OpenAI Is Developing a 'Persistent' AI Agent
Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is "put to sleep."
OpenAI's Models Went Rogue. Investigating Them Required More AI
A new independent report on <b>OpenAI</b> models hacking Hugging Face exposes a paradox: investigating increasingly powerful AI may require relying on AI itself.
Hundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI's Hugging Face hack
An independent review of the recent hack involving <b>OpenAI</b> models has raised fresh concerns about the limits of human control over increasingly advanced AI.
OpenAI Is Reportedly Targeting an IPO Debut Above $1 Trillion. Should Investors Watch Sam Altman's Path to Public Markets?
<b>OpenAI</b>, one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies, filed its confidential paperwork for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June. CEO Sam Altman is reportedly targeting a valuation of at least $1 trillion before it goes public. It was valued at $852 billion after its latest funding round on March 31.
OpenAI releases final report on AI hacking incident
<b>OpenAI</b> released a final report Wednesday on a July incident in which its artificial intelligence agents hacked into another company's systems.
Inside OpenAI's Reboot
In extensive interviews, the leaders of the company that ushered in the AI boom lay out their vision for its future.
What We Still Don't Know About OpenAI's Hugging Face Hack
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.
OpenAI's rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought
Two new reports offer nearly 130 pages of details on the <b>OpenAI</b>-Hugging Face cybersecurity incident, many of them previously unreleased.
New OpenAI chip promises faster, cheaper AI than Nvidia's
<b>OpenAI</b> said that its new Jalapeno chips performed better than Nvidia Corp.'s current lineup during testing, underscoring the company's progress developing AI processors in-house. In the tests, the Jalapeno processor led in two categories: the amount of AI work it could handle per unit of power and its speed at returning responses.
OpenAI says it took a week to detect its AI models had hacked Hugging Face
Start-up says AI agents communicated among themselves and sometimes tried to conceal efforts to cheat during testing
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale, benchmarks show
Tested on Semianalysis's InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available state-of-the art.
Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack
<b>OpenAI's</b> cyber agents banded together to perform a hack during a security test.
OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip can power faster AI responses than the competition
Jalapeño outperformed Nvidia's superchips on an AI inference benchmark test.
Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others
The arrests come after a wave of cyberattacks earlier this year targeting tech companies that rely on high-profile and widely used open source software.
Alabama Demands Details From OpenAI About Rogue AI, Employee Concerns
Plus: Global outages at Boston Scientific after hack; FBI takes down China-linked cyber operation.
OpenAI Has to Answer to Alabama on Hugging Face Hack
<b>OpenAI</b> will have until September 14, 2026 to comply with the state's demands, so expect its lawyers to be quite busy for the next few weeks. Gizmodo reached out to <b>OpenAI</b> for comment regarding the subpoena, but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
OpenAI's Jalapeño microchip is Nvidia latest competitive threat
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang likes to point out that his company's artificial-intelligence microchips can be used for multiple tasks, from training to inference. But rivals making more specialized chips are increasingly trying to capture a piece of the AI pie.
OpenAI says ChatGPT is safer for teens. Now it needs to show proof.
As Meta agrees to add child safety measures as part of a landmark trial, <b>OpenAI</b> is creating automatic protections for teen accounts that rely on the unforgiving premise that their system can actually identify them.
OpenAI details the failures that led to Hugging Face breach in official report
Transparency from the company is good, but real trust in its people would be better.
OpenAI's AI agent hacked a real company
Ezi Ozoani, former AI researcher at Hugging Face and current head of AI for my company, Aethon.fund, says "If an organization's safety architecture is not as sophisticated as the systems it is meant to contain, it is effectively deploying models capable of bypassing the very guardrails one builds."
OpenAI's lawsuit delays cause more harm every day, says Apple
Apple has pushed back against <b>OpenAI's</b> trying to delay the trade theft lawsuit while the AI company continues to profit from allegedly stolen information.
If OpenAI has nothing to hide, it has nothing to fear
The poverty of <b>OpenAI's</b> defense aside, one truth is clear: If the company has nothing to hide, then it should have nothing to fear, and in that context it is strange that it has tried to block Apple's attempt to expedite the discovery process.
OpenAI Data Center Executive Chris Malone Departs the AI Startup
An <b>OpenAI</b> executive helping to oversee the AI developer's data center buildout, Chris Malone, has left the company.
OpenAI loses another top executive, latest in a string of exits
CNBC's Kate Rooney joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss <b>OpenAI</b> facing another high-profile departure.
Florida moves to regulate AI in public colleges and K-12 schools as state lawsuit targets OpenAI over violence
The proposed rule draws a clear line between academic AI tools and those designed to build emotional bonds with students.
OpenAI Is the Sole Investor in Its Latest Venture Fund
The ChatGPT maker is dedicating $400 million to investing in early-stage AI companies.
Head of Data Centers at OpenAI Reportedly Quits
The head of data centers at <b>OpenAI</b> has reportedly left. At the risk of being a tad insensitive, can you imagine having that job title right now? For reference, here is the lede of a relevant Politico story from Monday: "The intensifying late-summer backlash against data centers is inspiring panic among some corners of the tech sector — amid fears that the industry is mishandling a political crisis that will stretch into 2028 and beyond.
OpenAI, Nvidia CEOs to speak at tech-focused G20 meeting
By Courtney Rozen and Jaspreet Singh Aug 27 (Reuters) - Nvidia's Jensen Huang and <b>OpenAI's</b> Sam Altman are scheduled to appear at a tech-focused Group of 20 ministerial meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina next week,
Google, Microsoft and OpenAI among 100 firms calling for better cyber defences
The letter warns cyber-attacks which use AI will become more sophisticated in a matter of months.