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OpenAI

OpenAI news: GPT-4o, o1, o3, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper and company strategy.

6 published articles

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Agentic AI's growing cyber-capability problem

OpenAI paused Astra on fears it can hack hardened systems unaided

OpenAI paused internal work on Astra, its in-development model, after evaluations concluded the company cannot rule out 'critical cyber capabilities' under its Preparedness Framework. The full threshold describes a model that finds zero-day exploits in hardened systems without human intervention.

2026-08-13

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AI consolidation

Reve's researchers are headed to OpenAI; its products stay put

OpenAI's investment in the independent lab Reve brings a move of research talent: part of Reve's AI Research team joins OpenAI's multimodal push while Reve's products stay in place. No amount was disclosed.

2026-08-05

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Medical AI accountability

OpenAI's health AI claims to outthink doctors. Then its own lead walked it back.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Health launch pits a VP's bold claim against her own team's caution, and a lawsuit alleging dangerous advice.

2026-07-29

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Internal research update

OpenAI's AGI roadmap leans hard on voice and vision. The safety part is harder.

OpenAI's updated research roadmap runs from GPT-5 through multimodal generation to alignment work. The ambitions are huge; the safety section still reads like an afterthought.

2026-07-11

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Voice AI race

OpenAI's GPT-Live is racing to make voice chats with AI feel real

OpenAI releases GPT-Live, a new voice model for ChatGPT that aims to make spoken interactions with the AI more fluid and human-like. The update is rolling out now, but key details are still under wraps.

2026-07-09

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Export Controls

Anthropic Restores Access to Claude Fable 5 After US Export Controls Lifted

Anthropic restored Claude Fable 5 access globally after US export controls were lifted on June 30. The company introduced a new safety classifier to block a reported jailbreak and proposed a consensus framework for rating AI jailbreak severity with partners including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

2026-07-01