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OpenAI is preparing a $500 ChatGPT Pro Max plan with faster Codex
OpenAI appears to be preparing a new ChatGPT Pro Max subscription that could cost $500 per month, but it’s unclear when it’ll begin rolling out. OpenAI users, particularly power users, have been requesting more usage than the existing $200 plan offers for a while, so the $500 plan isn’t just coming out of nowhere. Right […]
OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare govt site, probed data providers
OpenAI agents targeted public data providers in multiple countries, probing some for vulnerabilities and exploiting a security weakness in an Australian government portal while performing information-retrieval tasks as part of a research project. Earlier today, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that the agents breached a Medicare statistics reporting portal operated by Services Australia, the […]
Researchers escape OpenAI Codex sandbox to run commands on host
Security researchers found two ways out of the OpenAI Codex sandbox, one of them capable of running commands on a developer’s machine from Codex’s most locked-down mode, with no approval prompt and nothing shown on screen. Both flaws were reported to OpenAI on August 12 and fixed within eight days, according to Oren Yomtov of […]
OpenAI details more cases of AI agents taking unauthorized actions
OpenAI has presented new examples of what they call “AI model misalignment” from the past six months, including unauthorized file uploads, following self-generated instructions, hiding mistakes, and leveraging exposed API keys. OpenAI uses the term “model misalignment” to describe cases where AI models act contrary to their intended constraints, including taking unauthorized actions, evading oversight, or bypassing […]
Anthropic wants Claude to analyze your bank account and financial data
Anthropic is testing a new personal finance feature called “Claude Money” that will allow you to connect your bank accounts directly to Claude and “understand your money.” AI companies coming after your finances is not a new thing, as OpenAI has a similar feature, and Anthropic appears to be catching up. As spotted by TestingCatalog on […]
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 […]