Washington Post partners with OpenAI to feature content in ChatGPT

The Washington Post has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to make its journalism accessible through ChatGPT. According to Todd Spangler’s article for Variety, the agreement will allow ChatGPT to display summaries, quotes, and links to Washington Post reporting in response to relevant search queries. The deal covers content across politics, global affairs, business, and … Read more

Sam Altman discusses AI safety, ethics and recent OpenAI developments

In a wide-ranging interview at TED2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed pressing questions about artificial intelligence safety, ethics, and the company’s future plans. The conversation, conducted by TED curator Chris Anderson, covered topics from OpenAI’s growth trajectory to the ethical implications of generative AI models. Altman revealed that ChatGPT has reached approximately 500 million weekly … Read more

Guide: GPT-4.1 prompts require more precise instructions

OpenAI has released a comprehensive prompting guide for its new GPT-4.1 family of models, highlighting significant improvements in coding capabilities, instruction following, and long context handling compared to GPT-4o. According to the guide published by OpenAI, developers may need to migrate their prompts because GPT-4.1 follows instructions more literally than previous versions, which tended to … Read more

OpenAI launches o3 and o4-mini with enhanced reasoning and visual capabilities

OpenAI has released two new AI models, o3 and o4-mini, designed to advance reasoning capabilities and introduce novel features like “thinking with images.” These models represent the company’s latest development in its o-series, coming just days after the release of GPT-4.1. The models’ most distinctive feature is their ability to not just recognize images but … Read more

OpenAI to discontinue GPT-4.5 API access by mid-July

OpenAI announced plans to phase out GPT-4.5, its largest AI model to date, from its API by July 14. According to reporter Kyle Wiggers from TechCrunch, developers will need to transition to alternative models, with GPT-4.1 being the recommended replacement. An OpenAI spokesperson explained that GPT-4.1 “offers similar or improved performance than GPT-4.5 in key … Read more

OpenAI launches GPT-4.1 with improved coding abilities and lower prices

OpenAI has released a new family of AI models called GPT-4.1, focusing on improved coding capabilities, better instruction following, and expanded context windows while simultaneously reducing prices. The new lineup includes three models: GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, all available immediately through OpenAI’s API but not yet in ChatGPT. Enhanced capabilities with focus on … Read more

Report: OpenAI reduces safety testing amid competition pressure

OpenAI has significantly shortened its safety testing period for new AI models, prompting concerns about insufficient safeguards. According to a Financial Times report by Cristina Criddle, testers now have just days to evaluate models compared to several months previously. Eight people familiar with OpenAI’s testing processes indicated that evaluations have become less thorough as the … Read more

OpenAI’s tools used to bypass spam filters on 80,000 websites

Researchers from SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs have discovered that spammers utilized OpenAI’s chatbot to generate unique messages that successfully bypassed spam filters on more than 80,000 websites over a four-month period. According to a report published by Dan Goodin on Ars Technica, the operation went undetected by OpenAI for at least four months before the company revoked … Read more

OpenAI and Elon Musk escalate legal battle over company’s for-profit transition

OpenAI has countersued Elon Musk, accusing him of harassment and trying to harm the company through “press attacks, malicious campaigns” and legal claims. The countersuit asks a federal judge to stop Musk from further actions against the AI company and hold him responsible for damages already caused. The legal dispute centers on OpenAI’s planned transition … Read more

OpenAI updates ChatGPT with expanded memory features

OpenAI is rolling out an enhanced memory feature for ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to reference past conversations across all interactions. The update aims to make ChatGPT’s responses more personalized and relevant by drawing on previous discussions without requiring users to repeat information. The new capability will initially be available only to ChatGPT Plus and … Read more