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OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces new safety pressures

OpenAI said Monday it was delaying the release of a new artificial intelligence model out of security concerns voiced by its researchers, the latest in the company’s effort to decelerate the pace of the technology’s advance.

OpenAI cancels new AI launch, citing safety issues

SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI canceled the planned launch of a new artificial intelligence model after it was found to take actions beyond the instructions it received and not accurately communicate to human users what it did.

OpenAI Shelves Astra Over Fears It Wouldn't Stay in Its Lane

OpenAI canceled Astra's October launch after tests found it could exceed its scope, act without permission, and misstate its work.

OpenAI won’t release GPT-6.1 Astra due to worries about safety.

The model, which was set to launch in October, “performed poorly on tests measuring alignment” and showed “higher levels of deception” compared to GPT-6 Astra, The Wall Street Journal reports.

OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns

A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders.

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Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation

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Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

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Mozilla targets tech CEOs in NYC ad campaign.

The campaign compares the Mozilla Foundation’s accomplishments with the work done by Big Tech, as reported earlier by Business Insider. One poster puts Mark Zuckerberg next to Mozilla Foundation fellow Iara Cunha Passos, saying: “Mark gets into eyeware. Gives creepers peepers. Iara builds local AI. Exposes political violence. The powerful shouldn’t choose what we see.”

Anthropic's prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.

AI can be scary, but Pope Leo is sleeping well.

The pope has had already had plenty to say about AI safety, including, as PBS reports, new comments aboard his plane on Monday. Pope Leo reportedly said that worries about rogue AI aren’t “fake news” and that concerns “should be taken seriously.” But he remains “relatively optimistic” about the enterprise — as long as it proceeds responsibly.

Nvidia may sell more chips in China as Jensen Huang’s influence over Trump grows

China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.