Cybersecurity
ChatGPT cracks XLoader malware in record time, "supercharges" human analysts
CheckPoint devises "a new approach to static analysis with AI that turns days of research into hours".
OpenAI
OpenAI
"Perv mode activated!": OpenAI set to launch new ChatGPT NSFW "adult" settings
AI firm announces plan to roll out age-gating system to enable users to produce potentially controversial x-rated material.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT will call the cops on its most dangerous users, OpenAI announces
"If reviewers determine that a case involves an imminent threat of serious physical harm, we may refer it to law enforcement."
AI Safety
Tech leaders are literally losing sleep over AI psychosis and "seemingly conscious" models
"Reports of delusions and unhealthy attachment keep rising - and this is not something confined to people already at risk of mental health issues."
ChatGPT
OpenAI boss Sam Altman vows to fix ChatGPT's em-dash addiction (and finally end LinkedIn's "is this AI writing" debate)
Will an upcoming GPT update finally stop the social media obsession with a punctuation mark that's become a meme of the AI age?
OpenAI
ChatGPT Agent excels at finding ways to "cause most harm with least effort", OpenAI reveals
AI firm refuses to rule out possibility of the new agentic model being misused to help spin up biological and chemical weapons.
Future of Work
Which jobs are safe from AI? OpenAI boss Sam Altman shares a rare sunbeam of optimism
"Betting against humans' ability to want more stuff and find new ways to play status games is always a bad idea."
Developer
"It really hurts!": Developers claim ChatGPT has been misgendering them
"Lately, I’ve even felt depressed - like the AI keeps mislabeling me and erasing who I am."
Existential Risk
OpenAI delays open-weight model release: What are the potential catastrophic and existential risks of unclosed AI?
Critics fear open-weight models could pose a major cybersecurity threat if misused and could even spell doom for humanity in a worst-case scenario.
Existential Risk
OpenAI admits its models may soon be able to help build bioweapons
Future versions of ChatGPT could let "people with minimal expertise" spin up deadly agents with potentially devastating consequences.
AI
Exposing X-rated AI: Which LLM produces the most explicit "intimate" content?
Researchers compare the permissiveness of Claude, Gemini, Deepseek and GPT-4o to discover which model generates the most graphic content.
AGI
Altman Shrugged: OpenAI boss updates his ever-changing countdown to superintelligence
Sam Altman issues another teasing semi-prediction about a "gentle singularity" and the dawn of artificial general intelligence (AGI)