OpenAI Employees Accuse The Company Of Neglecting Safety & Security Protocols To Speed Through Innovations: Report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

OpenAI Employees Accuse The Company Of Neglecting Safety & Security Protocols To Speed Through Innovations: Report

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OpenAI has been at the frontline for quite some time when it comes to artificial intelligence and advanced Large Language Models. There have been instances wherein OpenAI employees have resigned from their positions while citing ignorance towards safety and security protocols as the reason. Recently another report has surfaced as per which OpenAI is speeding through and neglecting the safety and security protocols while developing new models. Three OpenAI employees have anonymously told The Washington Post that the team had been under pressure to speed through a new testing protocol which was specifically designed to “prevent the AI system from causing catastrophic harm, to meet a May launch date set by OpenAI's leaders.” The report has highlighted a similar incident which occurred before the launch of the GPT-4o. We basically failed at the process.” OpenAI employees have previously raised concerns about the company's apparent neglect of safety and security measures.

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Trump 2.0 is making OpenAI sweat as other AI players look forward to major shakeup
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OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company
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Hacker infiltrated OpenAI’s messaging system and ‘stole details’ about AI tech: Report
6 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
7 months ago

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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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LA Times  

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A former OpenAI leader says safety has ‘taken a backseat to shiny products’ at the AI company
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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Firstpost  

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1 year, 1 month ago

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LA Times  

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The Hindu  

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LA Times  

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LA Times  

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'If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong', OpenAI's Sam Altman calls for regulations amid greatest AI fears
1 year, 7 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Harris to meet with CEOs about artificial intelligence risks
1 year, 8 months ago

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The Independent  

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OpenAI has been asked to stop launching new GPT models: Know why
1 year, 9 months ago

OpenAI has been asked to stop launching new GPT models: Know why

India TV News  

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