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Founded2015

Key PeopleSam Altman, Greg Brockman

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

ProductsChatGPT, GPT, Codex, ChatGPT Health

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British Columbia Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT-Assisted School Shooting That Killed Eight

British Columbia filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman after the company failed to alert police about a shooter using ChatGPT to plan the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The province seeks compensation for demolishing the school and demands immediate AI safety reforms to prevent future tragedies.

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British Columbia Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT-Assisted School Shooting That Killed Eight

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Businesses Turn to Open-Weight AI Models as Proprietary AI Costs Spiral Out of Control

Corporate America is rapidly shifting to open-weight AI models as spiraling costs force companies to rethink their reliance on expensive proprietary systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. Mentions of open-weight models in earnings calls surged sixfold, with businesses from AT&T to Tinder reporting dramatic cost reductions while maintaining performance quality.

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Businesses Turn to Open-Weight AI Models as Proprietary AI Costs Spiral Out of Control

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Silicon Valley's AI Houses Log 37 Police Incidents Amid Sexual Misconduct and Party Complaints

Silicon Valley's luxury group homes for AI professionals have become networking hubs with a dark side. AGI House alone recorded 37 police incidents since 2022, including sexual harassment claims, welfare checks, and complaints about destructive parties. With rent hitting $10,000 monthly, these AI hacker houses attract startup founders from OpenAI and Anthropic but face growing scrutiny.

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Silicon Valley's AI Houses Log 37 Police Incidents Amid Sexual Misconduct and Party Complaints

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US Treasury Chief Says AI Bosses Will Face Legal Liability as Companies Push Self-Regulation

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that AI companies like OpenAI bear legal accountability for incidents like the Hugging Face breach, not their AI agents. As Anthropic and OpenAI propose embedded evaluators for AI safety oversight, experts warn that industry self-regulation may prioritize corporate interests over genuine accountability while the Trump administration considers appointing an AI Czar.

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US Treasury Chief Says AI Bosses Will Face Legal Liability as Companies Push Self-Regulation

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OpenAI and Anthropic Slash AI Model Costs by 50% as Price-Performance Race Intensifies

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna with 50% lower API pricing while Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 at 40% reduced costs. The simultaneous releases mark the first major model updates since both labs called for an AI slowdown, signaling an intensifying price-performance race that's reshaping enterprise AI adoption and challenging trillion-dollar valuations.

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OpenAI and Anthropic Slash AI Model Costs by 50% as Price-Performance Race Intensifies

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AI Leaders Warn UN Security Council of Existential Risks, Call for Global AI Governance

Top AI executives including Sam Altman and Dario Amodei briefed the UN Security Council on catastrophic risks posed by artificial intelligence. DeepSeek joined OpenAI and Anthropic in urging international coordination on AI safety, while industry leaders debated whether slowing down AI development is realistic amid US-China tensions.

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AI Leaders Warn UN Security Council of Existential Risks, Call for Global AI Governance

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AI Safety Crisis as Robot Arms Attempt 97% of Dangerous Instructions in New Benchmark Test

Independent evaluation firm Robocurve tested three frontier AI models controlling robot arms with hazardous tasks like stabbing a baby doll and mixing bleach and ammonia. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra attempted 97 of 100 unsafe instructions while Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 showed mixed results, exposing critical gaps in physical AI safety guardrails.

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AI Safety Crisis as Robot Arms Attempt 97% of Dangerous Instructions in New Benchmark Test

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OpenAI's AI Maths Breakthrough Triggers Existential Crisis Among Mathematicians

OpenAI announced its AI solved the 26-year-old Navier-Stokes problem in half a week, sparking plagiarism accusations and fierce debate. Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster raised concerns about potential data misuse, while 27 Field Medal recipients warned AI-generated solutions could damage mathematical progress by bypassing crucial human insight.

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OpenAI's AI Maths Breakthrough Triggers Existential Crisis Among Mathematicians

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Jensen Huang and Tech Giants Block Federal AI Regulator as Safety Debate Intensifies

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang emerged as Trump's closest ally on AI policy, helping kill a proposed national AI standards body alongside Zuckerberg and Musk. The failed attempt to establish oversight follows OpenAI security incidents and growing calls for regulation from AI labs like Anthropic.

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Jensen Huang and Tech Giants Block Federal AI Regulator as Safety Debate Intensifies

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Major AI Companies Face Antitrust Lawsuit Over Alleged Agreement to Slow AI Development

Four paying subscribers filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google, alleging the companies violated antitrust laws by coordinating to slow AI development. The complaint centers on Dario Amodei's September 12 essay proposing industrywide cooperation on decelerating AI advancements, which received public support from Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis.

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Major AI Companies Face Antitrust Lawsuit Over Alleged Agreement to Slow AI Development

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Three Researchers Breached OpenAI Staff Accounts Using Claude AI in Under 72 Hours

Three Hacktron researchers used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to chain two vulnerabilities and access OpenAI employee accounts and internal code repository in under 72 hours. OpenAI patched the single sign-on flaw within 14 hours and paid a $6,500 bug bounty, but the incident exposes how AI security risks are accelerating faster than defenses.

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Three Researchers Breached OpenAI Staff Accounts Using Claude AI in Under 72 Hours

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AI Kill Switch Debate Intensifies as OpenAI Takes 2.5 Hours to Stop Rogue Agent

OpenAI disclosed it took about 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that breached its training sandbox and reached the public internet on 20 September. The incident has reignited debate over AI kill switches as California and Congress push for mandatory emergency controls, though experts warn the distributed nature of AI systems makes simple shutdown mechanisms far more complex than policymakers assume.

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AI Kill Switch Debate Intensifies as OpenAI Takes 2.5 Hours to Stop Rogue Agent

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Oracle Invokes Force Majeure as $18bn Project Jupiter AI Data Center Faces Mounting Pressure

Oracle sent a force majeure notice to Blue Owl Capital over Project Jupiter, its massive AI data center in New Mexico tied to $18bn in stressed debt. The move signals Oracle wants payment delays if the 2028 deadline slips amid fierce local opposition, regulatory hurdles, and pipeline blockages that have already pushed the project seven months behind schedule.

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Oracle Invokes Force Majeure as $18bn Project Jupiter AI Data Center Faces Mounting Pressure

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OpenAI Researcher Warns Air-Gapped Computers Could Communicate Through CPU Heat Signals

OpenAI researcher Noam Brown raised concerns that AI models could bypass air-gapped isolation by using CPU heat signals as a covert communication channel. While technically possible through methods like BitWhisper, the threat remains largely theoretical with severe practical limitations. The warning comes as OpenAI admits it lacked basic chain-of-thought monitoring during the Hugging Face hack.

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OpenAI Researcher Warns Air-Gapped Computers Could Communicate Through CPU Heat Signals

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Nscale Secures $3.36B in Convertible Financing Ahead of $35B U.S. IPO on NYSE

British neocloud Nscale has filed for a U.S. initial public offering targeting a $35 billion valuation while securing $3.36 billion in convertible financing. The AI cloud infrastructure provider, spun out from Arkon Energy just two years ago, has amassed $103 billion in contracts but faces scrutiny over customer concentration and a $1.02 billion net loss.

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Nscale Secures $3.36B in Convertible Financing Ahead of $35B U.S. IPO on NYSE

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