{"id":841240,"date":"2025-04-16T04:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/all-of-the-updates-about-openai\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T04:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:11:49","slug":"all-of-the-updates-about-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/all-of-the-updates-about-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"All of the updates about OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"updates-section\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjQ5NDMw\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195810\/EMMA_ROTH.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/649430\/openai-nonprofit-commission-advisors\">OpenAI names new nonprofit \u2018advisors\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI has revealed the \u201cadvisors\u201d for its new nonprofit commission: Dolores Huerta, Monica Lozano, Dr. Robert K. Ross, and Jack Oliver. The company says the four advisors will help \u201cinform OpenAI\u2019s philanthropic efforts,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/nonprofit-commission-advisors\/\">an announcement on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huerta was a prominent labor activist during the 20th century, while Lozano was the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation and is a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2021\/01\/monica-lozano-joins-apples-board-of-directors\/\">Apple\u2019s board of directors<\/a>. Ross previously served as president and CEO of the health and wellness foundation The California Endowment, and OpenAI says Oliver is a \u201cleader in government, technology, business and advocacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/649430\/openai-nonprofit-commission-advisors\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjQ4MTMw\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/648130\/openai-social-network-x-competitor\">OpenAI is building a social network<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo collage of Sam Altman in front of the OpenAI logo.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25431700\/STK201_SAM_ALTMAN_CVIRGINIA_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo collage of Sam Altman in front of the OpenAI logo.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25431700\/STK201_SAM_ALTMAN_CVIRGINIA_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>While the project is still in early stages, we\u2019re told there\u2019s an internal prototype focused on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/636529\/images-chatgpt-openai-studio-ghibli-copyright\">ChatGPT\u2019s image generation<\/a> that has a social feed. CEO Sam Altman has been privately asking outsiders for feedback about the project, our sources say. It\u2019s unclear if OpenAI\u2019s plan is to release the social network as a separate app or integrate it into ChatGPT, which became the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/11\/chatgpt-became-the-most-downloaded-app-globally-in-march\/\">most downloaded app<\/a> globally last month. An OpenAI spokesperson didn\u2019t respond in time for publication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/648130\/openai-social-network-x-competitor\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjQ3ODk2\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Jess Weatherbed\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195820\/JESSICA_WEATHERBED.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/647896\/openai-chatgpt-gpt-4-1-mini-nano-launch-availability\">OpenAI debuts its GPT-4.1 flagship AI model<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI has introduced GPT-4.1, a successor to the GPT-4o multimodal AI model launched by the company last year. During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kA-P9ood-cE\">a livestream on Monday<\/a>, OpenAI said <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/gpt-4-1\/\">GPT-4.1 has an even larger context<\/a> window and is better than GPT-4o in \u201cjust about every dimension,\u201d with big improvements to coding and instruction following.<\/p>\n<p>GPT-4.1 is now available to developers, along with two smaller model versions. That includes GPT-4.1 Mini, which, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/18\/24200714\/openai-new-cheaper-smarter-model-gpt-4o-mini\">like its predecessor,<\/a> is more affordable for developers to tinker with, and GPT-4.1 Nano, an even more lightweight model that OpenAI says is its \u201csmallest, fastest, and cheapest\u201d one yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/647896\/openai-chatgpt-gpt-4-1-mini-nano-launch-availability\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195810\/EMMA_ROTH.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI will reveal GPT-4.1 this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The company is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAI\/status\/1911782243640754634\">holding a livestream<\/a> at 1PM ET, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kA-P9ood-cE\">placeholder on YouTube<\/a> confirms it will reveal the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/646458\/openai-gpt-4-1-ai-model\">new GPT-4.1 model<\/a>. Rumors <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/slow_developer\/status\/1911790913346830627\">suggest<\/a> that OpenAI has been stealth-testing an AI model under the name \u201cquasar alpha,\u201d which might help explain the earlier tweet\u2019s\u201dsupermassive black hole\u201d reference.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update:<\/strong> Added livestream details.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjQ2MzA4\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Jay Peters\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195819\/JAY_PETERS.