Departures might be dominating the week’s OpenAI-related headlines. But comments on AI bias from Anna Makanju, the company’s VP of global affairs, also grabbed our attention. Makanju, speaking on a panel at the UN’s Summit of the Future event on Tuesday, suggested that emerging “reasoning” models such as OpenAI’s o1 have the potential to make […]
OpenAI’s chief research officer has left
OpenAI’s chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI’s CTO, Mira Murati, announced she would be departing. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed the two latest resignations in a post on X Wednesday evening, along with transition plans. “Mira, Bob, and Barret made these decisions independently […]
Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X
OpenAI’s official press account on X appears to have been compromised by the same cryptocurrency scammers who did the same with company leadership in previous months. Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently created to spotlight product- and policy-related announcements, posted about a supposedly new OpenAI-branded blockchain token, “$ OPENAI.” “We’re very happy […]
This Week in AI: Why OpenAI’s o1 changes the AI regulation game
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It’s been just a few days since OpenAI revealed its latest flagship generative model, o1, to the world. Marketed as a “reasoning” model, o1 essentially takes longer to “think” about questions before answering them, breaking down […]
Sam Altman departs OpenAI’s safety committee
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leaving the internal commission OpenAI created in May to oversee “critical” safety decisions related to the company’s projects and operations. In a blog post today, OpenAI said the committee, the Safety and Security Committee, will become an “independent” board oversight group chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter, and including […]