OpenAI just dropped a new report that reads like a mix between a cybersecurity thriller and a corporate therapy session. The company detailed how it’s fighting off everything from cybercriminals to government-backed influence campaigns, all while trying not to freak out…
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity
Perplexity is finding out that not everyone’s thrilled about its rise. This week, Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued Perplexity, accusing it of copyright infringement, trademark violation, and stealing away precious web traffic. The complaint, filed in New York federal court, paints…
OpenAI wants chatbots to guess less, admit more
OpenAI has a confession to make: even the smartest chatbots are still making stuff up. In a new research paper, the company asks the question many of us have screamed at our screens: why do large language models like GPT-5 still…
AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton gets dumped via ChatGPT essay
Geoffrey Hinton, the man affectionately nicknamed the “godfather of AI,” has spent years warning the world that AI could one day spell humanity’s doom. But in a twist even he probably didn’t see coming, AI recently came for his love life…
OpenAI reshuffles AI personality team, starts new OAI Labs
OpenAI is shuffling its Model Behavior team, a group of about 14 researchers. According to a memo from chief research officer Mark Chen, the squad will be folded into the larger Post Training team, the group that polishes up models after…
xAI sues Apple over “anti-competitive” ChatGPT deal
Elon Musk’s xAI filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Apple and OpenAI, claiming their partnership to integrate ChatGPT into iPhones creates an anti-competitive monopoly that blocks rival AI chatbots. The complaint, filed in Texas federal court, argues Apple’s exclusive deal prevents…
Elon Musk tried (and failed) to buy OpenAI for $97.6 Billion
According to new court filings, Musk attempted to acquire OpenAI for $97.6 billion, seeking investment from none other than Mark Zuckerberg. According to Business Insider, the plan fell apart when neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed on, and Musk soon left OpenAI’s…
OpenAI brings back old ChatGPT models after users throw tantrum
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT users a bit of déjà vu: after a storm of complaints, the company has brought back its old model picker, letting folks choose from a menu of past and present AI brains. According to Engadget, users can…
Reddit will block AI from scraping its Internet Archive
Reddit is making big changes to how its content can be saved by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, a popular online tool that lets people see old versions of websites. From now on, the Wayback Machine will mostly be blocked from…
OpenAI launches two new open-source AI models
OpenAI has launched two new open-access AI models, called gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, marking its first major open release since GPT-2 in 2019. These models are now available for free on Hugging Face, a popular platform for AI developers. OpenAI says these…