Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'(techcrunch.com)

409 points by sbulaev 22 days ago | 229 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that a federal judge described Flock's camera network as 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'.

OpenAI still doesn't seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity(techcrunch.com)

78 points by mikelgan 27 days ago | 74 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that OpenAI still appears unable to fully control rogue AI activity tied to its systems.

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute(techcrunch.com)

185 points by elpakal 6 months ago | 100 comments

Some kids are bypassing age verification checks with a fake mustache(techcrunch.com)

18 points by jamdesk 5 months ago | 6 comments

OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem(techcrunch.com)

115 points by jonbaer 1 month ago | 21 comments

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people's data to the web(techcrunch.com)

4 points by rvz 1 month ago | 0 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that some Supabase customers have misconfigured databases publicly exposing large amounts of personal data.

OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster(reuters.com)

887 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 977 comments

Reuters exclusive reporting that OpenAI researchers sent the board a letter warning of a powerful AI breakthrough before Sam Altman's ouster as CEO.

OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining(ft.com)

484 points by ilamont 2 months ago | 454 comments

News article reporting that OpenAI's head of ethics left the company less than a year after joining and was not replaced.

OpenAI to become for-profit company(reuters.com)

1239 points by jspann 2 years ago | 668 comments

News report that OpenAI plans to remove nonprofit control and become a for-profit company, giving Sam Altman equity; the captured page shows a captcha.

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns(nytimes.com)

32 points by jbegley 27 days ago | 31 comments

New York Times article reporting that OpenAI will not release its newest AI model, reportedly called Astra, due to safety concerns; the page showed a bot-block screen.

OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation(techcrunch.com)

549 points by zlatkov 8 months ago | 573 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that OpenAI raised $110 billion at a $730 billion pre-money valuation, one of the largest private funding rounds ever.

OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company's culture is 'broken'(theguardian.com)

253 points by jethronethro 22 days ago | 207 comments

Guardian news article reporting that OpenAI safety leader David Robinson has quit, warning the company's culture is 'broken' and urging more care with AI.