2025-11-03
Senator @MarshaBlackburn to Sundar Pichai: “Shut it down until you can control it.” [image]
TechCrunch
Google says it removed its AI model Gemma from AI Studio; in a letter to Google, Senator Blackburn said it fabricated sexual misconduct accusations against her
where models simply make things up about all types of things— and sycophancy — where models tell users what they want to hear — are challenges across the AI industry, particularly ...
2025-09-23
I've signed this call for global red lines on AI. I believe that without international regulation of AI, our chances of survival are slim. With the development of artificial superintelligence likely just a small number of years away, we need action on this urgently. [image]
Transformer
Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create “red lines” for AI development by the end of 2026
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer :
2024-12-27
New definition of AGI just dropped: it's after Microsoft and other investors manage to get $100B profit from OpenAI models
The Information
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits
Finally, a verifiable, numbers-based description of artificial general intelligence has arrived!
2024-06-18
Impressive AI video-to-audio generation by Google DeepMind. The videos they present were all initially generated with Google's video generation model, Veo. Eventually, it'll be possible to generate full-length movies from just a text prompt. The fundamentals are all there. [video]
TechCrunch
Google DeepMind is building AI tech to take raw pixels of videos and make synced soundtracks; the tech is not convincing, and Google has no public release plans
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
2024-06-12
The ex-employee asks an excellent question. [image]
CNBC
Current and former OpenAI staff are increasingly worried about its power over their equity, with no IPO in sight, restrictive company policies, and more
Hayden Field / CNBC :
2024-06-05
That they have got 4 current OpenAI employees to sign this statement is remarkable and shows the level of dissent and concern still within the company. However, it's worth noting that they signed it anonymously, likely anticipating retaliation if they put their names to it. [image]
Transformer
Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner says he was fired in April 2024 for writing a memo to the board over concerns about OpenAI's security practices
Leopold Aschenbrenner also said he was interrogated about his team's “loyalty to the company” — Leopold Aschenbrenner …
2024-05-30
(This surprised nobody) If you take billions in investment from Microsoft, and make yourself dependent on their cloud compute credits, you're going to get pushed around to serve their interests. [image]
Financial Times
Source: Microsoft pushed OpenAI to prioritize commercial products after the attempted coup against Sam Altman in November 2023, amplifying tensions at OpenAI
Financial Times :
(This surprised nobody) If you take billions in investment from Microsoft, and make yourself dependent on their cloud compute credits, you're going to get pushed around to serve their interests. [image]
The Information
Sources: Sam Altman and Satya Nadella recently met to discuss Microsoft's concerns about how OpenAI's deal with Apple might affect Microsoft's product ambitions
When OpenAI's board of directors ousted Sam Altman as CEO last year, it looked like a shocking derailment of a fast-rising career.
2024-03-14
While providing value for users, also potentially a great lever to have to manage bad press coverage in the future: Have users come to you for news, while also paying the people that write the news... Let's hope OpenAI have only the purest of intentions [image]
Bloomberg
OpenAI announces partnerships with Le Monde and Prisa Media to bring French and Spanish language news content to ChatGPT and help train OpenAI's models
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg :
2024-02-01
It's good to see that this is something that is being worked on. I am unsure to what extent I agree with design principle 3: “The risk from AI should be measured in terms of improvement over existing resources.” In the specific case of open-source, where models can be run on an...
Bloomberg
OpenAI says GPT-4 poses “at most” a slight risk of helping people create biological threats, per the company's early tests to evaluate “catastrophic” LLM risks
Mark Zuckerberg; Struggling Startups Are Looking For the Exits Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat : OpenAI study reveals surprising role of AI in future biological threat creation Tom Car...