Openai Archive

‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest drop

Academics will have to separate solutions from slop.

Robert HartOct 9

Emma RothOct 9

OpenAI disrupted an Iranian influence campaign that published AI articles across a dozen publications.

One ChatGPT-written article landed in a local Florida newspaper under a fake “Ervin Hoskins” byline, as reported by The Washington Post:

OpenAI said that Hoskins was among seven bylines that appeared on the series of AI-generated articles, made by users who sent instructions to the chatbot in Persian. The operations appeared to be run by a commercial outfit as a “for-hire influence campaign,” the company said.

OpenAI says it also banned Russian accounts linked to a fake “think tank” in Latin America.

OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers

Robert HartOct 9

Emma RothOct 8

Former OpenAI safety researchers ask for more transparency about their firings.

In a letter to OpenAI, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni push back on OpenAI’s claims that they shared confidential information with an outside AI safety group.

The three researchers say they “acted in line with OpenAI’s mission,” and raise concern that their firings could “justify ending OpenAI’s work with METR,” the AI safety organization that investigated the rogue Hugging Face hack.

Mikita Balesni (@balesni)

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USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI

Emma RothOct 8

Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts

According to The Verge’s senior AI reporter, Luca Guadagnino’s dark comedy hit all the familiar tech milestones.

Hayden FieldOct 8

Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?

The future of computing might be always-on, autonomous agents, but should we hand Meta or OpenAI this much personal data?

Nilay PatelOct 8

ChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and buttons

Emma RothOct 7

ChatGPT is getting college planning tools

Jay PetersOct 7

ChatGPT for Teens is an ‘unacceptable risk,’ says Common Sense Media

Jay PetersOct 7

OpenAI drops another batch of mathematical breakthroughs

Robert HartOct 6

David PierceOct 6

Today’s Vergecast: How much should you tell your AI agent?

The next big thing in AI, at least if you ask the tech companies, is assistant agents. David and The Verge’s Allison Johnson have both been testing products like Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots, and startups like Instinct, in an effort to find out how much you can really get done by messaging with an AI tool – and whether the productivity is worth the tradeoffs.

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Dominic PrestonOct 6

‘I’m not a territorial person, but my name is my name.’

That’s New Yorker cartoonist Brendan Loper, who’s not thrilled that ChatGPT is generating cartoons featuring his signature. He’s one of more than 15 cartoonists whose signatures were recreated by ChatGPT, according to Nieman Lab, which says the chatbot is still generating fake signatures even after the company was notified.

ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons

[Nieman Lab]