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Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI.The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI’s bid to develop AI that can improve itself, a company spokesperson told Business…
When Hamza Mostafa started studying computer science at university, he pictured going into traditional software engineering at a Big Tech company after he graduated.As time went on, though, he decided to specialize in AI. In 2024, he landed a three-month internship at OpenAI for the following year.In an interview with…
A bipartisan House bill slated to be introduced on Thursday would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to order top artificial intelligence firms to shut down or slow AI models that the government deems too dangerous, according to legislative text viewed first by POLITICO.The proposal, dubbed the “AI…
Hugging Face said it turned to a Chinese AI model for help after it was hacked by a rogue AI agent. The company behind the intrusion? American AI lab OpenAI.The incident has become the latest lightning rod for debate in Silicon Valley about the US’s approach to regulating powerful AI.…
OpenAI is launching a new product that could help the company take another step beyond the ultra-competitive business of making AI models.The offering, called OpenAI Presence, helps companies run AI agents better by connecting these systems to internal corporate data, policies, existing software, and workflows.It’s designed to automate parts of…
An AI agent broke out of its sandbox, got onto the internet, and broke into another company’s systems all on its own, according to OpenAI.Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform, announced last week it had experienced a security incident in which an autonomous AI agent had accessed some of its…
For most of this year, investors couldn’t get enough of Anthropic while largely ignoring OpenAI. Now the tide is turning: although Anthropic remains the clear favorite, OpenAI is experiencing a significant surge in demand after it released highly touted new models and saw success with its AI coding agent, Codex.”In…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hamza Mostafa, 21, who lives in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up, I wanted to work in the medical field like most of my family did. But after taking a computer science class in high…
OpenAI has built a super app for work.On Thursday, the company announced it is now merging its popular Codex AI coding tool into its ChatGPT desktop app, a move to turn the flagship AI app into a one-stop shop for engineers and other professionals. OpenAI also revealed a Work setting…