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/646308\/openai-countersues-elon-musk\">OpenAI countersues Elon Musk to stop his attacks and \u2018fake takeover bid\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25893381-20250409-openai-defendants-counterclaims-answer-and-defenses\/\">a countersuit<\/a> against Elon Musk on Wednesday, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAINewsroom\/status\/1910105151492575611\">on X<\/a> that \u201cElon\u2019s nonstop actions against us are just bad-faith tactics to slow down OpenAI and seize control of the leading AI innovations for his personal benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, OpenAI\u2019s lawyers argue that \u201cMusk\u2019s continued attacks on OpenAI, culminating most recently in the fake takeover bid designed to disrupt OpenAI\u2019s future, must cease. Musk should be enjoined from further unlawful and unfair action, and held responsible for the damage he has already caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/646308\/openai-countersues-elon-musk\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A new petition against OpenAI has been filed to the California AG.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of nonprofit, labor, and philanthropic leaders have filed a petition urging California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate OpenAI\u2019s transformation from a mission-driven nonprofit to a multibillion-dollar AI juggernaut. The <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutblaw.com\/bhNa\">29-page petition<\/a> accuses the company of abandoning its charitable obligations and allowing private interests \u2014 particularly Microsoft \u2014 to profit from what was initially promised to be a public good.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[OpenAI\u2019s] current attempt to alter its corporate structure reveals its new goal: providing AI\u2019s benefits \u2013 the potential for untold profits and control over what may become powerful world-altering technologies \u2013 to a handful of corporate investors and high-level employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former OpenAI CRO joins competitor.<\/p>\n<p>Bob McGrew first joined OpenAI in 2017, shortly after it had been founded, eventually rising through the ranks to become the company\u2019s chief research officer. Last November, he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/25\/24254431\/openai-cto-mira-murati-leaving\">suddenly departed the startup<\/a> along with its CTO, Mira Murati. Now, it looks like McGrew has joined Murati at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/614621\/mira-murati-thinking-machines-lab-openai-competitor-launch\">her new AI competitor<\/a>, Thinking Machine Labs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjQxMTkz\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/641193\/openai-anthropic-education-tool-college\">OpenAI and Anthropic are fighting over college students with free AI<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK414_AI_CVIRGINIA_2_C\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/STK414_AI_CVIRGINIA_2_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK414_AI_CVIRGINIA_2_C\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/STK414_AI_CVIRGINIA_2_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Two leading AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, just announced major initiatives in higher education. It\u2019s the constant one-upping we\u2019ve all become familiar with: this week, Anthropic dropped their announcement at 8 AM Wednesday, while OpenAI followed with nearly identical news at 8 AM Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>For Anthropic, this week\u2019s announcement was its first major academic push. It launched Claude for Education, a university-focused version of its chatbot. The company also announced partnerships with Northeastern University, London School of Economics (LSE), and Champlain College, along with with Internet2, which builds university tech infrastructure, and Instructure (maker of Canvas) to increase \u201cequitable access to tools that support universities as they integrate AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/641193\/openai-anthropic-education-tool-college\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjQwMjU5\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/640259\/openai-40-billion-softbank-investment\">OpenAI just raised another $40 billion round led by SoftBank<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A_0a5ae3\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A_0a5ae3.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A_0a5ae3\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_A_0a5ae3.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI has <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/march-funding-updates\/\">raised $40 billion in a new investment round<\/a> led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It\u2019s the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/03\/31\/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html\">according<\/a> to <em>CNBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is set to receive $10 billion up front (SoftBank will invest $7.5 billion along with $2.5 billion \u201cfrom an investor syndicate,\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-31\/openai-finalizes-40-billion-funding-at-300-billion-valuation?embedded-checkout=true\">according<\/a> to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>). The remaining $30 billion is slated to arrive by year\u2019s end, <em>CNBC<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/03\/31\/openai-funding-could-be-cut-by-10-billion-if-for-profit-move-lags.html\">reported<\/a> \u2014 but only if it officially converts into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/27\/24330131\/openai-plan-transform-for-profit-company\">for-profit company<\/a> by then. If not, it reportedly stands to lose a quarter of the deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/640259\/openai-40-billion-softbank-investment\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjM4NjAz\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Adi Robertson\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195784\/ADI_ROBERTSON.