OpenAI reveals Daybreak, its attempt to topple Anthropic Mythos

Daybreak looks to rival Anthropic’s Mythos as a high-severity vulnerability detection tool, while also securing software from the start.

Ilya Sutskever discloses $7bn OpenAI stake during Musk-OpenAI litigation
Ilya Sutskever discloses $7bn OpenAI stake during Musk-OpenAI litigation

The former OpenAI chief scientist, who now runs Safe Superintelligence, gave the figure under oath. It places him among the largest individual shareholders in the company. Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist of OpenAI who now runs Safe Superinte…

OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos
OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos

OpenAI is launching Daybreak, an AI initiative focused on detecting and patching vulnerabilities before attackers find them. Daybreak uses the Codex Security AI agent that launched in March to create a threat model based on an organization’s code and focus on possible attack paths, validate likely vulnerabilities, and then automate the detection of the higher […]

OpenAI’s ‘Trusted Contact’ feature for ChatGPT users in crisis is a sign AI is becoming something much more personal

OpenAI’s new Trusted Contact feature suggests ChatGPT is evolving from a chatbot into emotional infrastructure.

OpenAI launches $4bn Deployment Company with TPG, Advent, Bain, and Brookfield
OpenAI launches $4bn Deployment Company with TPG, Advent, Bain, and Brookfield

OpenAI has set up a new venture called OpenAI Deployment Company, with more than $4bn in initial funding from a syndicate of 19 firms led by TPG and including Advent International, Bain Capital and Brookfield as co-lead founding partners, the company s…

Nvidia has already committed $40B to equity AI deals this year

Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem.

The University of Michigan invested 20 million dollars in OpenAI before ChatGPT existed. Court documents show the stake is now worth two billion.
The University of Michigan invested 20 million dollars in OpenAI before ChatGPT existed. Court documents show the stake is now worth two billion.

  The University of Michigan invested 20 million dollars in OpenAI before ChatGPT existed, before Microsoft committed billions, and before the company was worth more than some countries. Court documents from the Musk v. Altman trial revealed this week …

ChatGPT now lets you nominate a Trusted Contact who gets alerted if your interaction with AI ‘indicates a serious safety concern’

On top of its existing safety systems, ChatGPT is giving users the option to designate a trusted adult to reach out to.

Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

When OpenAI was busy experimenting with AI-powered gaming bots, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were in the early days of forming an AI partnership. Court documents from the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial have provided a rare look at the communications between Microsoft’s top executives about investing in OpenAI and fears […]

Everybody wants to rule the AI world
Everybody wants to rule the AI world

Sometimes, companies pick CEOs based on carefully laid succession plans designed to maximize investor confidence and future performance. Other times, apparently, companies pick CEOs based on a bunch of video calls while the current CEO is texting the former CEO about who the new CEO even is. Such was the story of The Blip, the […]