Isabella Ward
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OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns (opens the original)
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OpenAI has cancelled plans to release its latest GPT-6.1 Astra system next month after the model failed to meet safety standards. Research and safety leaders decided not to ship the model after finding it was worse at sticking to human users’ values and goals than previous systems, OpenAI told WIRED. “It didn’t quite meet the bar in terms of staying within scope and authorization, and how it communicates back to the user about the type of work it’s done,” head of safety systems Saachi Jain said.
OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government (opens the original)
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OpenAI said it has paused training its most powerful artificial intelligence models as incidents of agents breaching websites’ security controls or posting to third-party sites continue to pile up. On Friday, OpenAI said it had notified “dozens” of bodies, including governments, universities, and public agencies, who might have been impacted by its models’ activities on the internet during training and evaluation. The company has identified cases of OpenAI agents breaching security controls and
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Get Musk and X Out of a $137 Million EU Fine (opens the original)
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The US government is trying to get Elon Musk and his social media platform X out of a $137 million fine by the European Union in an escalation of its criticism of the bloc’s tech rules. The US Department of Justice said it had filed an application with the help of the Department of State to support a legal challenge by Musk to annul the case in the EU’s General Court. The Luxembourg-based court will now decide whether the US has a right to intervene. The US government is arguing that it should b
An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australiaâs Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later (opens the original)
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Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an agent hacked into its health statistics portal in the first widely known incident of an AI agent hacking a government website. The Australian government is reviewing whether it should involve the federal police after the agent accessed non-public files from the social and health services agency, Services Australia, in June. Australia only found out about the incident when OpenAI alerted the government on September 10âalmost three
The EU Wants to Break Up Kids and Their Chatbots (opens the original)
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The EU plans to ban chatbots from simulating emotions or interpersonal relationships in interactions with anyone under the age of 18 as the bloc tries to stop children from developing emotional dependencies on the technology. The rules will be part of the EU Kids Act, proposed on Thursday, which includes similar restrictions on minors’ access to social media and video-sharing platforms. Children under 13 will be banned from accessing chatbots without their guardians’ supervision, and digital pla
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