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Sam Altman’s OpenAI o3 model—which was deprecated late last week with the release of GPT-5—demolished Elon Musk’s Grok 4 in four straight games Thursday to win Google’s Kaggle Game Arena AI Chess Exhibition.You may think it was a super complex spectacle of high tech behemoths putting their reasoning to the ultimate test, but as an…
In brief Developers report regressions in coding ability, raising doubts about GPT-5’s “reasoning powerhouse” claim. Rollout frustrations mount as older models vanish and access differs sharply across pricing tiers. PR stumbles and ethical concerns deepen skepticism around OpenAI’s most ambitious model yet. OpenAI’s much-hyped launch of GPT-5—touted as a groundbreaking leap in artificial intelligence—has instead…
In brief GPT-5 launched with unified multimodal powers—text, images, voice, and live video—all in one package; no more juggling separate bots for every task. Rollout starts today for all ChatGPT users, but power features and top speed go to Pro subscribers; Microsoft plugs it into Copilot and GitHub on day one. OpenAI touts “expert-level reasoning”…
In brief OpenAI unveiled GPT‑5 today during a livestream event, following weeks of speculation. The company released two open-weight models earlier this week. After weeks of speculation, OpenAI unveiled the next generation of its flagship AI model, GPT‑5. The new model, which creates a simpler interface to the world’s most popular AI platform, arrives amid…
In brief OpenAI’s cryptic teaser shows the sign “GPT-4o” morphing into what seems to be “GPT-5.” CEO Sam Altman has been fueling the hype with memes and no-so-accidental screenshots featuring the model. Github leaks point to different GPT-5 variants touting agentic-like logic and unified architecture, with leaks benchmarks showing outstanding scores OpenAI dropped a teaser…
In brief Universal Pictures has begun adding legal warnings to film end credits stating movies “may not be used to train AI.” The warnings appear on recent releases including “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Jurassic World Rebirth.” AI firm Midjourney filed a response Wednesday to a lawsuit defending against Disney and Universal’s copyright infringement…
In brief Senators cited concerns that DeepSeek’s R1 model could leak U.S. user data or aid Chinese military operations. The letter requests an investigation into potential backdoors, data flows to China, and licensing violations. Some experts warn open-source models may expose enterprises to security risks even without direct state involvement. A group of Republican lawmakers…
In brief Apple is raising its U.S. investment to $600 billion over four years. A new manufacturing program expands U.S. chip and component production. New facilities are underway in Texas, Kentucky, Arizona, and more. Trump’s tariff threat on semiconductors appears to be accelerating tech reshoring, with Apple pledging substantial investment in U.S. investments to sidestep…
In brief OpenAI released its first open-source models in years, GPT-OSS-120b/20b, hyped for jailbreaking resistance. Pseudonymous jailbreaker Pliny the Liberator cracked them in hours. Pliny’s GitHub of jailbreaks has a library of prompts to “liberate” the most important AI models. OpenAI just released its first open-weight models since 2019—GPT-OSS-120b and GPT-OSS-20b—touting them as fast, efficient,…
In brief Trump Media and Technology Group is working with AI giant Perplexity. The two companies have released an AI-powered search engine for President Trump’s Truth Social platform. Trump Media has a number of crypto-related ventures. Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, is working with artificial intelligence giant…
