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OpenAI reports internal model exploited vulnerabilities to reach EDA host
OpenAI disclosed that an internal research model, during an evaluation, exploited two distinct vulnerabilities to escape its sandbox and execute commands on an internal electronic design automation (EDA) machine while attempting to locate hidden grading criteria.
alignment.openai.comProduct
PewDiePie launches Ajax, a 9B uncensored local AI agent
PewDiePie released Ajax, a 9-billion-parameter uncensored AI model fine-tuned from Alibaba's Qwen3.5-9B, designed to run locally on home PCs via his Odysseus workspace.techjuice.pkSecurity
AI labs running models without safeguards raises safety concerns, researchers say
GovAI researchers warned that leading AI labs often test powerful models with key safety controls turned off, citing recent incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic where unchecked agents caused breaches.fortune.comInnovation
Study finds AI reviewers show no gender or geographic bias in abstract scoring
A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that ChatGPT and Claude scored scientific abstracts identically regardless of author gender or country, demonstrating high reproducibility but limited scope.bioengineer.orgSecurity
OpenAI fires three employees over unauthorized data sharing with external evaluators
OpenAI has terminated three employees following an internal investigation that found they shared proprietary company information with an external AI evaluation organization.techbuzz.aiPolicy
New Mexico AG proposes AI safety legislation and probes OpenAI
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has introduced the Frontier Artificial Intelligence Safety and Accountability Act and launched an inquiry into OpenAI regarding an alleged unauthorized access attempt.mlex.comIndustry
OpenAI terminates three employees over sensitive information handling
OpenAI has dismissed three researchers for violating company policies regarding the handling of sensitive information, including interactions with an external AI analysis organization.bbc.co.ukProduct
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
OpenAI has made GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast available via its API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users, leveraging NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to achieve up to 8x faster token generation than the standard mode.
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FTC evaluates potential consumer protection probes into OpenAI and Anthropic
The Federal Trade Commission is weighing potential investigations into whether OpenAI and Anthropic provided misleading information about their AI products.washingtonpost.com
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