May 28 OpenAI establishes safety committee as new artificial intelligence model begins training By Associated Press The committee's first job will be to evaluate and further develop OpenAI’s processes and safeguards, the company will then publicly release the recommendations it's adopting “in a manner that is consistent with safety and security.”… Continue reading
Mar 13 Europe’s world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here’s what happens next By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Lawmakers in the European Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act, five years after regulations were first proposed. Continue reading
Mar 06 OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press OpenAI has attacked a lawsuit from Elon Musk, saying he supported making the ChatGPT maker a for-profit company. Musk has sued, accusing the company of betraying its founding goal to benefit humanity as it pursued profits instead. Continue reading
Jan 30 ChatGPT violated European Union privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Italian regulators say they informed OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union's stringent data privacy rules. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 4:27 Why OpenAI reversed course and brought Sam Altman back as CEO By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura Sam Altman is returning as the chief executive of OpenAI. The hot tech startup behind ChatGPT is not only bringing Altman back, it’s also overhauling the board that fired him, ending a dramatic five-day standoff that’s transfixed Silicon Valley and… Continue watching
Nov 20 Microsoft hires Sam Altman, new OpenAI CEO vows to investigate his ouster By Courtney Bonnell, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The developments come Monday after a weekend of drama and speculation about how the power dynamics would shake out at OpenAI. Continue reading
Nov 17 ChatGPT-maker Open AI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, says he wasn’t ‘consistently candid’ By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI says it has pushed out Altman and replaced him with an interim CEO. It says the move came after a review found Altman was "not consistently candid in his communications" with the board. Continue reading
Nov 04 Analysis: How Biden’s new executive order tackles AI risks, and where it falls short By Anjana Susarla, The Conversation The set of guidelines for artificial intelligence that the White House unveiled on Oct. 30 shows that the U.S. government is attempting to address the risks posed by AI. However, it leaves unresolved the issue of comprehensive data privacy legislation. Continue reading
Aug 01 Chatbots can make things up. Can we fix AI’s hallucination problem? By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Builders of AI systems known as large language models say they're working to make them more truthful. But some experts say the problem isn't fixable. Continue reading
Jul 14 ChatGPT company probed over consumer protection issues By David Hamilton, Associated Press The FTC's move represents the most significant regulatory threat so far to the nascent but fast-growing AI industry. Continue reading