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/638603\/studio-ghibli-chatgpt-ai-filter-white-house-meme\">ChatGPT\u2019s Ghibli filter is political now, but it always was<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"257657_slopaganda_CVirginia\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/257657_slopaganda_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"257657_slopaganda_CVirginia\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/257657_slopaganda_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/635118\/chatgpt-sora-ai-image-generation-chatgpt\">my colleague Kylie Robison\u2019s story<\/a> about OpenAI\u2019s new image generator on Tuesday, I thought this week might be fun. Generative AI images raise all kinds of ethical issues, but I find them wildly entertaining, and I spent large chunks of that day watching other <em>Verge<\/em> staff test ChatGPT in ways that covered the entire spectrum, from cute to cursed.<\/p>\n<p>But on Thursday afternoon, the White House decided to spoil it. Its X account posted a photograph of a crying detainee that it bragged was an arrested fentanyl trafficker and undocumented immigrant. Then it added an almost certainly AI-generated cartoon of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/whitehouse\/status\/1905332049021415862\">an officer handcuffing the sobbing woman<\/a> \u2014 not attributed to any particular tool, but in the unmistakable style of ChatGPT\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/636529\/images-chatgpt-openai-studio-ghibli-copyright\">super-popular Studio Ghibli imitations<\/a>, which have flooded the internet over the past week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/638603\/studio-ghibli-chatgpt-ai-filter-white-house-meme\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjM3NTQy\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Chris Welch\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195901\/welch.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/637542\/chatgpt-says-our-gpus-are-melting-as-it-puts-limit-on-image-generation-requests\">OpenAI says \u2018our GPUs are melting\u2019 as it limits ChatGPT image generation requests<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"ChatGPT logo in mint green and black colors.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24390407\/STK149_AI_02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"ChatGPT logo in mint green and black colors.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24390407\/STK149_AI_02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Illustration: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The fervor around ChatGPT\u2019s more accessible (and more advanced) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/635118\/chatgpt-sora-ai-image-generation-chatgpt\">image generation capabilities<\/a> has forced OpenAI to \u201ctemporarily\u201d put a rate limit on image generation requests, according to CEO Sam Altman. \u201cIt\u2019s super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT, but our GPUs are melting,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1905296867145154688?s=46\">he posted on X today<\/a>. Altman didn\u2019t specify what the rate limit is, but said the safeguard \u201chopefully\u201d won\u2019t need to be in place for very long as OpenAI tries to increase its efficiency in handling the avalanche of requests.<\/p>\n<p>The demand crunch already caused the artificial intelligence company to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/636948\/openai-chatgpt-image-generation-gpt-4o\">push back availability<\/a> of the built-in image generator for users on ChatGPT\u2019s free tier. But apparently that measure alone wasn\u2019t enough to ease the stress on OpenAI\u2019s infrastructure. (Altman said free users will \u201csoon\u201d be able to generate up to three images per day.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/637542\/chatgpt-says-our-gpus-are-melting-as-it-puts-limit-on-image-generation-requests\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjM2NTI5\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/636529\/images-chatgpt-openai-studio-ghibli-copyright\">ChatGPT is turning everything into Studio Ghibli art \u2014 and it got weird fast<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"ai-label\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/ai-label.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"ai-label\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/ai-label.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: ChatGPT<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjM2OTQ4\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195810\/EMMA_ROTH.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/636948\/openai-chatgpt-image-generation-gpt-4o\">ChatGPT\u2019s new image generator is delayed for free users<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI is pushing back the rollout of ChatGPT\u2019s built-in image generator for free users. In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1905000759336620238\">a post on Wednesday<\/a>, CEO Sam Altman admitted that the image-generation tool is more popular than he expected, adding that \u201crollout to our free tier is unfortunately going to be delayed for awhile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/635118\/chatgpt-sora-ai-image-generation-chatgpt\">just added image generation<\/a> capabilities to ChatGPT on Tuesday, allowing users to create images directly within the app using the company\u2019s reasoning model, GPT-4o. Since its launch, users have flooded social media feeds with photos transformed into <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntWilson\/status\/1904865142325797258\">images<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/venturetwins\/status\/1904915503505670246\">generated in<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Discobanker\/status\/1904818882314903640\">style of Studio Ghibli<\/a>, a trend that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1904934112806187116\">even Altman<\/a> has gotten in on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/636948\/openai-chatgpt-image-generation-gpt-4o\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjM1MTE4\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/635118\/chatgpt-sora-ai-image-generation-chatgpt\">OpenAI rolls out image generation powered by GPT-4o to ChatGPT<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Newton 3\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Newton-3.