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OpenAI says ChatGPT outage causes image generation errors
OpenAI is investigating an ongoing incident causing ChatGPT image generation failures and delays when uploading files. According to hundreds of user reports on the outage tracking platform DownDetector, ChatGPT hangs and freezes when users try to upload a file and displays errors on image generation prompts. This outage started more than an hour ago, when the company […]
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra can find zero-days, but is also harder to monitor
OpenAI confirmed that GPT-6 Astra is the first model it has broadly deployed to reach the “Critical level” for cybersecurity capabilities. This is part of the company’s Preparedness Framework for cybersecurity and is evaluated when OpenAI releases more capable models. Under OpenAI’s own framework, a model reaches the Critical cybersecurity threshold if it can “identify […]
ChatGPT can now connect to your personal apps to mimic writing style
OpenAI appears to be testing a new “Writing Style” feature for ChatGPT that can learn how you write by looking at examples from your connected apps. The feature is currently available to a small group of users, and an onboarding screen says, “ChatGPT will write in your voice by referencing examples from your connected apps.” […]
ChatGPT Astra is now rolling out to $20 Plus subscription
OpenAI is now rolling out ChatGPT Astra, its most powerful model to date, to those with a $20 Plus subscription, but there’s no word on when free users will get access. The rollout appears to be happening gradually, and Astra may show up inside ChatGPT Work before it becomes available in regular Chat. In my […]
OpenAI admits it didn’t disclose rogue AI wiki hijacking incident
OpenAI has acknowledged that it did not publicly disclose an earlier incident in which its autonomous AI agents took over a German wiki to communicate, share answers, and exchange techniques for bypassing restrictions. The company says it treated the activity as model “misalignment” rather than a security incident, but now admits its disclosure practices must expand […]
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down ahead of ‘Astra’ model launch
ChatGPT and Codex are experiencing a major outage, with users reporting errors across nearly every major ChatGPT feature. The outage started at approximately 10:58 AM ET on Thursday, September 3, and is affecting ChatGPT conversations, login, search, file uploads, Voice mode, GPTs, image generation, Deep Research, Agent, ChatGPT Work, and other services. OpenAI’s Codex services […]
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT outage as users report errors
ChatGPT Work is experiencing a partial outage, and users across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks. The outage started at approximately 11:04 AM ET on Monday, August 31, and is causing elevated latency and errors for ChatGPT Work users. Plus subscribers appear to be particularly affected, with Work mode currently […]
Nearly 700 rogue AI agents coordinated in the Hugging Face attack
New details about the July attack on Hugging Face reveal that hundreds of AI agents driven by OpenAI’s internal IM1 model coordinated the compromise through an unauthorized message board. Last month, Hugging Face disclosed that autonomous AI agents exploited two vulnerabilities in its dataset-processing pipeline to execute code, steal cloud and cluster credentials, and move laterally across […]
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down as logins and signups fail
ChatGPT is experiencing a major outage, and users are unable to sign in, create accounts, or load chats, including previous conversations. The outage started at approximately 8 PM ET on Wednesday, August 19, and is affecting users worldwide, including those in the US and Europe. If you are affected, ChatGPT will get stuck at loading […]
How Anthropic plans to watermark Claude’s AI-generated text
It could soon become easier to identify AI-generated content, even if it’s not the usual “It’s Not X, it’s Y” type of post you’d come across on LinkedIn and other socials. As you may be aware, the EU now requires AI companies serving its market to mark their AI-generated content so it’s easier to identify. […]