OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns
A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a…
OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing
GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behavior and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafeOpenAI is scrapping the…
OpenAI abandons plan to release upcoming model as safety concerns escalate
The heads of OpenAI and rival Anthropic have both indicated recently that top AI labs should slow the pace of…
Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as “the greatest public nuisance ever created.” Source: Ars Technica – All content
Zuckerberg, Amodei among tech executives set to meet Trump Tuesday
The AI safety debate has raged in recent weeks, with Amodei, Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calling to pace…
OpenAI sparked Hugging Face bids with early investment offer ahead of Nvidia’s $13 billion deal
Hugging Face saw a flurry of deal interest before Nvidia agreed to buy the open-source platform for roughly $13 billion,…
Anthropic launches cheaper AI model, its second release since CEO’s call for a slowdown
The company said Sonnet 5.5 doesn’t advance the frontier, but that it is better at coding and knowledge work tasks…
Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn. Source: TechCrunch
OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breadth of the incidents is alarming. Source:…
OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents
US Government websites among “dozens of third parties” OpenAI has recently notified. Source: Ars Technica – All content