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Protesters Leak Access to OpenAI's Unreleased Sora Video Generator

A group of artists leaks access to OpenAI's unreleased Sora video generator to protest unpaid labor and PR manipulation. The public front end allows anyone to create 10-second videos before OpenAI shuts it down.

OpenAI Data Deletion Disrupts New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News reveal that OpenAI engineers accidentally erased crucial search data used to find copyrighted material in AI training sets. OpenAI disputes the claim and blames the publishers for a system misconfiguration.

OpenAI Backs Duke University Research to Predict Human Moral Judgments

OpenAI provides a $1 million grant to Duke University researchers to develop algorithms that predict human moral judgments in complex scenarios. The project raises significant questions about whether artificial intelligence can accurately navigate the nuances of ethics.

AI Data Center Builder Crusoe Energy Secures $686M in New Funding Round

Crusoe Energy secures $686 million toward an $818 million funding round to expand its AI data center infrastructure. The startup, which recently announced a massive joint venture in Texas, provides computing power to major tech players like Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI.

OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Voice Conversations to Web Browsers

OpenAI brings its Advanced Voice Mode to the web, allowing paying subscribers to have real-time audio conversations with ChatGPT directly in their browsers. The feature uses GPT-4o to understand non-verbal cues and respond with emotion.

Major Indian News Agency Sues OpenAI Over Copyright and AI Hallucinations

Asian News International initiates India's first copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of unauthorized training and generating fabricated news. The Delhi High Court schedules a detailed hearing for January to examine the complex legal and technical implications.

ServiceTitan Flags Microsoft and OpenAI LLMs as Major IPO Risk Factors

ServiceTitan highlights the dangers of relying on generative AI in its newly filed IPO documents, warning that large language models from Microsoft and OpenAI pose significant business risks.

OpenAI Explored Buying AI Chip Startup Cerebras in 2017

Newly released legal filings reveal that OpenAI once considered acquiring Cerebras, a custom AI chip startup currently pursuing an IPO. Co-founder Ilya Sutskever suggests routing the purchase through Tesla, though the deal ultimately falls through.

Early OpenAI Emails Reveal Fears of Musk Control and AI Dictatorship

Newly unsealed emails from OpenAI's early days show Ilya Sutskever warning Elon Musk against taking absolute control of the startup. The messages highlight deep concerns among founders about creating a dangerous AI dictatorship under a single leader.

OpenAI Brings Desktop App Integration to ChatGPT for Mac Developers

ChatGPT's macOS app now reads code directly from popular developer tools like VS Code and Xcode, eliminating the need to copy and paste. This new integration serves as an early step toward more advanced AI agent capabilities.

EU Releases First Draft Guidance to Help Major AI Models Comply With New Rules

The European Union publishes a preliminary Code of Practice to guide general-purpose AI providers like OpenAI and Google in meeting the requirements of the AI Act. The draft seeks public feedback to shape final compliance measures ahead of upcoming regulatory deadlines.

Musk Expands OpenAI Lawsuit to Include Microsoft as Defendant

Elon Musk revives his legal battle against OpenAI by adding Microsoft and several tech executives as defendants. The amended complaint accuses the companies of an illicit merger that harms Musk's own AI venture, xAI.

OpenAI Prepares to Launch Operator AI Agent in January

OpenAI plans to release a new AI agent tool called Operator as early as January, allowing the software to take direct actions on a user's computer. The tool will initially launch as a research preview for developers to compete with similar products from Anthropic and Google.

Anthropic CEO Predicts Superintelligent AI by 2027, Defends Scaling

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei insists that scaling up AI models remains the best path to superintelligence, despite rising costs and unpredictable behaviors. He predicts human-level AI could arrive by 2026 or 2027, raising concerns about extreme power concentration.