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Track the AI revolution at OpenAI, from ChatGPT feature updates and ethical safety debates to the company's massive market surge.
… OpenAI has broader ambitions to turn Codex, its AI coding application, into an “everything app.” Weil, who joined OpenAI in June 2024, announced last September that he would be starting a new initiative inside of the company called OpenAI for Science. …
… In October 2017, Musk also wrote to Ben Rapoport, a cofounder of Neuralink. “Hire independently or directly from OpenAI,” said Musk. “I have no problem if you pitch people at OpenAI to work at Neuralink.” When pressed about this by Savitt, Musk argued that it would have been illegal for him not to … …
… There’s an open question around what OpenAI’s era of focus means for its research teams. OpenAI is competing with Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta for a small pool of top-tier talent. …
… A source close to OpenAI says the company doesn’t expect TBPN to contribute financially to the business, though it will help with OpenAI’s communications strategy. OpenAI has fallen under increased public scrutiny in recent months. …
… In his new role, Lightcap will be in charge of the company’s forward-deployed engineers, which embed within enterprise organizations and help integrate OpenAI’s technology, among other duties. OpenAI will begin searching for a new CMO, Simo said. …
… Several major enterprises have signed on to use Codex too. “The fact that ChatGPT is synonymous with AI gives us a massive advantage in the B2B market,” says Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of applications. “Companies want to use technologies their workers are already familiar with.” OpenAI’s strategy to … …
… OpenAI staffers appeared to acknowledge the prohibition. In response to a post highlighting OpenClaw’s goblin tendencies, Nik Pash, who works on Codex, wrote, “This is indeed one of the reasons.” Even Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, joined in with the memes, posting a screenshot of a prompt for ChatGPT. …
… OpenAI says it has partnered with Yubico to offer lower-cost YubiKey bundles to Advanced Account Security users. …
… Data Usage Now Includes Third-Party Promotions In the Disclosure of Personal Data section, OpenAI expanded the paragraph detailing how it discloses personal data. OpenAI now says it may share “limited information” with partners to promote services like ChatGPT and Codex off of OpenAI’s platforms. …
… OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a post on social media that “enforcing the SCR supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic would be very bad for our industry and our country.” He added that “this is a very bad decision from the DoW and I hope they reverse it.” As Anthropic’s relationship with the Pent…
