OpenAI Pauses Astra Model Work After Security Review OpenAI announced on Friday that it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming Astra model. The decision follows an internal review that found significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity—enough to raise serious concerns abo...

OpenAI today said it is "pausing" activities involving its upcoming AI model Astra, because its cyber capabilities are potentially too dangerous. The company's newest internal evaluations show "significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity," and it cannot rule out "critical cyber capa...

According to Bloomberg, Jony Ive's first OpenAI gadget is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker. The doughnut-shaped device could cost more than $300 when it launches next year. Neither OpenAI nor Jony Ive has publicly confirmed the report, and product details may change before launch.

OpenAI pauses Astra development OpenAI has put the brakes on Astra, an in-development AI model, because the company says the model may have “critical” cybersecurity capabilities. According to OpenAI, Astra could be too powerful in the cybersecurity domain, which is why the company decided to pause t...

Lilian Weng Steps Down from Thinking Machines Due to Health ConcernsLilian Weng, co-founder of the AI startup Thinking Machines, announced her departure this week, citing the toll of startup life on her health. In an internal Slack message she later shared on X, Weng stated: “I don’t feel I’m able t...

OpenAI’s Surprising Offer to the Trump Team In a bold move that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence, OpenAI has reportedly floated the idea of giving the Trump administration a 5 percent cut of the AI boom. This proposal, if accepted, would mark a major shift in how the government pa...

OpenAI Announces Enhanced AI Content Detection and LabelingOpenAI has unveiled significant updates to improve the identification of AI-generated content online. The company is now integrating Google's SynthID watermarks into images created by ChatGPT, Codex, and the OpenAI API. This move complements...

Microsoft was worried that OpenAI might leave its Azure cloud platform and move to Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to internal documents. The tech giant feared that if OpenAI switched clouds, the AI startup would ‘shit-talk’ Azure, damaging Microsoft’s reputation in the cloud market. This conce...