OpenAI says it disrupted Russian and Iranian influence ops that used ChatGPT

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- A new mode includes a study tool, but it still does a user’s homework. And a children’s safety nonprofit says the chatbot flunked its tests.
- The research found that important guardrails for teens using ChatGPT often failed.
- A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
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- OpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you're generating images. [...]
- OpenAI's latest ad format will put images of sponsored products and services on your screen. The ads, which OpenAI will begin testing in the US later this month, will "initially" appear when you generate images with ChatGPT, according to an announcement on Monday. The company first brought ads to…
- Display ads, what a concept.
- An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or exceeded" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also the basis for the…
- This move is to comply with the EU's new AI transparency rules.
- OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
- OpenAI is preparing to add invisible watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union. [...]
- Like other solutions, it is not especially reliable, and it's easy to circumvent.
- Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that offers reviews of apps, services, and entertainment with a focus on youth safety, today said that OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens is an "unacceptable risk." ChatGPT for Teens, introduced in August, has guardrails for teens and is designed to help students learn, but…
- OpenAI is bringing new tools to ChatGPT for Teens, a mode for teens introduced in August with safeguards and break reminders, to help users with the college application process. "College Planner brings together application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial-aid steps for schools on a…
- OpenAI is updating ChatGPT for all users with an “Intelligent UI” that’s more visual—generating interactive elements as part of the chatbot’s outputs.
- OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.
- OpenAI is launching a new Intelligent UI feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to answer your questions with interactive visuals. The update, which is rolling out to all users alongside GPT-6, gives ChatGPT the ability to combine a text response with diagrams, charts, forms, tappable buttons,…
- OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 to ChatGPT, and it will come with the capability to build more visual responses.
- After extensive testing, Common Sense Media found the chatbot failed in five key areas.
- A Latin American propaganda operation run by Russians and a cluster of Iranian fake journalist identities each had help from now-closed ChatGPT accounts, OpenAI's safety team said.
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- OpenAI confirmed today that its ChatGPT app will be adding more space for ads starting with a test later this month. more…
- OpenAI has announced that developers can now opt in to watermarking text generated through its API, as the company extends The post OpenAI brings text watermarking to its API — and unlike Anthropic, it’s off by default appeared first on The New Stack .
- OpenAI today announced how it will comply with the EU AI Act, which requires providers of generative AI systems to mark AI-generated text in a way that makes it identifiable. Here are the details. more…
- OpenAI introduced ads for free and Go users of ChatGPT back in February. Those were pretty simple ads that appeared between chat messages. Now the company is adding a new ad format, which it calls visual ads. These feature larger images – either several thumbnails or one screen-width image. These…
- A few days ago, OpenAI accused Apple of improperly adding new evidence to its trade secrets case. Today, Apple fired back with its own accusation that OpenAI went beyond what court rules permit in its response. Here are the details. more…
- OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Sol on September 29, just a week after it launched GPT-6 Sol. OpenAI marketed 6.1 as an The post GPT-6.1 Sol vs. GPT-6 Astra: Same accuracy at 18% of the cost appeared first on The New Stack .
- After introducing the first GPT-6 models last month, OpenAI today announced new GPT-6 models built for everyday ChatGPT conversations, alongside a new Intelligent UI. Here are the details. more…