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0.048828125%2C0%2C99.90234375%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Newton 3\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Newton-3.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0.048828125%2C0%2C99.90234375%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>OpenAI<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI is integrating new image generation capabilities directly into ChatGPT starting today \u2014 this feature is dubbed \u201cImages in ChatGPT.\u201d Users can now use GPT-4o to generate images within ChatGPT itself.<\/p>\n<p>This initial release focuses solely on image creation and will be available across ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Team, and Free subscription tiers. The free tier\u2019s usage limit is the same as DALL-E, spokesperson Taya Christianson told <em>The Verge<\/em>, but added that they \u201cdidn\u2019t have a specific number to share\u201d and \u201dthese may change over time based on demand.\u201c Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.openai.com\/en\/articles\/9275245-using-chatgpt-s-free-tier-faq\">ChatGPT FAQ<\/a>, free users were previously able to generate \u201cthree images per day with DALL\u00b7E 3.\u201d As for the fate of DALL-E, Christianson said \u201cfans\u201d will \u201cstill have access via a custom GPT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/635118\/chatgpt-sora-ai-image-generation-chatgpt\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjM0ODAy\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/634802\/openai-leadership-change\">OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a significant executive shuffle <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/leadership-updates-march-2025\/\">announced<\/a> Monday, OpenAI is expanding COO Brad Lightcap\u2019s responsibilities while CEO Sam Altman shifts his attention more toward the company\u2019s technical direction. The news was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-24\/openai-expands-coo-s-role-as-altman-focuses-more-on-products\">reported<\/a> by <em>Bloomberg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lightcap will now <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/leadership-updates-march-2025\/\">\u201coversee day-to-day operations,\u201d<\/a> international expansion, and manage key partnerships with tech giants like Microsoft and Apple, according to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>. OpenAI has also promoted Mark Chen to chief research officer (he was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/31\/24284879\/openai-leadership-takes-on-reddit-ama\">recently SVP of research<\/a>) and Julia Villagra to chief people officer (she was formerly VP of people).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/634802\/openai-leadership-change\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjMzNzAw\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Dominic Preston\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197794\/dominic-preston.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/633700\/chatgpt-openai-child-murderer-ai-hallucination-norway-noyb\">ChatGPT accused of saying an innocent man murdered his children<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25462007\/STK155_OPEN_AI_CVirginia_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25462007\/STK155_OPEN_AI_CVirginia_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A privacy complaint has been filed against OpenAI by a Norwegian man who claims that ChatGPT described him as a convicted murderer who killed two of his own children and attempted to kill a third.<\/p>\n<p>Arve Hjalmar Holmen says that he wanted to find out what ChatGPT would say about him, but was presented with the false claim that he had been convicted for both murder and attempted murder, and was serving 21 years in a Norwegian prison. Alarmingly, the ChatGPT output mixes fictitious details with facts, including his hometown and the number and gender of his children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/633700\/chatgpt-openai-child-murderer-ai-hallucination-norway-noyb\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjMyMTc0\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Tina Nguyen\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/LA-Times-headshot-copy.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=3.0503978779841%2C0%2C93.899204244032%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/632174\/openai-trump-proposal-regulation\">What does OpenAI really want from Trump?<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When AI giant OpenAI submitted its \u201cfreedom-focused\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.openai.com\/global-affairs\/ostp-rfi\/ec680b75-d539-4653-b297-8bcf6e5f7686\/openai-response-ostp-nsf-rfi-notice-request-for-information-on-the-development-of-an-artificial-intelligence-ai-action-plan.pdf\">policy proposal<\/a> to the White House\u2019s AI Action Plan last Thursday, it gave the Trump administration an industry wishlist: use trade laws to export American AI dominance against the looming threat of China, loosen copyright restrictions for training data (also to fight China), invest untold billions in AI infrastructure (again: China), and stop states from smothering it with hundreds of new laws.<\/p>\n<p>But specifically, one law: SB 1047, California\u2019s sweeping, controversial, and for now, defeated AI safety bill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/632174\/openai-trump-proposal-regulation\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjI0MjA5\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Elizabeth Lopatto\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195809\/ELIZABETH_LOPATTO.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/624209\/chatgpt-ethics-specs-humanism\">The questions ChatGPT shouldn\u2019t answer<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"257592_Chat_GPT_ethics_CVirginia\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/257592_Chat_GPT_ethics_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"257592_Chat_GPT_ethics_CVirginia\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/257592_Chat_GPT_ethics_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Chatbots can\u2019t think, and increasingly I am wondering whether their makers are capable of thought as well.