For the first time in five years, OpenAI has released two new free and open-source AI models that are lightweight and designed to be easily integrated into other software programs. In a blog post on Tuesday, the company characterized gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b as flexible but powerful AI algorithms that can perform a variety of tasks […]
OpenAI Hits Pause on Its Meta Killer
OpenAI is delaying the release of its much-anticipated open-weight AI model, citing the need for “additional safety tests” and last-minute concerns over “high-risk areas,” CEO Sam Altman announced on X (formerly Twitter). The decision lands in the middle of a brutal AI arms race, particularly with Meta, which has been aggressively poaching OpenAI talent and […]
IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It
Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible will live on even if the program itself doesn’t. According to 404 Media, the IRS published most of the code for its Direct File […]
Wikipedia Is Making a Dataset for Training AI Because It’s Overwhelmed by Bots
It seems that AI developers have essentially blackmailed Wikipedia into offering up its data for training. On Wednesday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced it is partnering with Google-owned Kaggle—a popular data science community platform—to release a version of Wikipedia optimized for training AI models. Starting with English and French, the foundation will offer stripped down versions […]