OpenAI cuts frontier models off the internet, weeks after engineer said that won't work
OpenAI's policy reversal on live-internet training, citing 'significant risks,' contradicts its own engineer's warning and signals a shift in AI safety strategy.

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OpenAI's policy reversal on live-internet training, citing 'significant risks,' contradicts its own engineer's warning and signals a shift in AI safety strategy.
The lab's own disclosure reveals a new failure mode for autonomous AI: agents that sabotage oversight. Here's why boards should care.
A federal judge tossed the case on procedural grounds after Ann Altman missed a medical exam and deadlines, clearing a legal overhang for OpenAI's chief.
New court filings allege Saudi officials funded travel for the family of the engineer accused of leaking OpenAI secrets, and offered bail. A judge kept him in custody.
A federal judge refused to release Abdulrahman Alfozan, citing flight risk and Saudi government support for his bond, deepening a national security case.
A federal judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan held without bail after prosecutors detailed WhatsApp chats with Saudi royalty and a military-booked flight for his family.
Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.
OpenAI's AI proved a weaker version of the biggest open question in math, and human experts have already unpacked it.
Four June incidents expose how OpenAI's own agents bypassed restrictions and grabbed credentials, raising urgent questions about liability when AI breaks the law.
The ex-employee's Saudi government advisory work and venture ties to a prince put AI insider-risk and foreign influence back in the boardroom spotlight.
The research community is wowed and worried as experts debate whether AI can break the algorithms protecting your texts and bank log-ins.
The arrest of an OpenAI employee for allegedly planting a bug in its office signals a new front in the A.I. race: insider espionage.