We recently gave Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 the ability to end conversations in our consumer chat interfaces. This ability is intended for use in rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive interactions. This feature was developed primarily as part of our exploratory work on potential AI welfare, though it has broader relevance to model alignment and safeguards. Anthropic
TikTok is preparing an update to its Community Guidelines, which dictate the rules for participating on the social video platform as well as what standards the company users to determine the videos that make it onto its For You feed, TechCrunch reported.
Sam Altman turned OpenAI into a cultural phenomenon with ChatGPT. Now, three years later, he’s chasing where the real money is: Enterprise. CNBC reported.
In recent months, headlines have sensationalized stories of AI models "blackmailing" engineers and "refusing" to shut down, stoking fears of runaway artificial intelligence. But beneath these dramatic narratives lies a far less sinister truth: these alarming outputs emerged from theatrical, highly engineered testing environments—not real-world rebellion. This episode explores how models like OpenAI’s o3 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 ended
The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new Politico analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.9 billion by canceling contracts, but the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings the POLITICO could verify, DOGE’s
On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that GPT-4o has returned to ChatGPT following intense user backlash over its removal during last week’s GPT5 launch. The AI model now appears in the model picker for all paid ChatGPT users by default (including ChatGPT Plus accounts), marking a swift reversal after thousands of users complained about losing access to their preferred models, ArsTechnica reported.
AOL will officially discontinue its dial-up internet service on September 30, pulling the plug on an era that defined early internet access for millions of Americans, MacRumors reported. The Yahoo-owned company announced the shutdown on its support website, stating: “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet.” The termination includes the AOL Dialer software
Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to the new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopedia - wanted a judicial review of the regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its users. But it said
App Intents for Siri will make the upgraded digital assistant capable of handling considerably more tasks on a user’s behalf, and will be essential to the success of Apple’s future smart home hardware lineup, AppleInsider reported. The long-delayed overhaul of Siri will bring Apple’s assistive tool up to speed with rivals after years of lagging behind, when it eventually turns up.
OpenAI unveiled its latest generative AI model, GPT-5, on Thursday, CEO Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having a “superpower” and the equivalent of “a legitimate PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand, that can help you with whatever your goals are.” Gizmodo reported. But after a day of playing around with it, many people
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan addressed “misinformation” about his previous roles after President Donald Trump called for his resignation and raised ethical concerns, CNBC reported. “I want to be absolutely clear: Over 40+ years in the industry, I’ve built relationships around the world and across our diverse ecosystem - and I have always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards,”
OpenAI has claimed to have taken a “significant step” towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the launch of the upgrade to ChatGPT, but has admitted there are still “many things” missing in its quest to create a system able to do humans’ jobs, The Guardian reported.