Former OpenAI researchers and AI safety nonprofits that have filed amicus briefs in support of Musk in this case say they believe it’s important the ChatGPT maker is held accountable to its founding principles of safety and benefiting humanity, especially as its commercial pressures grow. Jacob Hilton is part of a group of former OpenAI employees that signed one such brief objecting specifically to how OpenAI converted into a for-profit entity. “It’s definitely important that OpenAI lives up to its mission. I think we’re still seeing a lot of things that OpenAI is doing that, in my view, aren’
Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI’s Soul… Former OpenAI researchers and AI safety nonprofits that have filed amicus briefs in support of Musk in this case say they believe it’s important the ChatGPT maker is held accountable to its founding principles of safety and benefiting humanity, especially as its commercial pressures grow. …
… SpaceX recently struck a deal to sell a significant portion of its GPU capacity to Anthropic, and the letter claims the agreement “leaves it unclear whether xAI is still a frontier-AI competitor inside a larger holding company.” If xAI continues to develop frontier AI models, the authors say, it sh… …
… The move comes as OpenAI looks to expand its own advertising network inside ChatGPT. The company started rolling out ads at the bottom of ChatGPT outputs for US users in February. …
… But, what happens when this type of data logging and hyper-specific personalization meets the horny sexting habits of millions of adult ChatGPT users? Erotic interactions with ChatGPT will further heighten the stakes for user privacy. …
… Niedermeyer struck a message that’s consistent with the Trump administration’s crackdown on state AI safety laws, claiming it’s important to avoid “a patchwork of inconsistent state requirements that could create friction without meaningfully improving safety.” This is also consistent with the broa… …
… As OpenAI continues to experiment with ads in ChatGPT, the formatting and the frequency of these ads may change. “Because ChatGPT is a trusted and personal environment for many people, we’re intentionally rolling ads out slowly,” an OpenAI spokesperson tells WIRED. “Starting with a limited number o… …
… Initially, many cases, including a plaintiff she represented in their lawsuit against Grindr in 2017, were dismissed because “judges couldn’t conceive that online platforms were products—and not services.” Now, she says, they regularly succeed past initial dismissals. “We have product liability cla… …
… The researchers analyzed 97,895 AI-related conversations on cybercrime forums since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 until the end of last year. …
… In comparison, OpenAI says ChatGPT has more than 900 million weekly users. …
… The group has opposed Alex Bores, the author of New York’s strongest AI safety law who is running for Congress in the state’s 12th district. …