OpenAI has committed more than $1.4 trillion that it will spend on building out its data center infrastructure to power the development and deployment of its AI models over the next eight years. Notably, OpenAI does not have $1.4 trillion. Also notable is the fact that the company doesn’t make that much money. That means […]
AI Teddy Bear That Talked Fetishes and Knives Is Back on the Market
A week after a toy company pulled its AI-powered teddy bear off the market due to child safety concerns, the company has returned its dystopian stuffed animal to virtual shelves. FoloToy, which sells a stuffed toy named “Kumma,” says that it has made safety upgrades to the toy and that it is once again ready […]
OpenAI Court Filing Cites Adam Raine’s ChatGPT Rule Violations as Potential Cause of His Suicide
“[M]isuse, unauthorized use, unintended use, unforeseeable use, and/or improper use of ChatGPT.” Those are potential causal factors that could have led to the “tragic event” that was the death by suicide of 16-year-old Adam Raine, according to a new legal filing from OpenAI. This document, filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco, apparently denies […]
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT’s Lunch
Despite its excessive spending on data centers with no clear path to revenue generation in front of it, it seemed that if OpenAI had just one thing it could count on, it was audience capture. ChatGPT seemed like it would get the brand verbification treatment, being the term people used to reference AI. Now it […]
OpenAI Can’t Legally Use the Word ‘Cameo’ in Sora Now
According to CNBC, OpenAI must not use the term “cameo” in the Sora app after a temporary restraining order was issued by Judge Eumi K. Lee of the Northern District of California. Last month, OpenAI was sued by Cameo, the celebrity video-selling platform for violating its trademark. The judge’s restraining order will expire on December […]
OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teachers’ to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
Educators across the country have expressed concern about how AI will impact the classroom, encouraging kids to vibe their way to passing grades instead of actually learning. So OpenAI has decided to fight fire with fire and give educators access to ChatGPT for Teachers. Finally, teachers can have their chatbot grade the work of their […]
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
You might not think it, but AI has even managed to integrate itself into the toy industry, where—just as it has in the realms of education, filmmaking, and mental health—it seems to be stirring up all sorts of trouble. Case in point: This week, OpenAI blocked access for a toymaker based in Singapore after a […]
ChatGPT Achieves a New Level of Intelligence: Not Using the Em Dash
OpenAI has not achieved its goal of developing a superintelligence or artificial general intelligence, nor has it cracked its planned construction of an autonomous “AI researcher.” But it has figured out how to get ChatGPT to stop misusing the em dash. So, that’s something. In a post on X, CEO Sam Altman announced, “If you […]
ChatGPT Has Problems Saying No
If you’re looking for some real talk, there’s probably no reason to ask ChatGPT. Thanks to the web-scraping-for-good powers of the Internet Archive, The Washington Post got hold of 47,000 conversations with the chatbot and analyzed the back-and-forths with users. Among its findings are evidence that OpenAI’s flagship chatbot still has major sycophancy problems, telling […]
OpenAI Releases Its ‘More Conversational’ GPT-5.1
OpenAI dropped a mini-update to its model, releasing GPT-5.1 to the public. According to the company, the update will make its chatbot, ChatGPT, “smarter” and “more conversational,” introducing new styles of communicating and promising an improved ability to follow instructions. CEO Sam Altman called it “a nice upgrade.” There are two versions of GPT-5.1 that […]