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Archives for October 2026

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Sam Altman thinks ‘the world should accept some bad things happening’ for the good of AI.

In an interview with Brendan Bordelon of Politico, Altman said this was a fundamental difference between OpenAI and Anthropic. He believes that “for the benefits of this technology” (rather than the benefit of humanity), we should just deal with “bad things happening.”

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Sam Altman feels it necessary to clarify that people shouldn’t see AI as godlike for some reason.

I’m not sure what prompted this post on X from the OpenAI CEO, but it’s hard not to see it as mildly concerning, especially since we’ve already seen AI is perfectly capable of building its own cult.

OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner

Think of Dots as Codex, but for regular people.

Allison Johnson
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
ChatGPT now has a virtual changing room.

You can now select images or listings for clothes that appear in the chatbot, tap “Try on,” and then upload images of yourself to see what you’d look like wearing the apparel. Sound familiar? That’s because Google introduced a near-identical AI try on feature over a year ago.

Three screenshots showing ChatGPT’s virtual try on feature.
In this example ChatGPT’s feature even dyed and styled her hair, presumably without being asked to, so I’m sure we can trust the try on results…
Image: OpenAI
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
OpenAI severs ties with safety researchers accused of disclosing confidential information.

The three researchers — Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni — allegedly shared confidential information with an outside AI safety organization, according to The Wall Street Journal. OpenAI confirmed its decision in a statement to the outlet:

We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information. Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work.

OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free?

OpenAI and Meta’s cutesy AI agents are about to fight to the death.

Hayden Field
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
AI chatbots are still removing women’s hijabs.

After a French far-right politician used AI to strip a real Muslim woman of her hijab last month, The Guardian tested ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini’s image editors and found that all the chatbots would comply with such requests. This issue has persisted for many months, adding to fears about how easily AI tools can be used to undress and violate women and children.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
OpenAI’s president withdraws from second AI super PAC donation.

After handing $25 million last year to Leading the Future — which lobbies for AI-friendly policies — Greg Brockman has now pulled his plans to donate a further $25 million amid mounting public backlash against AI. Brockman said the following in a Slack message seen by The New York Times:

“I also want to say that I feel terrible about the fact that LTF keeps reflecting on the company and become so much of a distraction for people here. I’ve been thinking hard about how to turn the ship on it. We’ve donated $25m so far, and have no plans to donate more at this time.”