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How Apple went to war on OpenAI and made peace with Meta
Read more: How Apple went to war on OpenAI and made peace with Metaapple wwdc24 event announcing partnership with openai On June 10, 2024, at the WWDC24 event, Apple previewed its new Apple Intelligence for its then-upcoming iOS 18. At the time, Apple was late to the generative AI scene and was desperately trying to upgrade an aging Siri. (That full upgrade of Siri with AI eventually took…
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Kevin Kelly, NYT Bestselling book author, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, files proposed Amicus Brief in support of OpenAI’s fair use
Read more: Kevin Kelly, NYT Bestselling book author, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, files proposed Amicus Brief in support of OpenAI’s fair useIn the OpenAI MDL litigation, the New York Times bestselling book author and founding executive editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly, just filed a proposed amicus brief vigorously defending fair use in OpenAI’s training of its models. This is the first amicus brief Kelly has filed in any of the AI cases. The brief was filed…
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8 States sue OpenAI for child safety concerns. PDF COMPLAINTs. Why bankruptcy is now in the picture for OpenAI.
Read more: 8 States sue OpenAI for child safety concerns. PDF COMPLAINTs. Why bankruptcy is now in the picture for OpenAI.Following recent successes in a social media addiction lawsuit filed by Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky against Facebook that resulted in a $16.7 billion settlement, 8 states have now sued OpenAI based on theories of alleged harms to both children and adults using ChatGPT. The 8 states each filed their suits in their own states…
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OpenAI ARR $20 billion lower than estimate. Mallaby: OpenAI faces “funding crisis”
Read more: OpenAI ARR $20 billion lower than estimate. Mallaby: OpenAI faces “funding crisis”OpenAI’s ARR is $20 billion lower than estimates, closer to $50 billion than the projected $70 billion. Earlier this year, Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations predicted in the New York Times that “OpenAI Will Run Out of Money” in the next 18 months. Since Mallaby said this in January, I guess he…
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The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) objects to OpenAI’s solving of math problems
Read more: The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) objects to OpenAI’s solving of math problemsOpenAI has tripled down on its open conflict with the academic world of mathematicians. A month ago OpenAI caused a kerfuffle by solving a Millennium Prize math problem for the Navier-Stokes existence. That itself was controversial — and provoked blowback from mathematicians. Well, instead of refraining from further uses of its AI to solve longstanding…
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In Atlantic, Greg Robinson explains why he quit OpenAI. AI companies in Silicon Valley lack “wisdom about how to handle dangerous technology”
Read more: In Atlantic, Greg Robinson explains why he quit OpenAI. AI companies in Silicon Valley lack “wisdom about how to handle dangerous technology”Adding to high profile departures from AI companies, Greg Robinson, one of the longest safety employees at OpenAI, just quit OpenAI. He criticizes the culture — and lack of wisdom — in Silicon Valley companies to handle dangerous technologies. He wrote: The future depends on wisdom that Silicon Valley lacks. Wisdom about how to handle…
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FTC opens investigation OpenAI, Anthropic for risks alleged from their AI
Read more: FTC opens investigation OpenAI, Anthropic for risks alleged from their AINot surprisingly, the FTC has officially opened an investigation of OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies after a series of high-profile incidents involving safety risks and rogue AI. This story was first reported by the New York Post. The article stated: “FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson launched the investigation before one of the AI models went…
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OpenAI apologizes to Australia for delayed notice of rogue AI hacking
Read more: OpenAI apologizes to Australia for delayed notice of rogue AI hackingOpenAI has issued another apology (the first was to Tumbler Ridge, Canada for the mass shooting), this time to Australia for the delayed notification of the rogue AI hacking incident on Australian health care website. Here’s the relevant portion: “Rebuilding trust with Australians Australia’s governments, industries, and citizens are and have been invaluable partners to…
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Australia Prime Minister Albanese: OpenAI belatedly notified Australia that OpenAI’s AI hacked into government health website this past summer
Read more: Australia Prime Minister Albanese: OpenAI belatedly notified Australia that OpenAI’s AI hacked into government health website this past summer“”I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, to express Australia’s extreme concern about this inciden. And I also expressed my disappointment that it took the company way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well was unacceptable,” said Prime Minister…
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British Columbia Province sues Sam Altman, OpenAI for role of ChatGPT in mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge. Lawsuits hit 38.
Read more: British Columbia Province sues Sam Altman, OpenAI for role of ChatGPT in mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge. Lawsuits hit 38.The Province of British Columbia and Board of Education of School District No. 59 just sued Sam Altman and OpenAI for their role in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge involving the shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar, who used ChatGPT at one point. Altman already issued an apology to Tumbler Ridge community for OpenAI’s failure to…