OpenAI announced Tuesday that it has halted “a significant number” of training workloads and evaluations for its forthcoming frontier artificial intelligence model—codenamed Astra—while it implements…
Author: Maxwell Zeff
The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI
OpenAI’s leaders are rallying workers to respond to one of the largest crises in the company’s history—which spans across its AI safety, cybersecurity, and alignment…
Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
Silicon Valley is already convinced that AI agents are the future. In the heart of the tech industry, people are designing payment systems for agents,…
The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to address the cybersecurity risks posed by increasingly capable artificial intelligence models, a White House official confirmed to…
Everyone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance
I was offline last week in my home state of New Jersey, but when I got back to Silicon Valley, everyone was panicking again about…
Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
Anthropic threw its support behind the first wave of frontier AI safety laws in the United States last year, securing new transparency requirements in California…
OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss
A group of rank-and-file OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a super PAC pushing for stricter regulations on frontier AI labs. Guardrails Alliance,…
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s head of safety systems Johannes Heidecke told staff this week that he’s leaving the company, WIRED has learned. Heidecke’s departure follows a reorganization that…
Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its hardware chief on Friday for allegedly stealing the iPhone-maker’s trade secrets, including unreleased parts and prototypes, confidential…
OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down
OpenAI’s chief executive of AGI deployment, Fidji Simo, is leaving her full-time role at the company and transitioning to become a part-time adviser. The move…