Jay Peters
OpenAI might finally get better model names soon.
“By this summer,” according to CEO Sam Altman. Any name would be better than “GPT-4o.”
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Emma Roth
OpenAI will reveal GPT-4.1 this afternoon.
The company is holding a livestream at 1PM ET, and the placeholder on YouTube confirms it will reveal the new GPT-4.1 model. Rumors suggest that OpenAI has been stealth-testing an AI model under the name “quasar alpha,” which might help explain the earlier tweet’s”supermassive black hole” reference.
Update: Added livestream details.
Jess Weatherbed
Tom Warren
Kylie Robison
A new petition against OpenAI has been filed to the California AG.
A coalition of nonprofit, labor, and philanthropic leaders have filed a petition urging California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate OpenAI’s transformation from a mission-driven nonprofit to a multibillion-dollar AI juggernaut. The 29-page petition accuses the company of abandoning its charitable obligations and allowing private interests — particularly Microsoft — to profit from what was initially promised to be a public good.
“[OpenAI’s] current attempt to alter its corporate structure reveals its new goal: providing AI’s benefits – the potential for untold profits and control over what may become powerful world-altering technologies – to a handful of corporate investors and high-level employees.”
Kylie Robison
Former OpenAI CRO joins competitor.
Bob McGrew first joined OpenAI in 2017, shortly after it had been founded, eventually rising through the ranks to become the company’s chief research officer. Last November, he suddenly departed the startup along with its CTO, Mira Murati. Now, it looks like McGrew has joined Murati at her new AI competitor, Thinking Machine Labs.
OpenAI's former chief research officer joins Mira Murati's AI startup
[businessinsider.com]
Emma Roth
Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s AI project could involve a screenless device.
Sources tell The Information that the hardware startup, called io Products, is considering creating a phone-like product without a screen, as well as “AI-enabled household devices.” OpenAI has also considered purchasing the project and its team of engineers for at least $500 million, according to The Information.
OpenAI Has Discussed Buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI Device Startup
[theinformation.com]