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-February OpenAI released a document <a href=\"https:\/\/model-spec.openai.com\/2025-02-12.html\">called a model spec<\/a> laying out how ChatGPT is supposed to \u201cthink,\u201d particularly about ethics. (It is an update of a <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.openai.com\/spec\/model-spec-2024-05-08.html\">much shorter version<\/a> published last year.) A couple of weeks later, people discovered xAI\u2019s Grok suggesting its owner Elon Musk and titular President Donald Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/617799\/elon-musk-grok-ai-donald-trump-death-penalty\">deserved the death penalty<\/a>. xAI\u2019s head of engineering had to step in and fix it, substituting a response that it\u2019s \u201cnot allowed to make that choice.\u201d It was unusual, in that someone working on AI made the right call for a change. I doubt it has set precedent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/624209\/chatgpt-ethics-specs-humanism\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjIwMDIx\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Tom Warren\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197777\/profilephoto.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/620021\/openai-gpt-4-5-orion-ai-model-release\">OpenAI announces GPT-4.5, warns it\u2019s not a frontier AI model<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"cfRYp0nItZ8-HD\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/cfRYp0nItZ8-HD.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"cfRYp0nItZ8-HD\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/cfRYp0nItZ8-HD.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: OpenAI<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI is <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/introducing-gpt-4-5\/\">launching GPT-4.5 today<\/a>, its newest and largest AI language model. GPT-4.5 will be available as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro users to start. OpenAI is calling the release its \u201cmost knowledgeable model yet,\u201d but <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.openai.com\/gpt-4-5-system-card.pdf\">initially warned<\/a> that GPT-4.5 is not a frontier model and might not perform as well as o1 or o3-mini.<\/p>\n<p>GPT-4.5 will have better writing capabilities, improved world knowledge, and what OpenAI calls a \u201crefined personality over previous models.\u201d OpenAI says interacting with GPT 4.5 will feel more \u201cnatural,\u201d adding that the model is better at recognizing patterns and drawing connections, making it ideal for writing, programming, and \u201csolving practical problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/620021\/openai-gpt-4-5-orion-ai-model-release\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjE5MzUy\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"David Pierce\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195807\/DAVID_PIERCE.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/619352\/chatgpt-tasks-operator-productivity\">ChatGPT is a terrible, fascinating, and thrilling to-do list app<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK_414_AI_CHATBOT_R2_CVirginia_B\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK_414_AI_CHATBOT_R2_CVirginia_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK_414_AI_CHATBOT_R2_CVirginia_B\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK_414_AI_CHATBOT_R2_CVirginia_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Every day for the last few weeks, I\u2019ve received a notification on my phone at 7:30 in the morning. The notification comes from ChatGPT, and it always contains the same thing: instructions for a 20-minute full-body workout and a 10-minute meditation. The instructions are simple, and I\u2019ve actually come to appreciate the daily prodding. I do wish it would stop recommending the exact same thing every damn day, though. The mountain climbers and positive intentions are getting a little old.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI has added a number of new features to ChatGPT in the last few weeks, a couple of which attempt to turn the chatbot into a straightforward productivity app. There\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/14\/24343528\/openai-chatgpt-repeating-tasks-agent-ai\">Tasks<\/a>, which all paid users can access and allows you to set reminders and make to-do lists in ChatGPT; and there\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/23\/24350395\/openai-chatgpt-operator-agent-control-computer\">Operator<\/a>, a so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/10\/24266333\/ai-agents-assistants-openai-google-deepmind-bots\">\u201cagentic\u201d model<\/a> for Pro subscribers that attempts to actually accomplish tasks on your behalf. As an incorrigible tester of to-do list apps, I decided to throw my life into ChatGPT and see if it could help me get more done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/619352\/chatgpt-tasks-operator-productivity\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjE0NjIx\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/614621\/mira-murati-thinking-machines-lab-openai-competitor-launch\">Mira Murati is launching her OpenAI rival: Thinking Machines Lab<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"WIRED\u2019s The Big Interview 2024\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/gettyimages-2188124206.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C2.7117031398668%2C100%2C94.576593720266&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"WIRED\u2019s The Big Interview 2024\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/gettyimages-2188124206.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C2.7117031398668%2C100%2C94.576593720266&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Getty Images for WIRED<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/25\/24254431\/openai-cto-mira-murati-leaving\">sudden departure<\/a> from OpenAI last fall, ex-CTO Mira Murati vanished from public view to start something new. Now, she is ready to share some details about what she\u2019s working on.