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The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni
Move over, PayPal mafia: There’s a new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. As the startup behind ChatGPT, OpenAI is arguably the biggest…
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India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says
India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making the country one of OpenAI’s largest markets globally, CEO…
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OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model
Starting Friday, OpenAI will cease providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models, including the popular but controversial GPT-4o…
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OpenAI disbands mission alignment team, which focused on ‘safe’ and ‘trustworthy’ AI development
OpenAI has disbanded a team that focused on — as the company itself described — ensuring that its…
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OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male…
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ChatGPT rolls out ads | TechCrunch
OpenAI on Monday announced it’s beginning to test ads in the U.S. for users on its Free and…
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The backlash over OpenAI’s decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be
OpenAI announced last week that it will retire some older ChatGPT models by February 13. That includes GPT-4o,…
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Anthropic revises Claude’s ‘Constitution,’ and hints at chatbot consciousness
On Wednesday, Anthropic released a revised version of Claude’s Constitution, a living document that provides a “holistic” explanation…
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In an effort to protect young users, ChatGPT will now predict how old you are
As concern for AI’s impact on young people continues to mount, OpenAI has introduced an “age prediction” feature…
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ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads
An ongoing conversation — both within and outside of the tech community — has been about just how…