AI company Sesame has open-sourced CSM-1B, the base model behind its realistic virtual assistant Maya, under a permissive Apache 2.0 license allowing commercial use. The 1 billion parameter model generates audio from tex...
Anthropic's newly launched coding tool, Claude Code, experienced significant technical problems with its auto-update function that caused system damage on some workstations. When installed with root or superuser permissi...
Miles Brundage, OpenAI's former head of policy research, criticized the company for mischaracterizing its historical approach to AI safety in a recent document. Brundage specifically challenged OpenAI's characterization...
California State Senator Scott Wiener has introduced SB 53, a new AI bill that would protect employees at leading AI labs who speak out about potential critical risks to society. The bill also proposes creating CalComput...
OpenAI's newest model, GPT-4.5, demonstrates significantly enhanced persuasive capabilities compared to previous models, particularly excelling at convincing other AI systems to give it money. Internal testing revealed t...
OpenAI has decided not to release its deep research model to its developer API while it reconsiders its approach to assessing AI persuasion risks. The model, an optimized version of OpenAI's o3 reasoning model, demonstra...
Reports indicate the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may terminate up to 500 employees, significantly impacting the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI). The institute, created under...
Ilya Sutskever's AI startup, Safe Superintelligence, is reportedly close to raising over $1 billion at a $30 billion valuation, with VC firm Greenoaks Capital Partners leading the round with a $500 million investment. Th...
OpenAI has updated its Model Spec policy to embrace intellectual freedom, enabling ChatGPT to answer more questions, offer multiple perspectives on controversial topics, and reduce refusals to engage. The company's new g...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concerns about the need for urgency in AI governance following the AI Action Summit in Paris, which he called a "missed opportunity." Amodei emphasized the importance of understanding...
