Fortune Magazine: Elon Musk's chances of winning second lawsuit against OpenAI slim
it looks unlikely that Elon Musk will win his second lawsuit against OpenAI, as analyzed by Fortune magazine. Musk is attempting to force the organization he previously founded to pay him triple the $44.6 million he donated over five years, and to force them to open source all research behind their neural network, GPT-4. Musk claims that a "founders agreement" he reached with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explicitly prohibits this possibility. However, he has failed to produce the agreement and instead argues that it is fully reflected in the organization's registration certificate from December 2015. (Fortune)
OpenAI bans accounts linked to Iranian influence operations
According to official sources, OpenAI announced the ban of accounts related to Iranian influence activities. These accounts used ChatGPT to generate content on multiple topics, including the US presidential election. It added that there was no evidence that this content reached a meaningful audience.
Microsoft: OpenAI is both a "strategic partner" and a "competitor"
According to a report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in July, Microsoft hopes that the federal government will regard its relationship with OpenAI as a frenemies (friend and enemy) relationship rather than a true partnership. In this 10-K form regular financial performance and status report, Microsoft declared OpenAI as its competitor in multiple paragraphs, and also claimed OpenAI as its "strategic partner" many times throughout the document.
Source: OpenAI rushed through safety tests
According to sources cited by The Washington Post, OpenAI rushed through safety tests before ensuring the safety of its products.
OpenAI is building a new AI model under code name 'Strawberry': Report
Strawberry extends on OpenAI’s Q* project announced last November, which some described as a technical breakthrough allowing for the development of “far more powerful” AI models.
Insider: OpenAI is developing a new AI model codenamed "Strawberry"
According to Reuters, informed sources said that ChatGPT developer OpenAI is developing a new artificial intelligence model in a project codenamed "Strawberry". The plan is currently underway and it is unclear how far "Strawberry" is from going public.Sources said that even within OpenAI, the working principle of "Strawberry" is a strictly guarded secret.It is reported that an internal document of OpenAI describes a project using the Strawberry model, which aims to enable the company's artificial intelligence to not only generate answers to queries, but also to make sufficient plans in advance, navigate autonomously and reliably on the Internet, and perform "deep research" as OpenAI claims.
New York Times: OpenAI did not disclose security vulnerabilities in 2023
On July 4, the New York Times reported that OpenAI experienced a security breach in 2023, but did not disclose the incident to external parties. It is reported that OpenAI executives disclosed the incident internally at a meeting in April 2023, but did not publicly disclose it because the attackers did not access information related to customers or partners. In addition, executives did not believe that the incident posed a national security threat because they believed the attackers were individuals not affiliated with foreign governments. They did not report the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other law enforcement agencies.
OpenAI reportedly considering shift to for-profit as CEO stacks board
The reported discussions come as the company adds a former NSA director to its board.
OpenAI Appoints Paul Nakasone to Board of Directors
According to Cointelegraph, OpenAI has appointed former NSA/CSS executive Paul Nakasone as a board member.
OpenAI considers turning into a for-profit company, paving the way for an IPO
According to sources cited by the Information , CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, recently told some shareholders that the company is considering changing its governance structure to become a profitable company similar to competitors Anthropic and xAI, and will no longer be controlled by non-profit directors of OpenAI. This change may open the door for OpenAI to eventually go public, with its current valuation reaching $86 billion. Additionally, this will also result in Altman holding company shares, with some investors currently pushing for this move.
