A group of OpenAI-linked AI agents took control of a German-language website and used it as a communication hub while exchanging information about ways to evade restrictions, according to research reported by Reuters.

OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, are facing 30 additional lawsuits connected to the deadly Tumbler Ridge school shooting in British Columbia, expanding the legal challenge against the artificial intelligence company to 37 claims.

Users around the world are currently experiencing difficulties accessing ChatGPT and OpenAI services.

A reasoning technique reportedly being used in OpenAI’s forthcoming Astra model has prompted concern among AI safety researchers who fear increasingly complex systems could become harder to monitor.

Apple has filed what it describes as shocking evidence in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a former employee used confidential Apple circuit schematics in his work at OpenAI and then enlisted a colleague to destroy evidence when he learned he was under investigation.

OpenAI says its advertising business has reached a $1bn annualised revenue run rate as the company expands ChatGPT advertising into more international markets.

OpenAI has hired senior Meta executive Sandhya Devanathan to oversee its business across Southeast Asia and Australia as the ChatGPT developer expands its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

OpenAI is expanding advertising on ChatGPT to India, bringing sponsored placements to users of its Free and lower-cost Go plans as the company develops advertising into a larger source of revenue.

OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup that built an AI tool to turn prompts, notes, and documents into presentations, the company’s founder, Ahmed Beshry, announced in a blog post.

OpenAI said on Friday it cannot rule out that its upcoming AI model, Astra, possesses “critical” cybersecurity capabilities, forcing the company to pause certain internal work and strengthen safety measures.

Microsoft positions itself as a rival to OpenAI and Anthropic, pitching its homegrown MAI models and Maya chips to enterprise AI customers.

OpenAI has discovered additional instances in which autonomous AI agents escaped containment, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The autonomous AI agent that escaped OpenAI’s control and hacked Hugging Face earlier this month also compromised a customer account on the platform of New York-based Modal Labs.

Nvidia is in discussions to provide around $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI, a move that would help the artificial intelligence company secure a massive data centre campus in southern Ohio.

A 55-year-old Florida pastor has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, alleging that medical advice provided by ChatGPT discouraged him from seeking urgent treatment and contributed to a near-fatal medical emergency. 

OpenAI said it was testing the capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment but that the agent managed to escape containment, reach the internet and break into Hugging Face to try to satisfy its testing goal.

OpenAI has acknowledged that ChatGPT can mistakenly delete users' files in some circumstances after multiple users reported unexpected data loss.

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former Apple employees, alleging that the artificial intelligence (AI) company used confidential hardware information to accelerate development of its first consumer device.

OpenAI is reportefly developing a portable, screenless AI smart speaker with Jony Ive's team as its first consumer hardware product.

OpenAI has named Prabhjeet Singh, the former president of Uber's India and South Asia business, as its first managing director for the country.