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OpenAI explains its goblin and gremlin infestation

OpenAI has been in “goblin mode” for months. Loading audio narration… On Monday, one X user pointed out an unusual line in Codex’s personality guide. The instructions tell Codex to have a “vivid inner life,” a “good ear” — and to get out of fairytale land.”Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons,…

Musk pitched naming OpenAI ‘Freemind’ in jab at Google, emails show

Newly-revealed courtroom exhibits in the blockbuster case between Elon Musk and Sam Altman show how OpenAI nearly ended up with a different name — one intended as a jab at an AI rival. Loading audio narration… Musk and Altman, along with others, founded OpenAI in December 2015 as a nonprofit…

OpenAI just bought tech talk show TBPN: ‘This is not an April Fools joke’

OpenAI is moving into an unexpected industry: media. Loading audio narration… The San Francisco AI giant just bought TBPN, a tech talk show that’s gone viral among Silicon Valley insiders, it announced Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed.Jordi Hays and John Coogan host the two-man talk show, which streams for…

OpenAI is scrapping the Sora app to chase bigger AI goals

OpenAI is pulling the plug on the Sora app — at least in the current form.The company confirmed it will discontinue Sora as a consumer app and API, marking a sharp pivot away from one of its splashiest generative video experiments.”We’ve decided to discontinue Sora in the consumer app and…