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OpenAI Is Leaning on Paid Users to Test ChatGPT-4.5
In a livestream today, OpenAI finally announced the launch of its GPT-4.5 model, but with a twist: For now, using it requires a $200 per month ChatGPT Pro subscription. That’s because the new large language model, or LLM, is still technically in a “research preview” state. This is all apparently shorthand for “please pay us for the privilege of being…
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OpenAI Releases Its Next-Generation GPT-4.5 Model to ChatGPT Pro Users
OpenAI introduced GPT-4o, a non-reasoning model to ChatGPT users back in May 2024. Finally, over 10 months later, the hot AI startup has unveiled its next-generation GPT-4.5 AI model, codenamed ‘Orion’ today. GPT-4.5 is the last non-reasoning model from OpenAI as the upcoming GPT-5 will merge the o3 reasoning model to create a unified AI system. OpenAI says GPT-4.5 is…
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OpenAI ChatGPT-4.5 is its most human-like chatbot yet — here’s how to try it
OpenAI has officially unveiled GPT-4.5, the latest and most powerful iteration of its AI model, marking a significant leap forward in conversational AI. Today, GPT-4.5 was announced as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro users and developers, with plans to roll it out to Plus and Team users next week. Introduction to GPT-4.5 – YouTube Watch On The model represents…
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OpenAI bans ChatGPT accounts used by North Korean hackers
OpenAI says it blocked several North Korean hacking groups from using its ChatGPT platform to research future targets and find ways to hack into their networks. “We banned accounts demonstrating activity potentially associated with publicly reported Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)-affiliated threat actors,” the company said in its February 2025 threat intelligence report. “Some of these accounts engaged in…
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Elon Musk’s $97 billion flustered OpenAI – now it’s introducing rules to ward off future interest
OpenAI is considering restructuring the board of its non-profit arm to ward off unwanted bids, according to reports from the Financial Times. The reported move follows a takeover attempt by Elon Musk, who last week offered $97.4 billion to buy the company alongside a consortium of investors. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman initially said no to the bid via a post…
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Sam Altman thinks OpenAI has been on the ‘wrong side of history’ with open source, but that could all change – the DeepSeek success has prompted a rethink for big tech AI leaders
Leading technology experts have called for Western AI developers to consider shifting to open source in the wake of the DeepSeek success – and OpenAI might be among those warming to the approach. Speaking in the wake of DeepSeek’s model release in January, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Reddit users he had some regrets about the company’s failure to embrace…
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OpenAI revamps AI roadmap, merging models for a leaner future – Computerworld
Rising competition and open-source threats This shift could also reshape the economics of AI, giving OpenAI greater control over costs, deployment, and market positioning. “I believe merging it has multiple benefits, not just in terms of costs related to training, go-to-market strategies, and customer delivery, but also in giving OpenAI more leverage to drive it as a ‘system’ and extract…
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Sam Altman says ‘no thank you’ to Musk’s $97 billion bid for OpenAI
OpenAI’s directors have refused a buyout offer of $97.4 billion from a group of investors led by Elon Musk. The bid follows a years-long feud between Musk and OpenAI, which he initially co-founded and helped to fund in its infancy, with particular animosity reserved for CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI has recently shifted away from its non-profit roots towards a public…
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Elon Musk Offered to Buy OpenAI for an Absurd Amount of Money
After buying Twitter and taking a chief role in the Trump administration, the world’s richest man now has his sights set on a new target: tech industry darling OpenAI. In a move first reported on by The Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk apparently delivered a $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI to the company’s board on…
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Researchers trained an OpenAI rival in half an hour for less than $50
To do this, researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington used a method known as distillation — which allows smaller models to draw from the answers produced by larger ones — to refine s1 using answers from Google’s AI reasoning model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental. Google’s terms of service note that you can’t use Gemini’s API to “develop…
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