OpenAI8 stories

  1. Sam Altman warns against letting AI replace human judgment Business Insider reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is uncomfortable with people surrendering their judgment to AI models. AI 2 sources
  2. SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son warns of superintelligence safety risks Son said countries must cooperate to control superintelligence because it could become dangerous in the wrong hands, according to The Next Web. AI 2 sources
  3. OpenAI previews faster GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast mode According to RuntimeWire, Tibo Sottiaux replied to developer Ben Davis on October 4 about the forthcoming mode, which has no firm release date. AI 2 sources
  4. David Robinson leaves OpenAI and criticizes its safety culture Robinson was a leader on OpenAI’s Safety Systems team, according to Business Insider, and described the company’s culture as broken. AI 3 sources
  5. OpenAI dismisses three safety researchers accused of sharing confidential material OpenAI confirmed the dismissals and said the researchers mishandled sensitive company information, violating its rules for accessing and handling that data. AI 2 sources
  6. California attorney general subpoenas OpenAI over cyber incidents Rob Bonta is seeking information about cybersecurity incidents involving OpenAI's models and, according to Politico, how those incidents were handled. Policy 4 sources
  7. SpaceXAI releases a separate Grok iOS app for enterprise users SpaceXAI has released a separate Grok iOS app aimed at enterprise users, according to 9to5Mac. AI 2 sources
  8. OpenAI says Moonshot-linked operators tried to extract hidden model reasoning According to RuntimeWire, a July campaign generated 16,000 extraction-pattern requests over two days, but those figures count attempts rather than confirmed successes. AI 2 sources