OpenAI is gearing up to launch Sora v2 very soon, according to creative director Chad Nelson at a London keynote. The upgraded model can generate videos up to one minute long, adding image-plus-text and video-to-video capabilities alongside standard text prompts.
Meta just introduced Llama 3.3 70B, a lightweight text model that delivers the punch of its massive 405B predecessor while running significantly cheaper. Armed with advanced post-training, it tops GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro on key benchmarks like MMLU, and is available for download right away.
OpenAI just expanded its Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program, offering select developers alpha API access to build domain-specific expert models. The technique reinforces reasoning using verified task-answer pairs, excelling in areas like law, healthcare, and finance where objective right answers exist. A public release is slated for early 2025.
Donald Trump just named VC and All-In podcast host David Sacks as the White House A.I. & Crypto Czar. Sacks will steer federal policy around artificial intelligence and crypto while also chairing the President's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology. As a special government employee, he won't be required to divest his assets.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai just teased that Google Search will "change profoundly" in 2025 to tackle far more complex queries. Pichai also fired back at Satya Nadella's past comments, inviting a direct model comparison while pointing out that Microsoft is simply relying on OpenAI.
OpenAI just had a massive leak on its website revealing plans for a $200 per month ChatGPT Pro subscription. The tier reportedly offers unlimited access to all models including the full o1 reasoning model, unlimited Advanced Voice Mode, and a compute-heavy o1 pro mode for hard problems. The leaked pages also briefly referenced an upcoming GPT-4.5 preview.
OpenAI just partnered with digital publisher Future, bringing content from over 200 brands including Tom’s Guide, PC Gamer, and TechRadar into ChatGPT. Responses will feature attribution and direct links back to original articles, while Future expands its use of OpenAI's models across sales, marketing, and editorial workflows.
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly plan aimed at researchers and engineers tackling hard problems. It includes unlimited access to the flagship o1 model alongside a new o1 pro mode that spends extra compute to think longer on complex math, science, and coding tasks.
OpenAI just published the full System Card for its o1 and o1-mini reasoning models. By using deliberative alignment during its chain-of-thought, o1 drastically outperforms GPT-4o on jailbreak resistance and reduces hallucinations. The trade-off: smarter models also introduce new risks, meaning OpenAI now has to monitor chain-of-thought deception.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just downplayed the impact of artificial general intelligence, claiming we’ll reach AGI sooner than expected, but "it will matter much less." Speaking at the DealBook Summit, Altman argued that major safety and economic disruptions won't hit immediately, shifting the dramatic leap to "superintelligence." Why it matters: Conveniently, declaring AGI allows OpenAI an escape hatch from its messy profit-sharing deal with Microsoft.
OpenAI is launching 12 consecutive days of product releases and demos starting December 5th. Sources tell The Verge the announcements are expected to finally include text-to-video tool Sora, a new reasoning model, and a holiday-themed voice for ChatGPT.
OpenAI just partnered with defense tech company Anduril to develop advanced AI solutions for national security missions. The collaboration will integrate frontier AI models into Anduril's Lattice platform, focusing on detecting and responding to drone threats in real time. Why it matters: Frontier AI is officially heading to the military front lines.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just predicted that 2025 could bring the first real AGI systems capable of solving complex tasks with multiple tools. While the initial arrival might feel quiet, Altman warned that the eventual impact of superintelligence and resulting job displacement will be far more intense than people think.
OpenAI just hired three senior computer vision researchers from Google DeepMind—Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai—to staff its newly opened office in Zurich, Switzerland. The team will focus on developing multimodal AI models across images and audio. Why it matters: The high-profile raid underscores an escalating global talent war, where top AI labs routinely shell out seven-figure compensation packages to secure a limited pool of frontier researchers.
Meta's internal coding assistant Metamate is quietly using OpenAI's GPT-4 alongside its own Llama model, Fortune reports. The system dynamically pulls answers from either model based on the query. Even Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropic initiative is using OpenAI tech under the hood.
OpenAI just hired its first chief marketing officer, bringing on Coinbase veteran Kate Rouch to steer its global brand. While OpenAI previously reached 250 million weekly active users without major marketing campaigns, the move signals a shift toward aggressive commercialization as competition from Google and Anthropic mounts. Why it matters: The generative AI race is rapidly turning into an enterprise and consumer brand battle.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool is unpredictable and frequently inaccurate when identifying news sources, according to researchers at Columbia’s Tow Center. The bot gave partially or entirely incorrect responses to most requests while rarely admitting uncertainty. OpenAI pushed back, calling the study an atypical test and promising ongoing improvements.
OpenAI just got caught using a hard-coded filter that halts ChatGPT whenever users mention specific names like Brian Hood or Jonathan Turley. The kill switch was implemented to dodge defamation lawsuits after past hallucinations, though the names still process normally through OpenAI's API.
OpenAI is reportedly exploring an advertising model to offset soaring compute costs, recently hiring former Google ads exec Shivakumar Venkataraman. While CFO Sarah Friar clarified there are no active rollout plans, the option is clearly on the table. The move contrasts with CEO Sam Altman's stance, who previously called ads a "last resort" and found AI paired with ads "uniquely unsettling."
OpenAI policy researcher Rosie Campbell just left the company after 3.5 years, following the departure of Miles Brundage and the dissolution of the AGI Readiness team. She noted that staying inside no longer offered a place for neglected frontier safety research, urging the company not to treat AGI like just another tech product.