<\/p>\n<p>Her new AI startup is called <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkingmachines.ai\">Thinking Machines Lab<\/a>, and while the specifics of what it plans to release are still under wraps, the company says its goal is \u201cto make AI systems more widely understood, customizable and generally capable.\u201d The startup also promises at least some level of public transparency by pledging to regularly publish technical research and code.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/614621\/mira-murati-thinking-machines-lab-openai-competitor-launch\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjExMzc1\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/611375\/openai-chatgpt-model-spec-controversial-topics\">OpenAI is rethinking how AI models handle controversial topics<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_C\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_C\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI is releasing a <a href=\"http:\/\/model-spec.openai.com\">significantly expanded version of its Model Spec<\/a>, a document that defines how its AI models should behave \u2014 and is making it free for anyone to use or modify.<\/p>\n<p>The new 63-page specification, up from <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/introducing-the-model-spec\/\">around 10 pages in its previous version<\/a>, lays out guidelines for how AI models should handle everything from controversial topics to user customization. It emphasizes three main principles: customizability; transparency; and what OpenAI calls \u201cintellectual freedom\u201d \u2014 the ability for users to explore and debate ideas without arbitrary restrictions. The launch of the updated Model Spec comes just as CEO Sam Altman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1889755723078443244\">posted<\/a> that the startup\u2019s next big model, GPT-4.5 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/24\/24278999\/openai-plans-orion-ai-model-release-december\">codenamed Orion<\/a>), will be released soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/611375\/openai-chatgpt-model-spec-controversial-topics\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjExMzY1\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Jay Peters\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195819\/JAY_PETERS.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/611365\/openai-gpt-4-5-roadmap-sam-altman-orion\">OpenAI lays out plans for GPT-5<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Image: The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman detailed plans for the company\u2019s GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 AI models in a roadmap published on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1889755723078443244\">on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the post, Altman also acknowledged that OpenAI\u2019s product lineup has gotten complicated and says that the company wants to do \u201ca much better job\u201d simplifying its offerings. \u201cWe hate the model picker as much as you do and want to return to magic unified intelligence,\u201d Altman says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/611365\/openai-gpt-4-5-roadmap-sam-altman-orion\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjA5OTU2\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"David Pierce\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195807\/DAVID_PIERCE.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/the-vergecast\/609956\/chatgpt-operator-deep-research-tasks-doge-coup-vergecast\">What $200 of ChatGPT is really worth<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dmcyOnBvc3Q6NjA4NDc2\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Kylie Robison\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197393\/GMbiBVSaAAABxU1.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/608476\/openai-super-bowl-chatgpt-commercial\">Inside OpenAI\u2019s $14 million Super Bowl debut<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"OpenAI_ad_4\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/OpenAI_ad_4.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"OpenAI_ad_4\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/OpenAI_ad_4.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>OpenAI<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>OpenAI just made its Super Bowl debut with a 60-second spot that positions AI alongside humanity\u2019s greatest innovations.<\/p>\n<p>The commercial traces humanity\u2019s technological evolution through a distinctive pointillism-inspired animation style, transforming abstract dots into iconic images of progress \u2013 from early tools like fire and the wheel to modern breakthroughs like DNA sequencing and space exploration. It culminates with modern AI applications, showing ChatGPT handling everyday tasks like drafting business plans and language tutoring. The ad cost roughly $14 million for the first-half placement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/openai\/608476\/openai-super-bowl-chatgpt-commercial\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/640086\/openai-chat-gpt-news-updates\/archives\/2\"><span>More Stories<\/span><\/a><\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/640086\/openai-chat-gpt-news-updates\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Kylie Robison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI names new nonprofit \u2018advisors\u2019 Image: The Verge OpenAI has revealed the \u201cadvisors\u201d for its new nonprofit commission: Dolores Huerta, Monica Lozano, Dr. Robert K. Ross, and Jack Oliver. The company says the four advisors will help \u201cinform OpenAI\u2019s philanthropic efforts,\u201d according to an announcement on Tuesday. Huerta was a prominent labor activist during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":841241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22088,46,802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-841240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-openai","8":"category-technology","9":"category-updates"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}