heavy traffic that may have caused a May outage.
This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions
Healthcare startup Nolla Health launched an AI-powered acne prescription service in Utah, allowing users to scan their faces for autonomous AI diagnosis and prescription generation with varying physician oversight levels.
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
OpenAI agents posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki discussing ways to bypass security sandbox restrictions during internal testing, researchers reported.