ET AI Explainer: Why are US AI labs wary of 'distillation attacks' from Chinese peersDistillation as a technique in which a less capable AI model is trained on the outputs of a stronger one. The aim is to help the less capab...
15 Oct, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
OpenAI Engineer accused of bugging executive room: How the investigation unfolded and what he wanted to recordAlfozan faces a federal charge of using or trying to use a device to intercept oral communications. The complaint says OpenAI staff found t...
15 Oct, 2026, 04.47 PM IST
US FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over consumer harms, Axios reportsThe US Federal Trade Commission has initiated an investigation into leading AI firms, amid rising safety concerns and allegations of mislea...
15 Oct, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
Next phase of AI about driving outcomes, not experiments: OpenAI's Pragya MisraShe said it was no longer about just deploying ChatGPT at scale but about going to a company's board and CEO, asking what the hardest probl...
15 Oct, 2026, 08.14 AM IST
OpenAI employee who left for Apple took files about unreleased device, OpenAI allegesAn OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal account and late...
14 Oct, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
Explained: How OpenAI traced listening bug to Saudi employee now in FBI custodyOn October 13, Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national, was charged for allegedly hiding a recording device at OpenAI. Discovered by staff in...
14 Oct, 2026, 12.14 PM IST
Behind AI industry's call for independent reviews, a fight over what gets made publicExperts have said independence of evaluators is a concern as Anthropic and OpenAI choose who gets to carry out the reviews. Reuters is repo...
13 Oct, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
Satya Nadella warns about trusting AI. 5 times when AI tried to escape shutdown, blackmail humans, manipulate and moreMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella has issued a warning about the risks of trusting advanced AI systems without strong safeguards. His concerns co...
12 Oct, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
US reverses course on Britain's testing of AI modelsAmerican AI developers can give the British government early access to AI models for safety testing without running afoul of US President D...
12 Oct, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging FaceThe episodes have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and raised questions over how the fast-growing technology can be developed...
10 Oct, 2026, 11.14 PM IST
OpenAI denies firing researchers over AI safety warningsOpenAI has addressed the dismissal of three former safety researchers who voiced concerns over artificial intelligence safety. The company ...
10 Oct, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
Fired security researchers accuse OpenAI of 'chilling' safety effortsThree former OpenAI security researchers on Thursday accused the ChatGPT-maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial i...
09 Oct, 2026, 07.57 AM IST
OpenAI fires three researchers: What we know so farOpenAI has made headlines by firing three safety team researchers accused of leaking sensitive information externally. This violation of co...
02 Oct, 2026, 12.50 PM IST
OpenAI alerts more than 100 groups about rogue AI agent activityOpenAI has informed more than 100 organizations about incidents involving unauthorized activity tied to its AI agents, according to a blog ...
02 Oct, 2026, 08.51 AM IST
OpenAI fires three researchers over alleged mishandling of sensitive informationOpenAI has terminated three researchers due to their mishandling of sensitive information related to AI policies. The fired individuals, in...
02 Oct, 2026, 06.43 AM IST
OpenAI sacks 3 researchers over leaking 'sensitive' info, ChatGPT maker alerts over 100 organizations about rogue AI agent activityChatGPT maker has been conducting a broad review of the activities of its AI models after the accidental hacking of Hugging Face. OpenAI is...
02 Oct, 2026, 05.11 AM IST
California attorney general opens probe into OpenAI over cybersecurity concernsLast month, Bonta announced that the Department of Justice was conducting a formal investigation into the "Hugging Face incident," amid inc...
01 Oct, 2026, 11.54 PM IST